Inorganic biochemistry of iron metabolism
Subtitle: from molecular mechanisms to clinical consequences
By: Robert Crichton.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K; Hoboken
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470010280
Subjects: Iron -- Metabolism; Iron proteins; Iron -- Metabolism -- Disorders; Iron -- metabolism; Cells -- metabolism; Iron -- physiology; Metabolic Diseases -- physiopathology; Metalloproteins -- metabolism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Solution chemistry of iron in biological media; title: The importance of iron for biological systems; title: Microbial iron transport and metabolism; title: Iron uptake by plants and fungi; title: Cellular iron uptake and export in mammals; title: Intracellular iron storage and biomineralization; title: Intracellular iron metabolism and cellular iron homeostasis; title: Iron absorption in mammals, with particular reference to man, and regulation of systemic iron balance; title: Pathophysiology of iron deficency and iron overload in man; title: Iron and oxidative stress; title: Brain iron homeostasis and its perturbation in various neurodegenerative diseases; title: Interactions between iron and other metals.