Man, the Chemical Machine / / Ernest Borek.
Studies the field of biological chemistry as the study of chemical structures and the chemical mechanism of living things.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1952] ©1952 |
| Year of Publication: | 1952 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- 1. The Stuff of Life
- 2. Enzymes: Giant molecules with gigantic know-how
- 3. Vitamins: The enzymes' helpers
- 4. Sugars: The fuel of our cells
- 5. Isotopes: Tracers for exploring the cells
- 6. Amino Acids and Proteins: Masonry of our cells
- 7. Blood: The highway to our cells
- 8. Cell Defense
- 9. Genes: The blueprint of our cells
- 10. The Brain: Cells that think
- 11. A Credo
- Index