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The Rhubarb Connection and Other Revelations: The Everyday World of Metal Ions
By
Jacques Covès;
Jacques Covès
CNRS Universite Joseph Fourier Grenoble
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Raychelle Burks
Raychelle Burks
St. Edward’s University, USA
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Paperback ISBN:
978-1-78801-094-8
PDF ISBN:
978-1-83916-850-5
EPUB ISBN:
978-1-78801-669-8
Special Collection:
RSC Popular Science eBook Collection
Product Type:
Popular Science
No. of Pages:
212
Publication date:
06 Dec 2018
Book Chapter
CHAPTER 9: Blood, Iron and Body Metals
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Published:06 Dec 2018
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Special Collection: RSC Popular Science eBook CollectionProduct Type: Popular Science
Page range:
143 - 160
Citation
The Rhubarb Connection and Other Revelations: The Everyday World of Metal Ions, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018, pp. 143-160.
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Discover here the amazing capacity of lugworm haemoglobin, the blue-blooded horseshoe crab who bucks the trend by instead using haemocyanin, and the beetle who deals with aggressors by spraying 100 °C liquid in their face. With a focus on metals in the body, and those which should be but aren't, find out how these affect fundamental processes including respiration and protein creation.
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