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The tao of chemistry and life : a scientific journey / Eugene H. Cordes. — Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2009. – (58.173/C794) |
Contents
Contents
1. Life: Unity out of diversity
2. Life: Central properties
3. Molecular structures based on carbon: The foundation for the molecules of life
4. Building blocks and glue
5. From methane to chemical communication
6. Nitrogen and oxygen: Atmospheric elements
7. More about oxygen-containing molecules
8. Now for the rest of the elements in vitamin pills
9. Proteins: An amazing collection of multifunctional properties
10. Amino acids: The building blocks of proteins
11. Proteins are three-dimensional objects
12. Nucleotides are the building blocks of nucleic acids: The stuff of genes
13. The central dogma of molecular biology and protein synthesis
14. Genomes
15. Vitamins: Molecules of life
16. Carbohydrates: Sweetness and life
17. Generating energy from catabolism
18. Fatty acids: The building blocks of lipids
19. Lipids: The greasy stuff of life
20. Steroids: Sex and other good things
21. Your brain: What it does and how it does it
22. Your brain: Good things and not-good things
23. Antibiotics: The never-ending war against infectious disease
24. Cancer: What it is and what we can do about it
25. Chemical communication
Appendix: Some examples of explicit and condensed molecular structures
Notes
Glossary
Index