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Biochemistry of Silicon and Related Problems

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Editors:
  1. Gerd Bendz

    1. Institute of Chemistry, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

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  2. Ingvar Lindqvist

    1. Department of Chemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

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  3. Vera Runnström-Reio

    1. Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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Part of the book series: Nobel Foundation Symposia (NOFS, volume 40)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. General Chemistry of Silicon

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Aqueous Silicic Acid, Silicates and Silicate Complexes

      • Nils Ingri
      Pages 3-51

    3. Hydrogen-Bonded Complexes of Silica with Organic Compounds

      • Ralph K. Iler
      Pages 53-76

    4. The Silicon-Nitrogen Bond

      • Ulrich Wannagat
      Pages 77-90

  4. Physiological Significance of Silicon Compounds in Animals and Man

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
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    2. Significance and Functions of Silicon in Warm-Blooded Animals. Review and Outlook

      • Klaus Schwarz
      Pages 207-230

    3. Essentiality and Function of Silicon

      • Edith M. Carlisle
      Pages 231-253

    4. Silicon Levels in Human Tissues

      • James H. Austin
      Pages 255-268

    5. Silicon, Endocrine Balance and Mineral Metabolism (Calcium and Magnesium)

      • Y. Charnot, G. PĂ©rès
      Pages 269-280

    6. The Physiological Role of the Silicon and its AntiAtheromatous Action

      • J. Loeper, J. Loeper, M. Fragny
      Pages 281-296

    7. Isolation and Characterization of a Characteristic Phosphato-Silicate from Human Lungs with Silicosis

      • Armin Weiss
      Pages 297-307

  5. Silicosis and Other Diseases Caused by Silicon Compounds

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 309-309
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    2. Carcinogenic Potential of Silica Compounds

      • Irving J. Selikoff
      Pages 311-336
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About this book

Silicon chemistry was initiated in 1823 by Berzelius who prepared elemental silicon. In many ways silicon was considered a typical opposite of carbon, although the two elements are closely related as to their electronic structure, both having four valence electrons. The properties of their compounds are, however, extreme­ ly different. Both form extended structures, but in different ways - carbon by covalent carbon-carbon bonds; silicon by polar silicon- -oxygen-silicon bonds. The complex carbon compounds are integral parts of all living matter, plants and animals. The corresponding silicon compounds build up a major part of dead matter, soils and minerals. As recently as twenty years ago the title of this Symposium, "BiOChemistry of Silicon", would have been considered as contradictio in adjecto. However, the development in the field has, during the past fifteen years, been overwhelming and has convinced us that silicon is a necessary element in the life processes, for animals as well as for plants. Interesting therapeutical uses have been suggested, but we have also become increasingly aware of serious occupational diseases - asbestosis and silicosis - and of possible cancerogenic effects. It is our hope that this volume will give some idea about various aspects of silicon compounds which were discussed during the Symposium.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Chemistry, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

    Gerd Bendz

  • Department of Chemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

    Ingvar Lindqvist

  • Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    Vera Runnström-Reio

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biochemistry of Silicon and Related Problems

  • Editors: Gerd Bendz, Ingvar Lindqvist, Vera Runnström-Reio

  • Series Title: Nobel Foundation Symposia

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4018-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-4020-1Published: 26 April 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-4018-8Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 591

  • Topics: Biochemistry, general

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