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Biological systems constantly synthesize, change, and degrade organic and inorganic chemical species. These processes and the interactions among chemical compounds maintain and propagate life. The major “organic elements” (C, H, N, O, P, S) combine in many ways to give compounds such as amino acids, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleotides. These simple compounds serve as building blocks for proteins, enzymes, membranes, structural tissues, and genetic materials. Knowledge of the “organic” chemistry of biological systems is quite advanced. However, the organic chemistry of life would not be possible without certain inorganic elements. The beneficial and detrimental influences of inorganic chemical species, in this report called chemical species or simple species, on biological systems was the main theme of this group report.
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Wolf, W.R. et al. (1986). Importance and Determination of Chemical Species in Biological Systems. In: Bernhard, M., Brinckman, F.E., Sadler, P.J. (eds) The Importance of Chemical “Speciation” in Environmental Processes. Dahlem Workshop Reports, vol 33. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70441-3_3
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