Bilirubin: Jekyll and Hyde Pigment of Life [electronic resource] : Pursuit of Its Structure Through Two World Wars to the New Millenium

• Tác giả: David A Lightner
• ISBN-13: 978-3709116371
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 547 Organic chemistry
• Thông tin xuất bản: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Mô tả vật lý: XVI, 798 p. 17 illus. in color. , online resource.
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 309273
• Chủ đề: 1. Chemistry, Organic; 2. Clinical biochemistry; 3. Medicinal chemistry; 4. Organic Chemistry; 5. Medicinal Chemistry

Tóm tắt

The book covers the totality of bilirubin (and heme, from which bilirubin is derived biogenetically), the structural relationship of bilirubin to its solution properties and metabolism, and to phototherapy for the jaundiced newborn - a common medical procedure used nowadays for lowering serum bilirubin, which is neurotoxic.