General biochemistry

Mblwhoi Library, William Harold Peterson, Frank Morgan Strong

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• Langue: English
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MMHWW RMMRnianMniiiiR^^ MB3S^^^^^^^^^^^^3Eas Biological Laboratory Library I Woods Hole, Mass. I I I I •/^'s. I I I IPresented by I IInc.Prentice-Hall, He-K York ICity I I ID B3^^^^^^^^^^^^^BIGENERAL BIOCHEMISTRYPRENTICE-HALL CHEMISTRY SERIES Wendell M. Latimer, Ph.D., EditorVr GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY by WILLIAM H. PETERSON, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor Biochemistryof University W isconsin, Madisonof FRANK M. STRONG, Ph.D. Professor Biochemistryof University Wisconsin, Madisonof PRENTICE-HALL, INC. 1953New YorkCopyright, 1953, by Prentice-Hall, Inc., 70 Fifth Avenue, New York. All rights resei-ved. No part of this book may be re- produced in any form, by mimeograph or any other means, , writing the publishers.without permission in from Library of ] Catalog Number 53-8022.Congress Card : j Printed in the United States op AmericaPREFACE This book considers the chemical activities onlynot of animals but alsi) those of plants and microorganisms. It aims to be a complete, though brief, treatise on the whole field of biochemistry, stressing the most important features of the subject. The first part withdeals the materials of the cell, and the second with tiie functions of the cell. Emphasis, however, has been placed on the dynamic aspects of biochemistry as well as on its material features. This purpose inevitably leads to a consideration of complex phenomena. To make such phenomena understandable is no easy task, but the attempt has been made. The subject matter is by no means beyond the comprehension of the reader with only a general chemistry background, though best appre- and understood by the reader with a knowledgeciated of organic chem- In view of the increased coverage (chapters onistry. Nucleic Acids, and Biological Energetics) and the particularHormones, emphasis which been placed on metabolic reactions (chapters Planthas on Metabolism, INIetabolism, MetabolismAnimal and of Microorganisms) , the present more advancedwork is well suited to readers. By careful selection of chapters, the book should also prove useful to those interested in agri- culture and home economics. The authors are indebted to their colleagues. Professors Casida, John- son, Lardy, Meyer, Plant, Potter, Stahmann, and Williams for reading one or more chapters of the manuscript and making many valuable sug- gestions and criticisms of the book. They are doubly indebted to Pro- fessor Burris for his chapter on Plant Metabolism, and to Professor Plant for the two chapters on Digestion and Enzymes. The authors are grateful to Dr. Mary Shine Peterson for the preparation of Tables 3-1, 4-2, 5-1, A-1, A-2, and A-3, and for critical reading of many of the chapters in the book. In making these acknowledgments, the authors in no sense imply that errors of omission and commission are to be charged to those named. applyWe to ourselves alone Byron's apostrophe to the ocean, "Upon the watery plain, the wrecks are all thy deed." \y. H. Peterson F. M. Strong