Chemical Evolution The Biological System of the Elements /

• Main Authors: Markert, Bernd (Author), Fränzle, Stefan (Author), Wünschmann, Simone (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Inorganic chemistry.; Bioorganic chemistry.; Geochemistry.; Biochemistry.; Ecotoxicology.; Inorganic Chemistry.; Biochemistry, general.; Bioorganic Chemistry.

This book is written for researchers and students interested in the function and role of chemical elements in biological or environmental systems. Experts have long known that the Periodic System of Elements (PSE) provides only an inadequate chemical description of elements of biological, environmen...

Table of Contents:

• Chemical Evolution: Definition, History, Discipline
• The Biological System of the Elements (BSE)
• Analyzing the Biological Roles of Chemical Species
• Stoichiometric Network Analysis (SNA)- Studies on Chemical Coordinative Reactions within Biological Material
• Significance of Water, Soil and Atmosphere for the Chemical Evolution
• Present and Future Projects on Chemical Evolutionby Means of Space Research
• Appendix.