Biological Chirality

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-12-812212-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc

Buch, Englisch, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 700 g

Biological Chirality describes this occurrence, its history, and early research around the topic. The work covers analytical methods for observing the phenomenon, providing current techniques and practice and discussing the asymmetric morphology of certain living organisms, such as the position of the heart and liver in humans and the exceptions to biological homochirality seen in D-Amino Acids. In addition, it explores the requirement of enantioselectivity prepared pharmaceuticals to address enantioselectivities biomolecules, a major challenge in today's organic chemistry. Finally, the work considers the possible origin of biological homochirality, as well as the outlook for future research in this area.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Palyi, Gyula

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Organische Chemie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction2. Biological Chirality: Basic Concepts3. Stock-List: Chiral Biomolecules 4. Synthetic and Mirror Life5. Origins of Biological Chirality

Über Autor(innen)

Palyi, Gyula
Dr. Pályi is a Professor (Retired) of Chemistry of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Modena, Italy) and member of the (Italian) National Academy of Science as well as other Academies. He has authored and edited 5 books on chemistry, patents, and 250 publications cited more than 2000 times by other authors. He has been the chief organizer of the International Symposia on Biological Chirality (since 1998) and of the International Symposia on the Soai Reaction (since 2008).