Note: Front Cover -- Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry, Volume 43 -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Natural.abundance. 13C-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance-Spectral Studies of Carbohydrates Linked to Amino Acids and Proteins -- I. Introduction -- II. General Considerations Concerning Glycopeptide Structure: Classical Methods for Oligosaccharide Structural Elucidation, and the Use of 13C-N.m.r. Spectroscopy -- III. Structural Analysis of Glycopeptides and Glycoproteins Containing N-Glycosyl Linkages -- IV. Structural Analysis of Glycopeptides and Glycoproteins Containing O-Glycosyl Linkages -- V. Structural Analysis of Glycopeptides and Glycoproteins Containing Unusual Carbohydrate-Protein Linkages -- VI. Summary of the Application of 13C-N.m.r. Spectroscopy to the Study of Glycoproteins, and Possible Future Uses -- Chapter 2. Structure and Biological Activity of Heparin -- I. Introduction -- II. Heparin as a Glycosaminoglycan -- Biosynthesis -- III. Isolation and Purification -- Characterization -- IV. Structure of the Main Building-blocks -- V. Structure of the Heterogeneous Regions -- VI. Structure of the Binding Site for Antithrombin -- VII. Physically Separable Heparin Species: Molecular Weight, and Sulfation Pattern -- VIII. Selective Cleavage of Heparin and Heparan Sulfate -- IX. Chemically Modified Heparins -- Heparinoids -- X. Molecular Conformation -- XI. Heparin as a Polyelectrolyte -- XII. Interaction with Plasma Proteins -- XIII. Biological Activity -- Correlation with Structure -- Chapter 3. Synthetic N- and O-Glycosyl Derivatives of L-Asparagine, L-Serine, and L-Threonine -- I. Introduction -- II. 2-Acetamido-N-(L-aspart-4-oyl)-2-deoxy-β-D-glucopyranosyl Linkage -- III. 3-O-D-Glycosyl-L-serine and -L-threonine -- IV. Reactions -- V. Physical Properties -- VI. Tables of Properties. , Chapter 4. Bibliography of Crystal Structures of Carbohydrates, Nucleosides, and Nucleotides for 1979 and 1980 -- Addenda and Errata for 1970-1978 -- and Index for 1935-1980 -- I. Introduction -- II. Data for Carbohydrates -- III. Data for Nucleosides and Nucleotides -- IV. Preliminary Communications -- V. Addenda for 1970-1978 -- VI. Errata for 1970-1978 -- VII. Index for 1935-1980 -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- Errata for Volume 42.

Note: Front Cover -- Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry, Volume 44 -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Fred Shafizadeh, 1924-1983 -- Text -- Chapter 2. Vibrational Spectra of Carbohydrates -- I. Introduction -- II. Background -- III. Computational Calculation of Vibrational Frequencies, and Band Assignments -- IV. Fourier-transform, Infrared Spectroscopy -- V. Laser-Raman Spectroscopy -- VI. Current Problems -- Chapter 3. Monosaccharide Isothiocyanates and Thiocyanates: Synthesis, Chemistry, and Preparative Applications -- I. Introduction -- II. Monosaccharide Isothiocyanates -- III. Monosaccharide Thiocyanates -- IV. Spectroscopic Properties of Monosaccharide Isothiocyanates -- V. Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Enzymic Analysis of Polysaccharide Structure -- I. Introduction -- II. Polysaccharides Having a (1→ 4)-β--D-Glucan Backbone -- III. Polysaccharides Having a β-D-Xylan Backbone -- IV. Polysaccharides Based on a (1→ 4)-β-D-Mannan Backbone -- V. Pectic Polysaccharides -- VI. Agarose and Related Polysaccharides -- VII. Alginic Acid -- VIII. Bacterial Peptidoglycan, Chitin, and Chitosan -- IX. Glycosaminoglycans -- X. Bacterial Polysaccharides -- XI. Glycoconjugates -- XII. Miscellaneous -- XIII. α-D-Glucans -- XIV. β-D-Glucans -- Chapter 5. Biosynthesis of Bacterial Polysaccharide Chains Composed of Repeating Units -- I. Introduction -- II. Glycosyl Esters of Nucleotides and Polyprenyl Glycosyl Phosphates in Polysaccharide Biosynthesis -- III. Biosynthesis of Monosaccharide Components, and Their Activation for Polymeric-Chain Formation -- IV. Inter-monomeric Linkages in Bacterial Polysaccharides -- V. Assembly of Polymeric Chains -- VI. Enzymic Synthesis of Bacterial Polysaccharides from Modified Precursors -- Chapter 6. Lipid-linked Sugars as Intermediates in the Biosynthesis of Complex Carbohydrates in Plants. , I. Introduction -- II. Lipid-linked Sugars -- III. Complex Carbohydrates -- IV. Functional Aspects -- V. Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 7. Glycolipids of Marine Invertebrates -- I. Introduction -- II. Occurrence of Glycosphingolipids, Their Isolation, and Purificatian -- III. Composition of Glycosphingolipids -- IV. Determination of the Structure of Glycosphingolipids -- V. Glycolipids of Various Groups of Marine Invertebrates -- VI. Biological Role of the Sialoglycolipids of Echinoderms -- VII. Conclusions -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

Note: Front Cover -- Advances in Quantum Chemistry, Volume 20 -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Announcement of New Format -- Chapter 1. The State of Surface Structural Chemistry: Theory, Experiment, and Results -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental Techniques for Surface Structure Determination -- 3. The Theory of Modern Techniques for Surface Structure Analysis -- 4. The Theory of Surface Chemistry and Bonding -- 5. Results of Surface Crystallography -- 6. Future Needs and Directions of Surface Studies -- References -- Chapter 2. On the Change of Spectra Associated with Unbounded Similarity Transformations of a Many-Particle Hamiltonian and the Occurrence of Resonance States in the Method of Complex Scaling. Part II. Applications to the Hartree-Fock Scheme Based on the Bi-Variational Principle -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Brief Review of Some of the Results in the Previous Studies of the Stability Problem for a Pair of Adjoint Operators -- 3. Similarity Transformation of a Many-Particle Operator and Its Consequences in the Hartree-Fock Scheme -- 4. Properties of a Many-Particle Hamiltonian under Complex Scaling -- 5. Numerical Application of the Complex Scaling Method in the Hartree-Fock Approximation -- 6. Conclusions and Acknowledgments -- Appendix A. Treatment of One-Particle Subspaces of Order N, Which Are Stable under Complex Conjugation -- References -- Chapter 3. Newton Based Optimization Methods for Obtaining Molecular Conformation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Characterization of Minima -- 3. Optimization Algorithms -- 4. Line Search Strategy -- 5. Search Directions -- 6. Analysis of Search Direction Methods -- 7. Computational Procedures -- 8. Results -- 9. Conclusions -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 4. Use of Cluster Expansion Methods in the Open-Shell Correlation Problem -- 1. Introduction. , 2. "Theoretical Model Chemistry" and Its Relevance to the Open-Shell Formalisms -- 3. Cluster Expansion and Size-Extensivity -- 4. Categorization of the Open-Shell Many Body Formalisms -- 5. Semi-cluster Expansion Theories for the Open-Shell States -- 6. Full Cluster Expansion Theories in Hilbert Space -- 7. Full Cluster Expansion Theories in Fock Space -- 8. Size-Extensive Formulations with Incomplete Model Space (IMS) -- 9. Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 5. Jacobi Rotations: A General Procedure for Electronic Energy Optimization -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Elementary Jacobi Rotations -- 3. Variation of Quantum Mechanical Objects in the MO Framework via Elementary Jacobi Rotations -- 4. Some Application Examples -- 5. Monoconfigurational Energy Expressions -- 6. Multiconfigurational Energy Expression -- 7. Optimization of Rotation Sine -- References -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Index.

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Note: Front Cover -- Fish Immunology -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1. FISH IMMUNOLOGY AND FISH HEALTH -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND RESULTS -- III. VACCINATION -- IV. DEVELOPMENT AND TOLERANCE -- V. CONCLUSIONS -- VI. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2. SPECIALISATION IN THE TELEOST AND ANURAN IMMUNE RESPONSE: A COMPARATIVE CRITIQUE -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY -- III. ANTIBODY-MEDIATED IMMUNITY -- IV. OTHER IMMUNE AND RELATED PHENOMENA -- V. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3. PHAGOCYTOSIS IN FISH -- I. INTRODUCTION -- ONTOGENY OF PHAGOCYTES -- CELLS DISPLAYING PHAGOCYTOSIS -- PHAGOCYTOSIS -- KINETICS OF PARTICLE CLEARANCE -- ORGAN LOCALISATION OF ANTIGENIC MATERIAL -- STRESS AND ENDOTOXIN EFFECT ON PHAGOCYTOSIS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4. AN IN VITRO STUDY OF POLYMORPHONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTOSIS AND THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5. STUDIES ON GRANULOCYTE HETEROGENEITY IN ELASMOBRANCHS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6. PHAGOCYTIC CELLS IN THE DOGFISH (SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA L.) -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7. THE MELANO-MACROPHAGE CENTRES OF FISH: A REVIEW -- INTRODUCTION AND BRIEF REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE -- THE PIGMENTS -- THE PIGMENT-CARRYING CELLS -- ONTOGENIC AND PHYLOGENETIC CONSIDERATIONS -- WHY SO MUCH PIGMENT? -- THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF MELANIN IN MELANO-MACROPHAGE CELLS -- THE ROLE OF MELANO-MACROPHAGES IN HAEMOSIDERIN RECYCLING -- FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY AMONG MELANO-MACROPHAGES IN DIFFERENT ORGANS -- FACTORS AFFECTING ABUNDANCE OF MELANO-MACROPHAGE CENTRES -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES. , CHAPTER 8. FISH SERUM PRECIPITINS TO AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA EXOTOXINS AND PROTEASE-LIPOPROTEIN REACTIONS: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9. SERUM PRECIPITINS OF THE ATLANTIC SALMON SALMO SALAR, AND THEIR POSSIBLE ROLE IN IMMUNOLOGICAL DEFENCE -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10. NON-IMMUNOGLOBULIN HUMORAL DEFENCE MECHANISMS IN FISH -- I. ANTI-GROWTH SUBSTANCES -- II. ANTI-ENZYME -- III. SUBSTANCES WHICH CAUSE LYSIS -- IV. AGGLUTININ, PRECIPITINS AND OPSONINS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11. SEQUENTIAL ANTIGENIC COMPETITION IN TELEOSTS: A BACTERIOPHAGE-AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA INTERACTION -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 12. THE IMMUNE RESPONSE OF BROWN TROUT, SALMO TRUTTA TO SHEEP AND HUMAN 'O' ERYTHROCYTES -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 13. ABSENCE OF ANAMNESTIC ANTIBODY RESPONSE TO DNP-HAEMOCYANIN AND DNP-FICOLL IN RAINBOW TROUT -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 14. ORAL IMMUNISATION AGAINST FURUNCULOSIS: AN EVALUATION OF TWO FIELD TRIALS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 15. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SKIN OF RAINBOW TROUT, SALMO GAIRDNERI RICHARDSON, FOR ANTIGEN UPTAKE MECHANISMS FOLLOWING SPRAY VACCINATION -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 16. NATURAL AND ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY IN MARINE TELEOSTS TO BACTERIAL ISOLATES FROM SEWAGE SLUDGE -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES. , CHAPTER 17. FACTORS INFLUENCING THE EFFICACY OF VACCINES AGAINST VIBRIOSIS CAUSED BY VIBRIO ANGUILLARUM -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 18. BATH VACCINATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY IN CARP (CYPRINUS CARPIO L.) -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 19. MATERNAL EFFECTS AND RESISTANCE TO INFECTION BY ICHTHYOPHTHIRIUS MULTIFILIIS IN XIPHOPHORUS MACULATUS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 20. THE SEPARATION AND CULTIVATION OF FISH LYMPHOCYTES -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- V. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 21. DO FISH HAVE INTERLEUKINS? -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 22. SUPPRESSION BY CORTISOL OF THE MITOGEN-INDUCED PROLIFERATION OF PERIPHERAL BLOOD LEUCOCYTES FROM PLAICE, PLEURONECTES PLATESSA L -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 23. LAMPREY MELANO-MACROPHAGES: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION -- INTRODUCTION -- DISTRIBUTION AND MORPHOLOGY OF LAMPREY MELANO-MACROPHAGES -- FUNCTIONS OF LAMPREY MELANO-MACROPHAGES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 24. EVOLUTION OF THE THYMUS IN RAINBOW TROUT -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 25. THE THYMUS OF THE ANGLER FISH, LOPHIUS PISCATORIUS (PISCES: TELEOSTEI) A LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 26. ANTIBODY RESPONSES OF YOUNG CARP, CYPRINUS CARPIO, AND GREY MULLET, CHELON LABROSUS, IMMUNIZED WITH SOLUBLE ANTIGEN BY VARIOUS ROUTES -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES. , CHAPTER 27. THE ONTOGENY OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN THE VIVIPAROUS TELEOST ZOARCES VIVIPARUS L -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 28. EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED IMMUNE REACTIONS TO GONAD IN RAINBOW TROUT (SALMO GAIRDNERI) -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 29. IMMUNOSUPPRESSION AND IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE IN CARP -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- INDEX.

Note: Front Cover -- Hormones -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. General Considerations of Hormones -- I. CLASSIFICATION OF HORMONES -- II. RECEPTORS FOR HORMONES -- III. MECHANISMS OF HORMONE ACTION -- IV. EVOLUTION OF HORMONES -- V. PHYSICAL PARAMETERS OF HORMONE-RECEPTOR INTERACTIONS -- V. PHYSICAL PARAMETERS OF HORMONE-RECEPTOR INTERACTIONS -- VI. NEWER DEVELOPMENTS IMPACTING ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF HORMONE ACTION -- VII. SUMMARY -- References -- Chapter 2. Steroid Hormones: Chemistry, Biosynthesis, and Metabolism -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. CHEMISTRY OF STEROIDS -- III. BIOSYNTHESIS OF CHOLESTEROL -- IV. BIOSYNTHESIS OF STEROIDS -- V. PROPERTIES OF ENZYMES INVOLVED IN STEROID METABOLISM -- VI. CATABOLISM AND EXCRETION OF STEROID HORMONES -- References -- Chapter 3. Hypothalamic Regulating Hormones -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ANATOMICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS -- III. CHEMISTRY -- IV. BIOCHEMISTRY -- V. CLINICAL ASPECTS -- References -- Chapter 4. Posterior Pituitary Hormones -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ANATOMY, DEVELOPMENT, AND FINE STRUCTURE OF THE POSTERIOR PITUITARY -- III. CHEMISTRY -- IV. BIOCHEMISTRY -- V. BIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR ACTIONS -- VI. CLINICAL ASPECTS -- References -- Chapter 5. Anterior Pituitary Hormones -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ANATOMICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS -- III. CHEMISTRY -- IV. BIOCHEMISTRY -- V. PROLACTIN -- VI. GROWTH HORMONE -- VII. β-LIPOTROPIN -- VIII. THYROTROP1C HORMONE -- IX. ACTH -- X. CLINICAL ASPECTS -- References -- Chapter 6. Thyroid Hormones -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ANATOMICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS -- III. CHEMISTRY -- IV. BIOCHEMISTRY -- V. BIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR ACTIONS -- VI. CLINICAL ASPECTS -- References -- Chapter 7. Pancreatic Hormones: Insulin and Glucagon -- I. INTRODUCTION. , II. ANATOMICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS -- III. CHEMISTRY -- IV. BIOCHEMISTRY -- V. BIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR ACTIONS -- VI. CLINICAL ASPECTS -- References -- Chapter 8. Gastrointestinal Hormones -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ANATOMICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS -- III. CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY -- IV. BIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR ACTIONS -- V. CLINICAL ASPECTS -- References -- Chapter 9. The Calcium-Regulating Hormones: Vitamin D, Parathyroid Hormone, Calcitonin -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ANATOMICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS -- III. CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY -- IV. BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE -- V. CLINICAL ASPECTS -- References -- Chapter 10. Adrenal Corticoids -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ANATOMY, DEVELOPMENT, AND CELLULAR FINE STRUCTURE OF THE ADRENAL CORTEX -- III. CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY -- IV. BIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR ACTIONS -- V. THE ZONA RETICULARIS AND DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE -- VI. THE MINERALOCORTICOID HORMONE -- VII. CLINICAL ASPECTS -- References -- Chapter 11. Hormones of the Adrenal Medulla -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ANATOMICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS -- III. CHEMISTRY -- IV. HORMONE ACTION AND BIOCHEMISTRY -- V. ACTIONS OF EPINEPHRINE -- VI. ENKEPHALINS -- VII. CLINICAL ASPECTS -- References -- Chapter 12. Androgens -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ANATOMICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM -- III. CHEMISTRY, BIOCHEMISTRY, AND BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES -- IV. PHYSIOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS -- V. MOLECULAR ACTIONS -- VI. CLINICAL ASPECTS -- References -- Chapter 13. Estrogens and Progestins -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ANATOMICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM -- III. CHEMISTRY, BIOCHEMISTRY, AND BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES -- IV. PHYSIOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS -- V. BIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR ACTIONS. , VI. CLINICAL ASPECTS -- References -- Chapter 14. Hormones of Pregnancy and Lactation -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ANATOMICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS -- III. CHEMISTRY, BIOCHEMISTRY, AND BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES -- IV. CELL BIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR ACTIONS -- V. CLINICAL ASPECTS -- References -- Chapter 15. Hormones of the Kidney -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ANATOMICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIP -- III. HOMEOSTASIS OF FLUID, ELECTROLYTES, AND BLOOD PRESSURE -- IV. KALLIKREINS AND KININS -- V. PROSTAGLANDINS -- VI. ERYTHROPOIETIN -- VII. CLINICAL ASPECTS -- References -- Chapter 16. Prostaglandins -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. CHEMISTRY -- III. BIOCHEMISTRY -- IV. BIOLOGICAL ACTIONS -- V. LEUKOTRIENES -- VI. CLINICAL ASPECTS -- References -- Chapter 17. Thymus Hormones -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ANATOMICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS -- III. CELL BIOLOGY -- IV. CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY -- V. BIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR ACTIONS -- VI. CLINICAL ASPECTS -- References -- Chapter 18. Pineal Hormones -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ANATOMY AND CELL BIOLOGY -- III. CHEMISTRY -- IV. BIOCHEMISTRY -- V. BIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR ACTIONS -- VI. CLINICAL ASPECTS -- References -- Chapter 19. Cell Growth Factors -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ANATOMICAL ASPECTS -- III. CHEMISTRY -- IV. BIOCHEMISTR -- V. CLINICAL ASPECTS -- References -- Appendix A: Compilation of Known Hormones in Higher Mammals and Humans -- Appendix B: Human Blood Concentrations of Major Hormones -- Appendix C: Clinically Relevant Endocrine Disorders -- Appendix D: Incidences of Principal Disease Diagnoses -- Appendix E: Summary of Nobel Prizes in Endocrinology and Related Fields -- Appendix F: The Genetic Code -- Appendix G: Amino Acid Abbreviations -- Appendix H: Units of Measurement in Biological Systems -- Index.