Keywords:
Tracers (Biology).
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (444 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9781483274478
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1837512
Language:
English
Note:
Front Cover -- Radioactive Tracers in Biology: An Introduction to Tracer Methodology -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- CHAPTER 1. ATOMIC NUCLEI, RADIOACTIVITY, AND THE PRODUCTION OF RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES -- 1. Introductory Remarks -- 2. General Properties of Atomic Nuclei -- 3. Nuclear Reactions -- 4. Neutron-Induced Transmutations -- 5. Deuteron-Induced Transmutations -- 6. Target Techniques and Radiochemistry -- CHAPTER 2. RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS OF TRACER ATOMS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. β Radiations -- 3. γ Radiations -- CHAPTER 3. PROCEDURES FOR RADIOACTIVE ASSAY -- 1. Basic Phenomena -- 2. Basic Instruments -- 3. Visualization Techniques -- CHAPTER 4. RADIATION HAZARDS -- 1. General Remarks. -- 2. Health Physics Instrumentation -- 3. Dosage Calculations -- 4. Shielding -- CHAPTER 5. SURVEY OF TRACER METHODOLOGY: BIOCHEMICAL ASPECTS -- 1. The Significance of Tracer Methods for Biology -- 2. Biochemical Applications -- CHAPTER 6. SURVEY OF TRACER METHODOLOGY: PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL ASPECTS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Physiological Applications -- 3. Applications to Clinical Research -- CHAPTER 7. RADIOACTIVE HYDROGEN (TRITIUM, H3) -- 1. Preparation and Properties -- 2. Assay of Tritium -- 3. Tritium as a Tracer for Hydrogen -- 4. Tritium as an Auxiliary Tracer for Carbon -- 5. Use of Tritium in Clinical Research with Remarks on Incidental Radiation Hazards -- CHAPTER 8. SHORT-LIVED RADIOACTIVE CARBON (C11) -- 1. Preparation and Properties -- 2. Assay of C11 -- 3. C11 as a Tracer Isotope -- 4. The Use of C11 in Tracer Experiments -- CHAPTER 9. LONG-LIVED RADIOACTIVE CARBON (C14) -- 1. Preparation and Properties -- 2. Assay of C14 -- 3. Applications of C14 as a Tracer for Carbon -- 4. Synthesis of Organic Intermediates for Tracer Carbon Studies.
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5. Biosynthesis of Labeled Carbon Compounds -- 6. Degradation Methods -- 7. Radiation Hazards -- 8. Concluding Remarks and Preamble to Succeeding Chapters -- CHAPTER 10. RADIOACTIVE PHOSPHORUS (P32) -- 1. Production, Preparation, and Assay -- 2. The Use of P32 as a Tracer -- CHAPTER 11. RADIOACTIVE SULFUR (S35) -- 1. Preparation, Properties, and Assay -- 2. Tracer Application of S35 -- CHAPTER 12. ALKALI METAL AND ALKALINE EARTH TRACERS -- 1. General Survey of Alkali Metal Tracers -- 2. Preparation, Properties, and Assay -- 3. The Alkaline Earth Tracers-Calcium and Strontium -- CHAPTER 13. TRACER ISOTOPES OF HALOGENS -- 1. Fluorine -- 2. Chlorine -- 3. Bromine -- 4. Iodine -- CHAPTER 14. VARIOUS RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES OF IMPORTANCE IN BIOLOGY -- 1. Manganese -- 2. Iron -- 3. Cobalt -- 4. Copper -- 5. Zinc -- 6. Molybdenum -- 7. Arsenic -- 8. Selenium, Antimony, and Tellurium -- 9. Silver, Gold, and Mercury -- 10. Concluding Remarks -- APPENDIX -- 1. General Bibliography -- 2. Radioactivity Units and Standards -- 3. Some Typical Working Rules for Radiochemistry Laboratory -- 4. Radioactive Nuclides of Interest in Biological Tracer Research -- 5. National Bureau of Standards Radium E Beta Standards and Their Application to Analysis of P32 and I131 -- AUTHOR INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX.
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