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L. J. Berliner and J. Reuben (Eds.), Biological Magnetic Resonance, Vol. 5. Plenum Press, New York, 1983 (ISBN o-306-41293-4). 303 pp. Price $45.00. This series has established a reputation for authoritative surveys of important topics in the very active area of the application of magnetic resonance methods to biochemistry, and this volume continues that tradition. The first chapter, by Baxter, Mackenzie and Scott, is a somewhat dated review of the usefulness of 13C as an NMR probe for metabolic pathways in vivo. This material is of interest primarily to biochemists. Of considerably wider interest are the chapters on “N-NMR in biological systems (Blomberg and Riiterjans) and NMR work on biophosphates involving I70 and la0 isotopes (Tsai and Bruzik). The former survey covers amino acids and proteins, nucleotides and related molecules, and other compounds such as vitamins and antibiotics, providing extensive tabulations of “N chemical shifts and coupling constants. Similar tabulations are given for I70 data in the chapter on biophosphates, which also discusses, inter alia, oxygen isotope effects and the investigation of the stereochemistry of enzyme reactions at phosphorus. Some of this material is repeated in the review by Rao of 13P-NMR studies of enzyme systems but this chapter is mainly concerned with line-shape analysis and is likely to be of interest only to enzymologists. The largest chapter in this volume is a very thorough survey by Devaux of lipid-protein interactions as studied by ESR and NMR methods. Although inevitably showing some overlap with material presented elsewhere, this review provides an excellent summary of recent work concerning the study of protein diffusion by saturation transfer ESR, the effect of proteins on lipid order (by ESR), and the nature of the boundary lipid-protein interaction (by ESR and ‘H-NMR). This chapter will be of interest to biochemists and analytical chemists investigating the many unsolved problems in the area of membrane chemistry and biochemistry. D. F. Ewing
T. H. Ryan (Ed.), Electrochemical Detectors, Fundamental Aspects and Analytical Applications. Plenum, New York, 1984 (ISBN O-306-41727-8). viii + 172 pp. Price $39.50. This book comprises eleven papers presented at the fifth biannual AngloCzech Symposium in Electrochemistry held as long ago as 1981! In it, Albery and Hagget summarize their work on detection of proteins, anaesthetic gases and catecholamines in vivo, and Trojanek describes voltammetric flowthrough detectors. Four articles (Samuel and Webber, Richards, van Oort et al. and Roger Smith) discuss various aspects of electrochemical detection in h.p.1.c. Jifi Tenygl confronts the problem of renewable electrode surfaces in electrochemical sensors, and Volke gives an extended account of the voltammetry of organic molecules at a variety of electrodes. The remaining
L. J. Berliner and J. Reuben (Eds.), Biological Magnetic Resonance, Vol. 5. Plenum Press, New York, 1983 (ISBN o-306-41293-4). 303 pp. Price $45.00. This series has established a reputation for authoritative surveys of important topics in the very active area of the application of magnetic resonance methods to biochemistry, and this volume continues that tradition. The first chapter, by Baxter, Mackenzie and Scott, is a somewhat dated review of the usefulness of 13C as an NMR probe for metabolic pathways in vivo. This material is of interest primarily to biochemists. Of considerably wider interest are the chapters on “N-NMR in biological systems (Blomberg and Riiterjans) and NMR work on biophosphates involving I70 and la0 isotopes (Tsai and Bruzik). The former survey covers amino acids and proteins, nucleotides and related molecules, and other compounds such as vitamins and antibiotics, providing extensive tabulations of “N chemical shifts and coupling constants. Similar tabulations are given for I70 data in the chapter on biophosphates, which also discusses, inter alia, oxygen isotope effects and the investigation of the stereochemistry of enzyme reactions at phosphorus. Some of this material is repeated in the review by Rao of 13P-NMR studies of enzyme systems but this chapter is mainly concerned with line-shape analysis and is likely to be of interest only to enzymologists. The largest chapter in this volume is a very thorough survey by Devaux of lipid-protein interactions as studied by ESR and NMR methods. Although inevitably showing some overlap with material presented elsewhere, this review provides an excellent summary of recent work concerning the study of protein diffusion by saturation transfer ESR, the effect of proteins on lipid order (by ESR), and the nature of the boundary lipid-protein interaction (by ESR and ‘H-NMR). This chapter will be of interest to biochemists and analytical chemists investigating the many unsolved problems in the area of membrane chemistry and biochemistry. D. F. Ewing
T. H. Ryan (Ed.), Electrochemical Detectors, Fundamental Aspects and Analytical Applications. Plenum, New York, 1984 (ISBN O-306-41727-8). viii + 172 pp. Price $39.50. This book comprises eleven papers presented at the fifth biannual AngloCzech Symposium in Electrochemistry held as long ago as 1981! In it, Albery and Hagget summarize their work on detection of proteins, anaesthetic gases and catecholamines in vivo, and Trojanek describes voltammetric flowthrough detectors. Four articles (Samuel and Webber, Richards, van Oort et al. and Roger Smith) discuss various aspects of electrochemical detection in h.p.1.c. Jifi Tenygl confronts the problem of renewable electrode surfaces in electrochemical sensors, and Volke gives an extended account of the voltammetry of organic molecules at a variety of electrodes. The remaining