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endogenous nitrosation. Drugs such as amidopyrine, piperazine, cimetidine, and bromhexine are nitrosated and a list of a further 150 drugs that can be nitrosated in uiuo, is given. Dynamic Aspects of Dental Pulp; Molecular Biology, Phnrmacology and Pathophysiology-Edited by R. INOKI, T. KUDO and L. M. OLGART. 508~~. 1990. Chapman & Hall, London. Dental pulp maintains life in the teeth and secretes primary, secondary and reparative dentine. The chapters deal with: developmental aspects of teeth innervation; development of odontoblasts; dental fibroblasts in tissue culture; changes in vascular architecture; intradental sensory units; haemodynamic regulation; interstitial fluid pressure; biochemistry of dental pulp (glycolysis; collagenase synthesis; collagens and glycoproteins; glycosaminoglycans); the adrenergic system; cholinergic system; peptidergic nerves; neurotropic substances; bradykinin and enkephalins; prostaglandins and leukotrienes; injury and inflammation; proteases in inflammation; arachidonifc acid metabolism and antisepsis.
Chemistry and Physics reference number, the literature references, individual values, and a standard value. The values are also weighed to allow comparisons between results obtained by different authors. Biology of the Chemotactic Response-Edited by J. P. ARMITAGE and J. M. LACKIE. Society for General Microbiology Symposium No. 46. 404 pp. 1990. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. $110. Bacterial mobility can be analysed in terms of a general increase in movement, or movement towards or away from a specific source. The chapters in this volume discuss the concepts of chemotaxis; flagella structure and assembly; transmembrane receptor protein transducers; control of directed motility; amoeboid chemotaxis; chemotaxis in Dictyostelium, the signal transduction pathway to actin and myosin; leucocyte chemotaxis; signal transduction in leukocytes, the linkage between receptor and motor; tissue derived leucocyte attractant factors in inflammation.
Compartmentation of Plant Metabolism in Non-Photosynthetic Tissues-Edited by M. J. EMIES. 204~~. 1991. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. $59.50. E32.50.
New Generation VaccinesEdited by G. C. Woo~~ow M. M. LEVINE. 979~~. 1990. Dekker, New York. (U.S.A. & Canada), $198 (Elsewhere).
Seeds, root crops and tubers are all important non photosynthetic tissues. This book reviews: metabolic compartmentation in plants; fatty acid and lipid biosynthesis; structure, synthesis and degradation of oil bodies in maize; biogenesis of protein bodies and glyoxysomes in Ricinus communis seeds; isozymes and compartmentation in leucoplasts; interconversion of C-6 and C-3 sugar phosphates; starch synthesis in developing wheat grain; autophagy triggered by sucrose deprivation; carbon and nitrogen metabolism in roots; control of rate of respiration of roots; control of rate of respiration in shoots, light, calcium and plant growth regulators.
The application of molecular biological techniques has opened up a new era in the development of vaccines. The new vaccines are more selective and safer. The techniques also have led to the improvement of already established vaccines. This book deals with: the background to presentday vaccines; molecular immunology; potentiation by adjuvants and alternative presentation of antigens; new and improved vaccines (pertussis, diphtheria, tetanus, typhoid, cholera, Vibrio, m&ingococcus, Haemophilus infi&nrae, Rickettsia. influenza. Polio. rabies. Heoatitis B. Yellow fever, enckphalitis and Dengue); vaccines against diseases for which vaccines are not already available (Plasmodium falciparum-sporozoite-asexual blood stage-sexual stages, Vivax malaria, Leishmania, gonococcus, Streptococcus pyogenes, leprosy, E. coli, Shigella, Klebsiella, Psudomonas, AIDS, rotavirus, Hepatitis A, Varicella, Lassa fever, Herpes simplex, antitumor vaccines; prevention of pregnancy vaccines; cattle ticks. The final section is on commercial and regulatory aspects of vaccine production. The book is comprehensive and is an excellent guide to an important and rapidly developing subject.
Standardization of Human Olfactory Thresholds-Edited by M. DEVOS, F. PATTE, J. ROUAULT, P. LAFFORT and L. J. VAN GEMERT. 165 pp. 1990. IRL Press/Oxford University Press, Oxford. How smelly is hexanol or dichlorophenol or acetic acid? This book provides the data on the olfactory threshold of 641 compounds. Each chemical is given its Handbook of
and $165
Book Reviews
endogenous nitrosation. Drugs such as amidopyrine, piperazine, cimetidine, and bromhexine are nitrosated and a list of a further 150 drugs that can be nitrosated in uiuo, is given. Dynamic Aspects of Dental Pulp; Molecular Biology, Phnrmacology and Pathophysiology-Edited by R. INOKI, T. KUDO and L. M. OLGART. 508~~. 1990. Chapman & Hall, London. Dental pulp maintains life in the teeth and secretes primary, secondary and reparative dentine. The chapters deal with: developmental aspects of teeth innervation; development of odontoblasts; dental fibroblasts in tissue culture; changes in vascular architecture; intradental sensory units; haemodynamic regulation; interstitial fluid pressure; biochemistry of dental pulp (glycolysis; collagenase synthesis; collagens and glycoproteins; glycosaminoglycans); the adrenergic system; cholinergic system; peptidergic nerves; neurotropic substances; bradykinin and enkephalins; prostaglandins and leukotrienes; injury and inflammation; proteases in inflammation; arachidonifc acid metabolism and antisepsis.
Chemistry and Physics reference number, the literature references, individual values, and a standard value. The values are also weighed to allow comparisons between results obtained by different authors. Biology of the Chemotactic Response-Edited by J. P. ARMITAGE and J. M. LACKIE. Society for General Microbiology Symposium No. 46. 404 pp. 1990. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. $110. Bacterial mobility can be analysed in terms of a general increase in movement, or movement towards or away from a specific source. The chapters in this volume discuss the concepts of chemotaxis; flagella structure and assembly; transmembrane receptor protein transducers; control of directed motility; amoeboid chemotaxis; chemotaxis in Dictyostelium, the signal transduction pathway to actin and myosin; leucocyte chemotaxis; signal transduction in leukocytes, the linkage between receptor and motor; tissue derived leucocyte attractant factors in inflammation.
Compartmentation of Plant Metabolism in Non-Photosynthetic Tissues-Edited by M. J. EMIES. 204~~. 1991. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. $59.50. E32.50.
New Generation VaccinesEdited by G. C. Woo~~ow M. M. LEVINE. 979~~. 1990. Dekker, New York. (U.S.A. & Canada), $198 (Elsewhere).
Seeds, root crops and tubers are all important non photosynthetic tissues. This book reviews: metabolic compartmentation in plants; fatty acid and lipid biosynthesis; structure, synthesis and degradation of oil bodies in maize; biogenesis of protein bodies and glyoxysomes in Ricinus communis seeds; isozymes and compartmentation in leucoplasts; interconversion of C-6 and C-3 sugar phosphates; starch synthesis in developing wheat grain; autophagy triggered by sucrose deprivation; carbon and nitrogen metabolism in roots; control of rate of respiration of roots; control of rate of respiration in shoots, light, calcium and plant growth regulators.
The application of molecular biological techniques has opened up a new era in the development of vaccines. The new vaccines are more selective and safer. The techniques also have led to the improvement of already established vaccines. This book deals with: the background to presentday vaccines; molecular immunology; potentiation by adjuvants and alternative presentation of antigens; new and improved vaccines (pertussis, diphtheria, tetanus, typhoid, cholera, Vibrio, m&ingococcus, Haemophilus infi&nrae, Rickettsia. influenza. Polio. rabies. Heoatitis B. Yellow fever, enckphalitis and Dengue); vaccines against diseases for which vaccines are not already available (Plasmodium falciparum-sporozoite-asexual blood stage-sexual stages, Vivax malaria, Leishmania, gonococcus, Streptococcus pyogenes, leprosy, E. coli, Shigella, Klebsiella, Psudomonas, AIDS, rotavirus, Hepatitis A, Varicella, Lassa fever, Herpes simplex, antitumor vaccines; prevention of pregnancy vaccines; cattle ticks. The final section is on commercial and regulatory aspects of vaccine production. The book is comprehensive and is an excellent guide to an important and rapidly developing subject.
Standardization of Human Olfactory Thresholds-Edited by M. DEVOS, F. PATTE, J. ROUAULT, P. LAFFORT and L. J. VAN GEMERT. 165 pp. 1990. IRL Press/Oxford University Press, Oxford. How smelly is hexanol or dichlorophenol or acetic acid? This book provides the data on the olfactory threshold of 641 compounds. Each chemical is given its Handbook of
and $165