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Methods of biochemical analysis. Vol. I. Edited by DAVID GLICK. Interscience Publishers, Inc., New York, 1954. 521 pp. Ill. 16 × 23.5 cm. Price $9.50
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A Handbook of Colorimetric Chemical Analytical Methods for Industrial Research and Clinical Laboratories. 2nd ed. Developed for use with the Lovibond Comparator. The Tintometer Ltd., Salisbury, England. (Curry and Paxton, Inc., New York, N. Y.) 206 pp. 19 x 25 cm. Price 85. This book consists of a collection of various detailed technical instructions, compiled for the use of laboratory technicians who employ the versatile Lovibond Comparator and the B. D. H. Lovibond Nessleriser. The manual is divided into seven parts, in the first of which the Lovibond Comparators are adequately described and the principles involved are clearly explained. In the second part, the colorimetric determination of pH values by use of the apparatus is discussed and certain applications are stressed. Part I11 is devoted to the quantitative analysis of a number of anions and cations which can be determined colorimetrically. The next part stresses the methods of grading commodities by color utilizing the Lovibond Comparator. Clinical applications are covered in Part V, and Part VI is devoted to toxic gases. In the last chapter the design of the B. D. H. Lovibond Nessleriser and the principles involved in its application in analytical chemistry and in the grading of products are discussed. This Handbook is practically a necessity for the successful use of the Lovibond Tintometer and the material presented may offer suggestions for other applications comparable to those described in detail.
Gland and Body Fluids; Chemical Estimation of C h o k e ; Estimation of Nucleic Acids; Determination of Raffinose and Kestose in Plant Products; Determination of ATP and Related CompoundsFirefly Luminescence and Other Methods; The Assay of Catalases and Peroxidases; The in Vdro Determination of Hyaluronidase; Ultracentrifugal Analysis of Serum Lipoproteins; and The Assay of Urinary Neutral 17-Ketojteroids. In general, each chapter includes a discussion of the background of previous work, a critical evaluation of the various approaches, and a presentation of the procedural types of the method or methods recommended by the author. Experimental details are presented in a manner designed to furnish the laboratory worker with the complete information required t o carry out the analysis. The book is documented quite completely with references t o the original literature and is provided with an excellent subject index. Since many of the methods described in Volume I are utilized extensively in the standardization of pharmaceutical products, the book should be of special interest t o analysts in the pharmaceutical industry who have occasion to apply biochemical methods.
Antiseptics, Disinfectants, Fungicides, and Chemical and Physical Sterilization. By GEORGEF. REDDISH, Editor. Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, 1954. 841 pp. Ill 16 x 24 cm. Price $15. This well-conceived and competently written and edited book should be useful to anyone interested in any of the important subjects covered in its 35 Methods of Biochemical Analysis. Vol. I. Edited chapters. It represents the collaborative efforts by DAVIDGLICK. Interscience Publishers, Inc.. of thirty contributors, all of whom are authorities v e w York, 1954. 521 pp. Ill. 16 x 23.5 cm. not only in the subjects treated by each, but also Price $9.50. in the entire field of interest in antiseptics, disinfectants, fungicides, and chemical and physical methods This book is the first of a series designed to present a review of recent developments in the field of of sterilization. The book is logically arranged in seven divisions, biochemical analysis. The topics to be included in the series are chemical, physical, microbiological, each of which includes from 1 to 12 chapters. It and animal assays as well as basic techniques and begins with an introduction consisting of an hisinstrumentation for the determination of enzymes, torical review and a chapter on the definition of vitamins, hormones, lipids, carbohydrates, proteins terms which serve to orient the reader toward a greater appreciation of the chapters which follow. and their products, minerals and antimetabolites. The first volume represents the combined efforts After the introductory chapters, consideration is of 30 contributors t o the 17 chapters covering a given to the various methods of testing antimicrowide range of methods of biochemical analyses. bial agents including current procedures employed8 These include the following: Determination of both for i n vitro and in vivo testing. Iodine, t h e Sulfhydryl Groups in Certain Biological Sub- mercurials, alcohols, and other antiseptics are then discussed, followed by discussions on disinfectants stances; Analysis of Phenolic Compounds of Interest in Metabolism ; Microbiological Assay of and fungicides. Of special interest t o the pharmaAntibiotics; Microbiological Assay of Vitamin B12; ceutical industry and t o pharmacists are the chapChemical Determination of Ascorbic, Dehydro- ters on preservatives and on chemical and physical ascorbic and Diketogulanic Acids; Zone Electro- methods of sterilization, in which sterilization by phoresis; Chromatographic Separation of the ionizing radiations is discussed in a competent Steroids of the Adrenal Gland; Analysis of Mix- manner. The final chapter is devoted t o a discustures of Sugars by Paper and Cellulose Column cussion of pasteurization. The book is documented throughout with the Chromatography ; Chromatographic Analysis of Radioactive Iodine Compounds from the Thyroid references in each chapter collected at the end. 445
Book Notices
A Handbook of Colorimetric Chemical Analytical Methods for Industrial Research and Clinical Laboratories. 2nd ed. Developed for use with the Lovibond Comparator. The Tintometer Ltd., Salisbury, England. (Curry and Paxton, Inc., New York, N. Y.) 206 pp. 19 x 25 cm. Price 85. This book consists of a collection of various detailed technical instructions, compiled for the use of laboratory technicians who employ the versatile Lovibond Comparator and the B. D. H. Lovibond Nessleriser. The manual is divided into seven parts, in the first of which the Lovibond Comparators are adequately described and the principles involved are clearly explained. In the second part, the colorimetric determination of pH values by use of the apparatus is discussed and certain applications are stressed. Part I11 is devoted to the quantitative analysis of a number of anions and cations which can be determined colorimetrically. The next part stresses the methods of grading commodities by color utilizing the Lovibond Comparator. Clinical applications are covered in Part V, and Part VI is devoted to toxic gases. In the last chapter the design of the B. D. H. Lovibond Nessleriser and the principles involved in its application in analytical chemistry and in the grading of products are discussed. This Handbook is practically a necessity for the successful use of the Lovibond Tintometer and the material presented may offer suggestions for other applications comparable to those described in detail.
Gland and Body Fluids; Chemical Estimation of C h o k e ; Estimation of Nucleic Acids; Determination of Raffinose and Kestose in Plant Products; Determination of ATP and Related CompoundsFirefly Luminescence and Other Methods; The Assay of Catalases and Peroxidases; The in Vdro Determination of Hyaluronidase; Ultracentrifugal Analysis of Serum Lipoproteins; and The Assay of Urinary Neutral 17-Ketojteroids. In general, each chapter includes a discussion of the background of previous work, a critical evaluation of the various approaches, and a presentation of the procedural types of the method or methods recommended by the author. Experimental details are presented in a manner designed to furnish the laboratory worker with the complete information required t o carry out the analysis. The book is documented quite completely with references t o the original literature and is provided with an excellent subject index. Since many of the methods described in Volume I are utilized extensively in the standardization of pharmaceutical products, the book should be of special interest t o analysts in the pharmaceutical industry who have occasion to apply biochemical methods.
Antiseptics, Disinfectants, Fungicides, and Chemical and Physical Sterilization. By GEORGEF. REDDISH, Editor. Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, 1954. 841 pp. Ill 16 x 24 cm. Price $15. This well-conceived and competently written and edited book should be useful to anyone interested in any of the important subjects covered in its 35 Methods of Biochemical Analysis. Vol. I. Edited chapters. It represents the collaborative efforts by DAVIDGLICK. Interscience Publishers, Inc.. of thirty contributors, all of whom are authorities v e w York, 1954. 521 pp. Ill. 16 x 23.5 cm. not only in the subjects treated by each, but also Price $9.50. in the entire field of interest in antiseptics, disinfectants, fungicides, and chemical and physical methods This book is the first of a series designed to present a review of recent developments in the field of of sterilization. The book is logically arranged in seven divisions, biochemical analysis. The topics to be included in the series are chemical, physical, microbiological, each of which includes from 1 to 12 chapters. It and animal assays as well as basic techniques and begins with an introduction consisting of an hisinstrumentation for the determination of enzymes, torical review and a chapter on the definition of vitamins, hormones, lipids, carbohydrates, proteins terms which serve to orient the reader toward a greater appreciation of the chapters which follow. and their products, minerals and antimetabolites. The first volume represents the combined efforts After the introductory chapters, consideration is of 30 contributors t o the 17 chapters covering a given to the various methods of testing antimicrowide range of methods of biochemical analyses. bial agents including current procedures employed8 These include the following: Determination of both for i n vitro and in vivo testing. Iodine, t h e Sulfhydryl Groups in Certain Biological Sub- mercurials, alcohols, and other antiseptics are then discussed, followed by discussions on disinfectants stances; Analysis of Phenolic Compounds of Interest in Metabolism ; Microbiological Assay of and fungicides. Of special interest t o the pharmaAntibiotics; Microbiological Assay of Vitamin B12; ceutical industry and t o pharmacists are the chapChemical Determination of Ascorbic, Dehydro- ters on preservatives and on chemical and physical ascorbic and Diketogulanic Acids; Zone Electro- methods of sterilization, in which sterilization by phoresis; Chromatographic Separation of the ionizing radiations is discussed in a competent Steroids of the Adrenal Gland; Analysis of Mix- manner. The final chapter is devoted t o a discustures of Sugars by Paper and Cellulose Column cussion of pasteurization. The book is documented throughout with the Chromatography ; Chromatographic Analysis of Radioactive Iodine Compounds from the Thyroid references in each chapter collected at the end. 445