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Introduction; 1 Bio-Elements in the Periodic Table; 2 Pre-Life and Early Life Forms; extremophiles; 3 The Alkaline and Alkaline Earth Metals; 3.1 Overview; 3.2 Ion Channels; 3.3 Sodium and Potassium; 3.4 Magnesium; 3.5 Calcium; 4 Iron: General Features of its Inorganic Chemistry and Biochemistry; 4.1 General, and Aqueous Chemistry; 4.2 Mobilization, Transport, Delivery, and Mineralization of Iron; 5 Oxygen Transport and the Respiratory Chain; 5.1 Oxygen and oxygen transport by haemoglobin and myoglobin; 5.2 Oxygen transport by hemerythrin and haemocyanin; 5.3 The Respiratory Chain; 6 Oxidoreductases Based on Iron, Manganese, and Copper; 6.1 Ribonucleotide Reductases; 6.2 Superoxide dismutases, superoxide Reductases, and peroxidases; 6.3 Oxygenases and oxidases; 7 Oxo-transfer Proteins Based on Molybdenum, Tungsten, and Vanadium; 7.1 Molybdo- and Tungsto-pyranopterins; 7.1.1 The Xanthine Oxidase Family; 7.1.2 The Sulfite Oxidase Family; 7.1.3 The Dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) Reductase Family; 7.2 Vanadate-dependent Haloperoxidases; 7.3 Model Chemistry; 8 The Sulfur Cycle; 8.1 Environmental Sulfur Cycling; 8.2 Biogenic Metabolism of Sulfur; 9 Nitrogenase and Nitrogen Cycle Enzymes; 9.1 Overview and Native Nitrogenase; 9.2 Nitrogenase Models and Model Reactions; 9.3 Denitrification; 9.4 Nitric Oxide; 10 The Methane Cycle and Nickel Enzymes; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Methanogenesis; 10.3 Biogenic Oxidation of Methane; 10.4 Nickel Enzymes not Involved in Methane Metabolism; 11 Photosynthesis; 11.1 Overview; 11.2 The Reaction Pathway; 11.3 Modeling Photosynthesis; 12 The Biochemistry of Zinc; 12.1 An Overview of Zinc; 12.2 Zinc Enzymes; 12.2.1 Carboanhydrases; 12.2.2 Hydrolases; 12.2.3 Alcohol Dehydrogenase; 12.3 The Role of Zinc in the Transcription of Genes; 12.4 Thioneins; 13 Metal- and Metalloid-Carbon Bonds; 13.1 Organometallic Compounds of Transition Metals; 13.2 Carbon Bonds to Main Group Metals and Metalloids; 14 Inorganics in Medicine; 14.1 Metals and Metalloids: An Introduction; 14.2 Dysfunction of Iron and Copper Homeostasis; 14.2.1 Iron; 14.2.2 Copper; 14.3 Metals and Metalloids in Therapy; 14.3.1 Historical and General Notes; 14.3.2 Treatment of Arthritis with Gold Compounds; 14.3.3 Cancer Treatment; 14.3.4 Further Metal Based Medications; 14.3.5 Radiopharmaceuticals; 14.4 Metals and Metalloids in Diagnostic Imaging; 14.5 The Toxic and Therapeutic Potential of CO, NO and H2S

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