Retinoids, Part B: Cell Differentiation and Clinical Applications (Volume 190) (Methods in Enzymology, Volume 190) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0121820912 ISBN 13: 9780121820916

Publisher: Academic Press, 1991

Synopsis

The methods in Volumes 189 and 190 apply to the use of retinoids in basic research in molecular, cellular, and development biology and in clinical medicine.

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About the Author

Helmut Sies, MD, PhD (hon), studied medicine at the universities of Tübingen, Munich, and Paris. He was the professor and chair of the Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany, where he is now professor emeritus. He is a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and was the president of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He was named ‘Redox Pioneer’; was the president of the Society for Free Radical Research International (SFRRI). Helmut Sies introduced the concept of “Oxidative Stress” in 1985, and was the first to reveal hydrogen peroxide as a normal constituent of aerobic cell metabolism. His research interests comprise redox biology, oxidants, antioxidants, micronutrients.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0121820912
• ISBN 13: 9780121820916
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 488
• Editor: Abelson John N., Simon Melvin I., Sies Helmut