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BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Dr. Asim Das & Dr. Mahua Das & Ankita Das
First Published: 2007
Third Edition: 2026
Reprints: 9
ISBN: 978-93-94107-32-8
Pages: 744

CONTENTS

- Bioelements, Biomolecules, and Background Materials
- Cell & Cell Membrane
- Protein Structure
- Protein Denaturation
- Nucleic Acids: DNA & RNA
- Enzymes
- Lipids and Phospholipids
- Biocoordination Chemistry
- Metal-Protein Interaction: Metalloenzymes and Role of Metal Ions in Biological Functions
- Metal Transport & Storage Proteins
- Biochemistry of Iron, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum, Chromium, Cobalt, Nickel, Manganese, Vanadium, and Tungsten
- Transport Across the Membrane: Energetics of Membrane Transport, Donnan Equilibrium, Membrane Potential
- Ion Pumps and Ionophores
- Oxygen Transport and Storage: Oxygen Uptake Metalloproteins like Hemoglobin, Myoglobin, Hemerythrin, and Hemocyanin
- Metalloenzymes in Hydrolysis, Decarboxylation, Carboxylation, and Group Transfer Reactions
- Metal Ions in Electron Transport Proteins (Ferredoxins, Cytochromes and Blue Proteins) and Redox Enzymes
- Biological Redox Reactions: Respiration, Photosynthesis, Nitrogen Fixation, Hydrogen Production
- Glycolysis and Citric Acid Cycles
- Phosphate Group Transfer and Metabolic Energy
- Vitamin B12, Vitamin B6 and Coenzymes, Vitamin B9 (Folic Acid)
- Biochemistry of Nonmetals and Nitric Oxide (NO)
- Metal Ion Toxicology and Metal Ion Detoxification
- Metals in Medicine: Diagnosis, Anticancer Activity, Antiarthritic Activity, etc.

ABOUT THE BOOK: The book, Bioinorganic Chemistry (3rd Ed.), covers the different aspects of the subject as per the NEP course curricula at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels of different Indian Universities and Institutes. In presenting the subject, the basic concepts of chemistry have been stressed for better understanding. This book has also been prepared to meet the requirements of the competitive examinations like NET, SET, GATE, etc. It also covers the CBCS syllabus.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Dr. Asim K. Das, B.Sc. (Hons.; 1st Class 1st, CU), M.Sc. (Gold Medalist, CU), Ph.D. (CU), D.Sc. (Visva Bharati) is now a Professor of Chemistry, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan. He has over 25 years of teaching experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He passed both the B.Sc. (Hons. in Chemistry) in 1981 and M.Sc. (specialisation in Inorganic Chemistry) in 1983, standing First Class First, from the University of Calcutta. He received his Ph.D. degree from the same University under the supervision of Prof. D. Banerjee, the then Sir Rashbehari Ghose Professor of Chemistry. He received his D.Sc. degree from Visva Bharati in 2002. Dr. Das has published more than 80 research papers in the field of thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of metal complexes in reputed national and international journals. He has authored the books, Fundamental Concepts of Inorganic Chemistry (Vols.1-7), Bioinorganic Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry with Green Chemistry, An Introduction to Supramolecular Chemistry, and An Introduction to Nanomaterials and Nanoscience.

Dr. Mahua Das, M.Sc. (CU), Ph.D. (Visva Bharati), was a Research Fellow and a Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry, Visva Bharati. She did both her doctoral and postdoctoral research work in the field of thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of metal complexes, and she has published about 25 research papers in different reputed national and international journals of chemistry. She has also co-authored several books.