Bioinorganic Chemistry
Ochiai, Ei-Ichiro The study of the chemistry of living processes - biochemistry - has traditionally centered on the behavior of organic chemical compounds in water, the principle solvent in all cells. Organic compounds and water account for 99 % of the matter in living systems. Some 20 inorganic elements are also essential for life, and they are found in similar amounts in most living systems. Bioinorganic Chemistry is essentially the border between inorganic c...