| Main Title |
Hormones / |
| Author |
Norman, A. W.
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| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Academic Press, |
| Year Published |
1997 |
| OCLC Number |
37780742 |
| ISBN |
0125214413; 9780125214414 |
| Subjects |
Hormones ;
Endocrine System ;
Endocrine System Diseases ;
Hormon--(DE-588)4025864-6 ;
Endocrinologie ;
Endocrine Diseases
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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EHBM |
QP571.N66 1997 |
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CEMM/ACESD Library/Narragansett,RI |
07/17/1998 |
STATUS |
| EJEM |
QP571.N66 1997 |
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OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC |
01/13/2001 |
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| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Collation |
xix, 558 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents Notes |
Ch. 1. General Considerations of Hormones -- Ch. 2. Steroid Hormones: Chemistry, Biosynthesis, and Metabolism -- Ch. 3. Hypothalamic Releasing Hormones -- Ch. 4. Posterior Pituitary Hormones -- Ch. 5. Anterior Pituitary Hormones -- Ch. 6. Thyroid Hormones -- Ch. 7. Pancreatic Hormones: Insulin and Glucagon -- Ch. 8. Gastrointestinal Hormones -- Ch. 9. Calcium-Regulating Hormones: Vitamin D, Parathyroid Hormone, and Calcitonin -- Ch. 10. Adrenal Corticoids -- Ch. 11. Hormones of the Adrenal Medulla -- Ch. 12. Androgens -- Ch. 13. Estrogens and Progestins -- Ch. 14. Hormones of Pregnancy and Lactation -- Ch. 15. Hormones Related to the Kidney and Cardiovascular System -- Ch. 16. Prostaglandins -- Ch. 17. Thymus Hormones -- Ch. 18. Pineal Hormones -- Ch. 19. Cell Growth Factors -- Ch. 20. Hormones and Cancer -- Appendix A. Compilation of Most Known Hormones in Higher Mammals and Humans -- Appendix B. Human Blood Concentrations of Major Hormones. The newly revised and updated Hormones, Second Edition provides a comprehensive treatment of human hormones, viewed in light of modern theories of hormone action and in the context of current understanding of subcellular and cellular architecture and classical organ physiology. Each chapter presents a physiological description of the hormone system under consideration, followed by a listing of the mode-of-action of the hormone. This book includes significant advances in the molecular biology of receptors, hormones, and studies of hormone action that have transpired over the past five years. The text updates the material on enzymes relate to steroid metabolism and new hormone systems, as well as providing a new chapter on hormones and cancer. |
| Place Published |
San Diego : |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c1997. |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| LCCN |
97080235 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20010105161033 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
00996cam 2200361 a 45010 |
