CONTENTS
Contributors
XXV
Preface
xxvii
Acknowledgments
xxix
CHAPTER
1
Water, Acids, Bases, and Buffers
1.1
Properties of Water
1
Hydrogen Bonding
1
Physical Properties
2
Solutes, Micelles, and Hydrophobic
Interactions
2
Colligative Properties
3
Dissociation of Water and the pH Scale
3
1.2
Buffers
4
Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation
5
Buffer Systems of Blood and Exchange of O
2
and CO
2
6
Blood Buffer Calculations
9
Nonbicarbonate Buffers in Blood
10
1.3
Measurement of pH
11
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Magnetic
Resonance Imaging
11
Gibbs-Donnan Equilibrium
13
1.4
H+ Concentration and pH
15
Supplemental Readings
and References
16
Properties of Water
16
Acid-Base Chemistry and Respiratory Function
of Hemoglobin
16
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Magnetic
Resonance Imaging
16
CHAPTER
2
Amino Acids
2.1
L-a-Amino Acids: Structure
17
2.2
Classification
17
Nonpolar Amino Acids
18
Glycine
18
Alanine
20
Valine, Leucine, and Isoleucine
20
Phenylalanine
20
Tryptophan
20
Methionine
21
Proline
21
Acidic Amino Acids
23
Aspartic Acid
23
Glutamic Acid
23
