Every molecule matters / Simon Cotton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cotton, S. A. (Simon A.), 1946- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical bonds.

Molecules.

Chemicals--Physiological effect.

Chemicals.

Chemical senses.

Chemistry.

chemistry.

Physical Description:

xx, 296 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2026.

Summary:

"Every Molecule Matters is a successor to the author's earlier Every Molecule Tells a Story, and tells the story of a wide range of molecules. These range from the familiar odours which give pleasure to eating (and the spices that add piquancy) and the vitamins that are vital to our survival, to the way in which insects and plants use chemicals to protect themselves. There's controversy, with the compounds of chlorine which range from life-supporting anaesthetics and natural antibiotics to insecticides like DDT, which saved innumerable lives but became an environmental cause-celebre. Through the addictive power of nicotine, smoking tobacco morphed from being a curiosity imported from the Americas to a megapound industry that left human illness and death in its wake. And how safe is vaping? Find out about the painkillers that have become drugs of abuse. And smile at the smelly sulphur compounds that are unpleasant human odorants (and defence molecules for skunks), control natural cycles in the environment or act as flavourings to wine. You will discover them all in here. This book displays the structures of hundreds of compounds, used by humans, animals and plants. Some are beneficial; some are not. Find out here why you should be better informed about them"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Food

Chapter 2. Vitamins

Chapter 3. 'Hot' and 'Cold'

Chapter 4. Abused Painkillers and Other Drugs of Abuse

Chapter 5. Nasty-Smelling Molecules

Chapter 6. War and Peace in Nature

Chapter 7. Organochlorine Compounds

Chapter 8. Organofluorine Compounds

Chapter 9. Smoking and Vaping

Chapter 10. Isotopes at Work

Chapter 11. Methane

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1041110634

9781041110637

9781041110620

1041110626

OCLC:

1492853143

Publisher Number:

90104344978

CIPO000250140