Book Description:
This second volume of the series intends to continue helping to fill the gap between research and practicing medical professionals as well as students in general. It will help to bring to anyone interested in the ultimate results and conclusions from research produced among interdisciplinary areas of knowledge, an understanding of the neurodegenerative diseases. It is known today that metal ions participate in the enzymatic chemical reactions of the living bodies either acting as essential elements or being responsible for oxidative damaging processes.

Table of Contents:
Introduction

Chapter 1. Aluminium Neurotoxicosis. Should we forget about in vitro models?, pp. 1-30
(Paula P. Gonçalves)

Chapter 2. Bioinspired Synthetic Analogues For Purple Acid Phosphatases And Catalytic Promiscuity, pp. 31-71
(Ademir Neves, Hernán Terenzi, Rosely A. Peralta and Patrícia Cardoso Severino)

Chapter 3. Phosphates In Biology: Some Interactions With Metal Ions And Other Biological Compounds, pp. 73-94
(Judith Felcman and Ana Lucia Ramalho Mercê)

Chapter 4. Aluminium in Waters. Sources, Speciation and Removal Techniques, pp. 95-122
(María Ángeles Lobo-Recio, Ana Lucia Ramalho Mercê, Maria Eliza Nagel-Hassemer and Flávio Rubens Lapolli )

Chapter 5. Advances In Metals Separations Technology From Liquid Effluents, pp. 123-153
(F.J.Alguacil, M.Alonso, F.A. López, A.López-Delgado and I.Padilla)

Chapter 6. Review: Aging And Neurodegeneration – A Biochemical Approach, pp. 155-186
(Luciana Dornnelas, Ana Lucia Ramalho Mercê and Judith Felcman)

Chapter 7. Radicals And Transition Metal Complexes In Aqueous Solutions, pp. 187-217
(Alexandra Masarwa and Dan Meyerstein)

Index