Abstract
THE conclusion which the author of this book aims at establishing is that there are several respiratory proteids (both coloured and colourless) in the blood of animals. The introductory chapter, occupying one-third of the pages of the book, brings together some interesting information on the constitution of the blood of echinoderms, annelids, insects, arachnids, crustaceans, molluscs and vertebrates. Following this are chapters on various respiratory pigments found in the blood of certain animals, and on colourless respiratory proteids. Chapters on the nature and functions of chlorophyll and hæmoglobin conclude the text. An appendix is devoted to brief descriptions of the chemical compositions of the chief pigments which occur in the bodies of animals, and the methods by which they may be extracted.
Respiratory Proteids, Researches in Biological Chemistry.
By A. B. Griffiths Pp. v + 126. (London: L. Reeve and Co., 1897.)
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Respiratory Proteids, Researches in Biological Chemistry. Nature 56, 9 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/056009b0
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