Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2000
Preface; 1. Theoretical Background; 2. Theoretical Calculations on Small Amino Acids; 3. Aminobutyric Acid; 4. The Diaminobutyric Acid, Delta Amnioplentanoic and Epsilon Aminohexanoic Acids; 5. Ab initio studies of some acid and basic amino acids: aspartic, glutamic, arginine and deaminoarginine; 6. Proline; 7. Taurine and Hypotaurine; 8. Ab initio Calculations as Relevan to Glucagon; 9. The Alpha Factor; 10. Tight Turns in Proteins; 11. Some Small Peptides; 12. Oligopeptides which are Anticancer Drugs; Appendix