01 Title Page.pdf; 02 Title Page; 03 REVISED eBooks End User License Agreement-Website; 04 Prof Nagy memorial; 05 Contents _Index_; 06 Foreword; 07 Preface; 08 List of contributors; 09 ABBREVIATION LIST OF ORGANOTINS; 10 Chapter 1 ready_KW_; 11 Chapter 2 ready_KW_ revised; 12 Chapter 3 ready KW; 13 Chapter 4 ready_KW_; 14 Chapter 5 ready_KW_; 15 Chapter 6 ready_KW_revised; 16 Chapter 7 ready_KW_; 17 Chapter 8 ready_KW_ revised; 18 Chapter 9 ready_KW_; 19 Chapter 10 ready _KW_ revised; 20 Chapter 11 ready_KW_; 21 Chapter 12 ready _KW_; 22 Index.
Organotins are widespread contaminants especially of water environments. Their chemically versatile structure makes organotin compounds able to bind to a variety of biomolecules thus widely affecting biological functions. Trisubstituted molecules, namely tributyltin (TBT) and triphenyltin (TPhT), have been widely employed in antifouling paints and are also exploited as plastic stabilizers that unfortunately cause harmful biological effects. Persistent bioaccumulation has resulted in organotins becoming a significant environmental threat. Chapter by chapter, the biological and biochemical effec.