1. Introduction and Overview of Copper as an Element Essential for Life --;2. Absorption of Copper from the Digestive Tract --;3. Copper Uptake by Nongastrointestinal Vertebrate Cells --;4. Extracellular Copper Substituents and Mammalian Copper Transport --;5. Excretion of Copper in the Mammal --;6. Copper within Vertebrate Cells --;7. Copper and Metabolic Regulation --;8. Copper in Growth and Development --;9. Copper and Disease --;10. Copper in Nonvertebrate Organisms --;Appendix A: Copper Contents of Foods --;Appendix B: Copper Content of Human and Animal Tissues --;References.
Copper has long been known as essential to living systems, in part through its fundamental role in electron transport and respiration. Thus, I have tried to make this a source book for historic as well as current information on all aspects of copper bio- chemistry, and a summary of our current knowledge of copper-dependent proteins and processes.