Cellular respiration / by Norman U. Meldrum.

  • Norman Urquhart Meldrum
Date:
[1934]
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Credit: Cellular respiration / by Norman U. Meldrum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE THERE are few branches of biochemistry which appear to be more obscure or less well under- stood than that of Cell Respiration. It has accord- ingly been my aim rather to write in a didactic manner than to provide a detailed account of the subject. It may be that I have over-simplified matters ; if so, the fault can be remedied by the reader turning to the original literature. This book is then to be regarded as an exposition : in a certain sense this is a confession, not so much of weakness, as of incompleteness. It has been necessary to omit much that is of interest, perhaps in the future to be of vital interest. This is in itself unfortunate, but I do not think it would have been expedient at the present time, nor suitable to this series, had I written a comprehensive and detailed treatise. I can only describe the outlines. Most obvious is the omission of all reference to oxidation-reduction potentials. A considerable amount of work has been published thereon, but to describe it would be to enter upon a field where no two workers agree, either as to the accuracy of the experimental observations, or as to the interpretation to be placed upon them. My thankg are due to a number of my friends who have assisted me in various ways, above all to Pro- fessor D. Keilin and to Dr. J. Needham. N. U. M. Sir William Dunn Institute of Biochemistry, Cambridge February 1933
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