STOICHIOMETRY AND RESEARCH – THE IMPORTANCE OF QUANTITY IN BIOMEDICINE Edited by Alessio Innocenti
Stoichiometry and Research – The Importance of Quantity in Biomedicine Edited by Alessio Innocenti Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. As for readers, this license allows users to download, copy and build upon published chapters even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Bojan Rafaj Technical Editor Teodora Smiljanic Cover Designer InTech Design Team First published March, 2012 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from
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Contents Preface IX Part 1
The Importance of Stoichiometry in Host-Guest Chemistry
Chapter 1
Stoichiometric Ratio in Calixarene Complexes Flor de María Ramírez and Irma García-Sosa
Chapter 2
Water-Soluble Calix[4]arene Derivatives: Binding Stoichiometry and Spectroscopic Evaluation of the Host-Guest Recognition Mechanism 27 Satish Balasaheb Nimse, Keum-Soo Song and Taisun Kim
Chapter 3
The Determination of the Stoichiometry of Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes by Spectral Methods: Possibilities and Limitations 47 Cristina Tablet, Iulia Matei and Mihaela Hillebrand
Part 2
Stoichiometry of Metal Complexes
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Chapter 4
Coordination Chemistry of Palladium(II) Ternary Complexes with Relevant Biomolecules 79 Ahmed A. El-Sherif
Chapter 5
Heavy Metal Ion Extraction Using Organic Solvents: An Application of the Equilibrium Slope Method 121 Tjoon Tow Teng, Yusri Yusup and Ling Wei Low
Part 3 Chapter 6
Stoichiometry in Lipids and Polymers Architecture 133 Lipid Composition in Miscible and Immiscible Phases Walter F. Schmidt, Michael A. Crawford, Swati Mookherji and Alva D. Mitchell
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Chapter 7
Stoichiometry of Polymer Complexes 147 A.Z. El-Sonbati, M.A. Diab and A.A. El-Bindary
Chapter 8
Dermatological Application of PAMAM – Vitamin Bioconjugates and Host-Guest Complexes – Vitamin C Case Study 195 Stanisław Wołowiec, Marek Laskowski, Barbara Laskowska, Agnieszka Magoń, Bogdan Mysliwiec and Marek Pyda
Part 4
The Role of Stoichiometry in the Determination of Protein Interactions