Aldehyde dehydrogenase and disulfiram : a collection of published papers presented in application for the degree of Doctor of Science, Massey University, New Zealand
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1991
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Massey University
This Doctor of Science comprises a number of published works listed in the List of Publications in the attached file. Due to copyright restriction, they are not included here but can be accessed individually from the publisher.
This Doctor of Science comprises a number of published works listed in the List of Publications in the attached file. Due to copyright restriction, they are not included here but can be accessed individually from the publisher.
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The scientific publications contained herein constitute the results of nearly twenty years of research into aldehyde dehydrogenase, disulfiram, and related topics. I came to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Massey University in January 1972 as a Post-Doctoral Fellow after having completed an M.A. (First Class Honours) in Natural Science (Chemistry) and a D. Phil. (involving enzyme kinetics and enzyme modifiction), both at Oxford. Since the years of my doctorate, I hope I have become reasonably proficient in certain biochemical techniques necessary for the study of enzymology (isolation, purification, chemical modification, kinetics, etc.), but I retain a strong interest in chemistry. Organic chemistry was my favourite subject at school and as an undergraduate, and is still my major concern as a University lecturer. Someone once said that "any competent organic chemist can do biochemistry in his spare time". That may be an exaggeration, but there is no doubt that a sure foundation in organic chemistry is extremely useful for biochemical research. It is my belief that the papers presented here illustrate several cases where a sound knowledge and an application of chemistry have corrected mistakes or clarified difficulties in my particular area of biochemical research. [From Introduction]
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Aldehyde dehydrogenase, Disulfiram