Green Chemistry and the Ten Commandments

Chap. 9. The Biosphere 225 that can exist independently (even cells of humans can be grown in cell cultures outside the body, gi ...

226 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed All organisms carry out reproduction to produce offspring to continue the species. In a ...

Chap. 9. The Biosphere 227 that plains Native Americans used for portable dwellings were possible because of the abundant skins ...

228 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed Eukaryotic cells all are enclosed by plasma membranes (cell membranes), are filled with ...

Chap. 9. The Biosphere 229 land surface, soil was formed, aided by the weathering action of organisms that grew on rock surfaces ...

230 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed Enzyme + substrate ...

Chap. 9. The Biosphere 231 Enzymes are of significant concern in the practice of green chemistry. One obvious relationship is th ...

232 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed Control in Organisms Organisms must be carefully regulated and controlled in order to ...

Chap. 9. The Biosphere 233 is that some toxic substances may mimic the action of hormones. For example, evidence exists to sugge ...

234 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed temperature within a few tenths of a degree. The concept of homeostasis applies to enti ...

Chap. 9. The Biosphere 235 life systems with cultivation, deforestation, mining, and severe pollution. The ability of a communit ...

236 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed rock and extract nutrients from it. The algae are photosynthetic, so they produce the b ...

Chap. 9. The Biosphere 237 strands are represented by dashed lines. Because of their structures that make hydrogen bonding possi ...

238 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed is still not known for most organisms. Original estimates of the number of genes in hum ...

Chap. 9. The Biosphere 239 the DNA was broken randomly into fragments, each of which was sequenced. The data from the sequencing ...

240 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed 9.8. Genetic Engineering Ever since humans started raising crops (and later animals) fo ...

Chap. 9. The Biosphere 241 Perhaps the most difficult aspect of transgenic technology is identifying the genes responsible for d ...

242 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed whether or not the gene is passed on reliably to the plant’s progeny through successive ...

Chap. 9. The Biosphere 243 especially through the gills of fish. This model applies especially to substances that have low water ...

244 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed The degree of biodegradation varies over a wide range. In the simplest case, the change ...