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CONTENTS

Foreword to the First Edition xi

Preface xiii

Acknowledgements xv

Introduction 1

1 The Chemical Structures and Properties of Condensed
Inorganic Phosphates 3
1.1 The Structures of Condensed Phosphates 3
1.1.1 Cyclophosphates 4
1.1.2 Polyphosphates 5
1.1.3 Branched Inorganic Phosphates, or ‘Ultraphosphates’ 7
1.2 Some Chemical Properties of Condensed Inorganic Polyphosphates 9
1.3 Physico-Chemical Properties of Condensed Inorganic
Polyphosphates 12

2 Methods of Polyphosphate Assay in Biological Materials 15
2.1 Methods of Extraction from Biological Materials 15
2.2 Chromatographic Methods 17
2.3 Colorimetric and Fluorimetric Methods 20
2.4 Cytochemical Methods 22
2.5 X-Ray Energy Dispersive Analysis 24
2.6 31 P Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 26
2.7 Other Physical Methods 31
2.8 Gel Electrophoresis 31
2.9 Enzymatic Methods 33

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