Seminar: Inorganic Chemistry | May 17 | 3 p.m.-4 p.m. | Room 8.2.47 (FCUL C8)
Galya Toncheva, Assistant Professor, Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Bioelements classification, the role of copper metal in biological systems
Hosts: Ana Paula Paiva and Ana Isabel Tomaz
Bioelements are chemical elements ensuring the normal life activity of organisms. Their classification was made according to several characteristics – chemical nature, amount in the body, biological role, location in the body. As an essential element, copper is presented with its physical characteristics, occurrence on Earth, essentiality, toxicity, metabolism in the body, food sources of copper, copper-related pathological diseases. The classification of copper-containing proteins is presented and the most important of them – hemocyanin and plastocyanin are described.