Solution chemistry of iron in biological media -- The importance of iron for biological systems -- Microbial iron transport and metabolism -- Iron uptake by plants and fungi -- Cellular iron uptake and export in mammals -- Intracellular iron storage and biomineralization -- Intracellular iron metabolism and cellular iron homeostasis -- Iron absorption in mammals, with particular reference to man, and regulation of systemic iron balance -- Pathophysiology of iron deficency and iron overload in man -- Iron and oxidative stress -- Brain iron homeostasis and its perturbation in various neurodegenerative diseases -- Interactions between iron and other metals.
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