Chemical Analysis. Volume 12: Systematic Analysis of Surface-Active Agents
Millon J . R o s a , BrooMyn College, Brooklyn, New York, and H a r y A . Goldsntilh, Tureo Products, h e . , Los Angehs, California. Interscience Publishers, Ine., Xew York, 1960. xvii 422 pp. Figs. and tables. IF X 23.5 rm. J13.50.
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Surface active agents are generally manuf:trt~n.cd ar romplex mixtures of elosrly rplated products; they are then o f t w compoondcd with other surfactant8 and with various additives, and this matprinl may finally be used as a minor constituent of a final product such as a cutting oil or a, cosmetic. The hook of Ronen and Goldsmith deals in a systematic manna. with the problem of separating the surfacbants from other materials and of analysing them qualitstively and quant,itativrly. Most of the hook is devoted t,o newly developed analytical schemes which blend n selection of old methods with original contributions by the authors and B W based on s new classification of s w fsrtnnts for analytical purposes. The Imok is addressed to the mature chemist and is roncerned primarily with the "how" and "what does it mean" of s, procedure rathw than the details of the "why" of it. For thaw ronc:erned with the analysis of sorfnrtnnts this hook will be invaluable Imth as n source of tested proced~wsand ns a guidr to the widelyncattered litwatt~rr of this field. KAROLJ. ~ I Y S E L S I - r ~ k e r s i l zof~ Southern California I d s ilngeles
The Principles of Electrophorerir
I l m ~.4,rdz,be~t, formerly Professor at, the Sorbonne (deceased) and Serge dc Mend?, Tational Centre for Scientific R~ararch, Paris. Translated by A. J . Powerans. The Macmillan Co., 142 pp. e Y o 1960. Viii Figs. and tables. 15 X 23.5 cm. $7.
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Elettrophoreris in Physiology
Lena -4.Lewis, Cleveland Clinic, Clrvrland, Ohio, with a special chapter by
M . D. Poalik, Child Research Center of Michigan. Detroit. 2nd ed. Puhliration No. 385, American Lecture Series. Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, 1960. v 120 pp. Figs. and tables. 16 X 23.5 em. $5.50.
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These two books duplicate each other in the description of apparatus and methods, but for the most part are eomplementary. Audubert and de Mende devote one chapter of nine to specific applications of electrophoresis, while Lewis discusses applioations in physiology through nearly two-thirds of her hook. The first four chapters of "The Prineiples of Electrophoresis'' artre introductory. beginning with elementary theory of electrolyte and colloidal solutions. Eket,rokinrt,ic potential, electro-osmosis, and the determination of mobilities of simple
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ions are included. One chapter each on the maving-boundary method and electrophorefiis in a. support,ing medium are the largest and most important. The commercial apparatus available for both types of electrophoresis (European models) and the optical systems used to detect the boundaries in solution electrophoresis are covered in some detail. Particular attention is given to the effect of in paper electrophoresis and b u f f ~ flow r how its influence ran he minimized or correct,ed. Another chapter covers the practical use of paper electrophoresis, including such topic8 as detection methods, quanbitative measurements, and mobility equilibria. A brief discussion of prepar* tivr elretrophorosis in gels, columns, and on a hanging curtain of paper and a chapter on applicat,ionsend the hook. The trestment given is fairly complete, especially far such a small book, and offers many practical snggestiona which should bc useful to s, heginner in the field. I t does not give a long series of specific uses, but does includr enough examples to illustrate the points discussed. In e o n t r a ~ tto this, Lcwis has w i t t e n a more limited book, with only 30 pages of general discussion preceding the phyiological applications. Nearly half of the book is devoted to step-by-step instructions for electrophoresi~of different types, a list of equipment manufacturers, and the bibliography. A short chapter on immuno-electrophoresis illustrates the possibilities of this method and the complexity of proteins, even n-hen apparently homogeneous according to other methods. For a. general introduction t o electrophoresis, in both theory and practice, Audubert and de ivfende is very good. Lewis' book will be much less useful to chemist,s.
DONALD A. TARR The College of Wooster Woostm. Ohio Advances in Protein Chemistry. Volume 14
Edited by C. B. Anfinsen, Jr., National H e a t Institute, b t h e s d a , Meryland, M. L. Anson, London, England, Kenneth Bailey, University of Cambridge, England, and John T. Edsall, Harvitrd University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Academic Press, Inc., 1959. xxiii 520 pp. Figs. and tables. 16 X 23.5 em. $14.
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The current volume of this series differs from the previous ones in that it contains a concise biography of Kaj U. Linderst@-Lang, who died in Copenhagen in 1959. Written by Dr. John T. Edsttll, the obituary is not only a tribute to one of the outstanding pioneers in biochemistry, but also an excellent historical survey of much of the fundamental theories and substantiating experim~ntal work pertaining to the physieo-chemical properties and molecular structures of proteins. The remainder of the book is similar to previous volumes, consisting of thorough reviews, with extensive bihliographies, of the accomplishments of the
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