Innoorr gOFa nk= Biochemistry Volume 45, Number 1, 1992 Contents G. MAISTRALIS, N. KATSAROS (Attiki, Greece), S. P. PERLEPES, and D. KOVALA-DEMERTZI (Ioannina, Greece) Coordinating Properties of Isoorotic Acid L. SCHMITT, G. SCHLEWER (Strasbourg, France), and B. SPIESS (Illkirch, France) Complexation Studies on Inositol-Phosphates: IV. Ca(II) Complexes of myo-Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate R. P. FERRARI (Torino, Italy), E. Laurenti, S. Poli, and L. Casella (Milano, Italy) Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Studies on VO(IV)-D-Aspartic Acid and VO(IV)-D-Aspartic Acid a-Benzylester Complexes P. ASCENZI (Turin, Italy), M. COLETTA (Camerino, Italy), A. DESIDERI (Messina, Italy), R. PETRUZZELLI, F. POLIZIO (Rome, Italy), M. BOLOGNESI (Pavia, Italy), S. G. CONDO, and B. GIARDINA (Rome, Italy) Spectroscopic Properties of the Nitric Oxide Derivative of Ferrous Man, Horse, and Ruminant Hemoglobins: A Comparative Study R. GUZZI and L. SPORTELLI (Calabria, Italy) Interaction of Azurin With Alcohols: An ESR, Optical Absorption, and Fluorescence Emission Investigation C. ADAMS and P. A. ADAMS (Cape Province, Republic of South Africa) A Comparative Study of pH/ Activity Profiles for the Anaerobic H,O, and Alkyl Hydroperoxide Supported N Demethylation of N Methylaniline Catalyzed by Alkaline Haematin and Microsomal Cytochrome P-450 B. DE CASTRO, J. PEREIRA, P. GAMEIRO, and J. L. F. C. LIMA (Porto, Portugal) Multinuclear NMR and Potentiometric Studies on the Interaction of Zinc and Cadmium With Cytidine and Glycylglycine. The Effect of the Anion J. M. MORATAL, M.-J. MARTINEZ-FERRER, A. DONAIRE, and L. AZNAR (Valencia, Spain) Thermodynamic Parameters of the Interaction Between Co(II)Bovine Carbonic Anhydrase and Anionic Inhibitors Volume 45, Number 2, 1992 Contents H. A. TAJMIR-RIAHI and D. M. BOGHAI (Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada) Coordination Chemistry of Vitamin C. Part IV. The Effects of the Alkali Metal Ions Lit, Na*, K*, NH,*, Rb*, and Cston the Solid and Solution Structure of L-Ascorbic Acid 73 E. B. JONES, JR., D. J. NELSON, and M. M. TURNBULL (Worchester, Massachusetts) Enhancement and Quenching of Fluorescence of Quin-2 by Metal Ions 85 M. TABATA and B. SARKAR (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Specific Nickel(II)-Transfer Process Between the Native Sequence Peptide Representing the Nickel(II)-Transport Site of Human Serum Albumin and L-Histidine 93 W. J. EVANS (New Orleans, Louisiana) and C. J. MARTIN (North Chicago, Illinois) Interactions of Inositol Hexaphosphate With Pb(II) and Be(II). A Calorimetric Study. XVIII. 105 D. SATTARI, E. ALIPOUR, S. SHIRANI, and J. AMIGHIAN (Isfahan, Iran) Metal Complexes of N-Salicylideneamino Acids 115 N. JAIN, A. K. PAUL, and T. S. SRIVASTAVA (Powai, India) Synthesis, Characterization, Cytotoxicity and DNA Binding Studies of Diamminediethyldithiocarbamatoplatinum(II) Nitrate 123 I. MAYER, H. DIAB, and I. FELNER (Jerusalem, Israel) Ferric Iron in Synthetic Carbonate Apatites: A Mossbauer Effect Study 129 H. MANSURI-TORSHIZI, T. S. SRIVASTAVA, H. K. PAREKH, and M. P. CHITNIS, (Bombay, India) Synthesis, Spectroscopic, Cytotoxic, and DNA Binding Studies of Binuclear 2,2’ -Bipyridine-Platinum(II) and -Palladium(II) Complexes of Meso-a,a’-Diaminoadipic and Meso-a,a’-Diaminosuberic Acids F. J. C. ROSSOTTI (Oxford, England) BOOK REVIEW Volume 45, Number 3, 1992 Contents C. J. NIU, Y. Q. JIA, M. L. LIU, X. W. LIU, and M. Z. JIN (Jilin, China) Mossbauer Effect Studies on Some Bioinorganic Complexes of Europium M. S. SASTRY, S. S. GUPTA, V. NATARAJAN, and A. J. SINGH (Bombay, India) Effect of Zinc Ion on the Interaction of Some Amino Acid Compounds of Copper(II) With Hydrogen Peroxide M. BRANCA, G. MICERA, A. DESSI, and D. SANNA (Sassari, Italy) Oxovanadium(IV) Complex Formation by Simple Sugars in Aqueous Solution J. H. DAWSON, S. KADKHODAYAN, C. ZHUANG, and M. SONO (Columbia, South Carolina) On the Use of Iron Octa-Alkylporphyrins as Models for Protoporphyrin IX-Containing Heme Systems in Studies Employing Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy W. BAL, H. KOZLOWSKI (Wroclaw, Poland), B. LAMMEK (Gdansk, Poland), L. D. PETTIT (Leeds, United Kingdom), and K. ROLKA (Gdansk, Poland) Potentiometric and Spectroscopic Studies of the Cu(II) Complexes of Ala- Arg’-Vasopressin and Oxytocin: Two Vasopressin-Like Peptides L. D. PETTIT, J-i. UEDA (Leeds, United Kingdom), E. MORIER-TEISSIER, N. HELBECQUE, J-L. BERNIER, J-P. HENICHART (Lille, France), and H. KOZLOWSKI (Wroclaw, Poland) The Coordination of Copper(II) to 1-Hydroxy-4(Glycyl-Histidyl-Lysine)- Anthraquinone; a Synthetic Model of Anthraquinone Anti-Cancer Drugs A. R. KHOKHAR, Q. XU, R. A. NEWMAN, Y. KIDO, and Z. H. SIDDIK (Houston, Texas) Synthesis, Characterization, and Antitumor Activity of New Chloroethyl- amine Platinum Complexes Volume 45, Number 4, 1992 Contents L-SEVILLA, L. PERELLO, and J. BORRAS (Valencia, Spain) Metal Complexes of Phenobarbituric Acid. Chelating Behavior of the Phenobarbiturate Ring. Anticonvulsant Properties of the K,[Cu(N-Methylphenobarbiturato) ],-8H,O) 221 J. M. MORATAL, M-J. MARTINEZ-FERRER, H. R. JIMENEZ, A. DONAIRE, J. CASTELLS, and J. SALGADO (Valencia, Spain) 'H NMR and UV-Vis Spectroscopic Characterization of Sulfonamide Complexes of Nickel(II)-Carbonic Anhydrase. Resonance Assignments Based on NOE Effects 231 M. ALBERGHINA, G. LUPO, G. LA SPINA, A. MANGIAMELI, M. GULISANO, D. SCIOTTO, and E. RIZZARELLI (Catania, Italy) Cytoprotective Effect of Copper(II) Complexes Against Ethanol-Induced Damage to Rat Gastric Mucosa A. A. ISAB (Dhahran, Saudi, Arabia) The ''C NMR Study of the Binding of Gold(I) Thiomalate With Ergothionine in Aqueous Solution 261 R. MALHOTRA, M. S. MALIK, J. P. SINGH, and K. S. DHINDSA (Hisar, India) Synthesis, Characterization, and Microbiocidal Activity of a-Methyl- (2-Thiophenomethylene) Aryloxyacetic Acid Hydrazides and Their Metal Complexes F. APFELBAUM, H. DIAB, I. MAYER (Jerusalem, Israel), and J. D. B. FEATHERSTONE (Rochester, New York) An FTIR Study of Carbonate in Synthetic Apatites 277 Announcement Author Index Subject Index