Download or read book The Porphyrin Handbook, Volume 1 written by Karl Kadish and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2000 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientists in such fields as mathematics, physics, chemistry, biochemistry, biology, and medicine are currently involved in investigations of porphyrins and their numerous analogues and derivatives. Porphyrins are being used as platforms for the study of theoretical principles, as catalysts, as drugs, as electronic devices, and as spectroscopic probes in biology and medicine. The need for an up-to-date and authoritative treatise on the porphyrin system has met with universal acclaim amongst scientists and investigators.