The essentiality of silicon in biology
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J. D. Birchall, Chem. Soc. Rev., 1995, 24, 351 DOI: 10.1039/CS9952400351
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Biogenic silica is extensively utilized by life on Earth in a wide variety of forms and by a wide variety of organisms.
“Biogenic silica is extensively utilized by life on Earth in a wide variety of forms and by a wide variety of organisms (Birchall, 1995).”
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In many plants and algae, silicon dioxide plays an important structural and defensive role in their cell walls, which can account for up to 10% of their dry weight.
“In many plants and algae, for example, silicon dioxide plays an important structural and defensive role in their cell walls, which can account for up to 10% of their dry weight.”
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“Biogenic silica is extensively utilized by life on Earth in a wide variety of forms and by a wide variety of organisms (Birchall, 1995).”
- Authors
- Birchall, J. D.
- Corresponding author
- Birchall, J. D.
- Venue
- Chemical Society Reviews
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Published
- 1995
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 351
- ISSN
- 0306-0012 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-4744
- OpenAlex
- W2163888925
- Cited by
- 126
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Chemical Society Reviews (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Silicon Effects in Agriculture
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Diatoms and Algae Research
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Silicone and Siloxane Chemistry
- Keywords
- silicon, silicon biogeochemistry, silicon toxicity
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