Part I: General Aspects of Bioenergetics: Introduction.- Part II: Generators of Proton Potential: Chlorophyll-Based Generators of Proton Potential.- Organotrophic Energetics.- The Respiratory Chain.- Structure of Respiratory Chains of Procaryotes and Mitochondria of Protozoa, Plants, and Fungi.- Bacteriorhodopsin.- Part III: Consumers.- Driven Chemical Work.- Driven Mechanical Work: Bacterial Motility.- Driven Osmotic Work.- Energy Source for Heat Production.- Part IV Interaction and Regulation of Proton Potential Generators and Consumers: Regulation, Transmission, and Buffering of Proton Potential.- Part V The Sodium World: Generators.- Part VI Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species and Mechanisms of Aging: Concept of Aging as a Result of Programmed Slow Poisoning of Organism with Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species.- Possible Medical Applications of Membrane Bioenergetics: Mitochondria-Targeted Antioxidants as Geroprotectors.- Appendices.
