Biochemistry

Plants produce a vast number of bioactive compounds with different chemical scaffolds, which modulate a diverse range of molecular targets and are used as drugs for treating numerous diseases.

This book demonstrates the potential of urine as a biomarker resource for early disease detection, covering the related theory, strategies, tools and findings.

This book reviews recent advances regarding the biochemical and biophysical properties of membrane proteins and their applications in biomedicine.

This book highlights the multifaceted roles of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) in modulating normal cellular and molecular mechanisms during the development of different types of heart disease.

This book will be of immense helpful to the students of plant biotechnology, Agricultural sciences, Microbiology of both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in universities, colleges, and Research institutes.

This book offers an overview of salt stress, which has a devastating effect on the yields of various agricultural crops around the globe.

This book offers an overview of salt stress, which has a devastating effect on the yields of various agricultural crops around the globe.

In this book, a summary and update of the most important areas of CPP research are presented, whilst  raising relevant questions for further development.

Production and utilization of sustainable energy toward maintaining a clean environment is a major challenge.

This book introduces readers to both seed treatment and seedling pretreatments, taking into account various factors such as plant age, growing conditions and climate.

Refinement in sequencing technologies and potential of genomic research resulted in meteoric growth of biological information such as sequences of DNA, RNA and protein requiring databases for efficient storage, management and retrieval of the biological information.

This is the first book to explore the science underlying the concept of "e;koku"e;, which is central to an understanding of the palatability of food within Japanese cuisine and is attracting increasing interest among food scientists and professionals worldwide.

This book bridges the gap between fundamental and translational research in the area of heart disease.

This book summarizes the types, contents, analytical methods, formation mechanisms and control strategies for hazardous substances produced during the thermal processing of foods.

This book provides an outline of epigenetics as a whole, while also specifically examining a range of epigenetic players, including histone acetyl transferases (HATs) and histone deacetylases (HDACs).

This book discusses in detail the structural, evolutionary and functional role of actin and its regulatory proteins in gliding motility in apicomplexan organisms, a unique phenomenon found in actin-myosin cytoskeletal elements.

Natural bioactive compounds have become an integral part of plant-microbe interactions geared toward adaptation to environmental changes.

This book draws the reader into the latest debate on fungal diversity and the concept of lichen symbiosis.

Nature has consistently provided human beings with bioactive compounds that can be used directly as drugs or indirectly as drug leads.

Bioactive compounds produced by natural sources, such as plants, microbes, endophytic fungi, etc.

Phytochemistry is the branch of science that deals with the study of plant-derived chemicals or compounds, which are also known as phytochemicals or plant-derived secondary metabolites.

This book presents recent advances in global wheat crop research, including the effects of abiotic stresses like high and low temperatures, drought, hypoxia, salinity, heavy metals, nutrient deficiency, and toxicity on wheat production.

 Presents the latest R & D information on medicinal mushrooms from diverse geographical locationsOffers comprehensive coverage of the most important application areas of medicinal mushroomsIncludes contributions by eminently experienced researchers in the field of medicinal mushrooms   Medicinal mushrooms are increasingly gaining attention worldwide because of their pharmacologically bioactive compounds, which have demonstrated potent and unique clinical properties.

Biotechnology refers to the use or manipulation of an organism or parts of an organism.

This book presents the latest knowledge on the roles of progranulin (PGRN) in normal physiology and pathology and explores the emerging significance of PGRN as a therapeutic target and biomarker in various CNS disorders, including frontotemporal lobe degeneration and other neurodegenerative diseases.

The book comprehensively introduces readers to various aspects of flavonoids, a category of natural metabolites that exhibits various pharmacological effects.

This book will consider principles of the organization of protein molecules, the relationships between primary, secondary, and tertiary structure, the determinants of protein conformation, and the applications of structure determination and structure modeling in biomedical research.

This textbook uses a case-study approach to present the core principles of biochemistry and molecular biology in the context of human disease to students who will be involved in patient care.

This book reflects more than three decades of research on Cellular Automata (CA), and nearly a decade of work on the application of CA to model biological strings, which forms the foundation of 'A New Kind of Computational Biology' pioneered by the start-up, CARLBio.

This book compiles the latest information on different kinds of natural, plant-based super sweeteners.

This book is a concerted effort to put together the rapidly growing facets of biological data.

Since the publication of   "e;The coconut palm - A monograph"e; in 1960, considerable information has been accrued on the crop through work at research institutes, international organisations and development agencies.

This book discusses the methods synthesizing various carbon materials, like graphite, carbon blacks, carbon fibers, carbon nanotubes, and graphene.

The earliest land-plants evolved around 450 million years ago from aquatic plants devoid of vascular systems.

The growing scale of plant-based chemicals for industrial use has generated considerable interest in developing methods to meet their desired production levels.

This is a book about thermodynamics, not history, but it adopts a semi-historical approach in order to highlight different approaches to entropy.

This edited work presents useful methods in experimenting in the area of Bioprocessing and Biotechnology.

Remarkable research has yielded whole genome data in plants, resulting in the documentation of an ever-increasing number of genes, without establishing their functions.

This book provides an accessible introduction to an exciting new field of life science in which the focus is on small numbers of molecules and minorities within cell populations and their significance for the understanding of biological phenomena.

This book reflects more than three decades of research on Cellular Automata (CA), and nearly a decade of work on the application of CA to model biological strings, which forms the foundation of 'A New Kind of Computational Biology' pioneered by the start-up, CARLBio.

This book will provide current understandings about two ubiquitously expressed metabotropic GPCRs, G-coupled purinoreceptor type 2 (P2Y) and Takeda G-protein-coupled bile acid receptor 5 (TGR5).

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the concepts and approaches used for sequence, structure, and phylogenetic analysis.

The book addresses new achievements in AFM instruments - e.

The aim of this book is to provide comprehensive overview of the role of different tyrosine kinases in the progression and metastasis of various cancers of the gastrointestinal tract such as esophagus, liver, pancreas, stomach, and colorectal.

This book presents an overview of our current understanding of the biomineralization mechanisms for shell formation in the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata, based on molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, structural biology and environmental biology.

Arsenic is likely the most talked-about metalloid in the modern world because of its toxic effects on both animal and plants.

Global health and the increasing incidence of various diseases are a cause for concern, and doctors and scientists reason that the diet, food habits and lifestyle are contributing factors.

This book discusses functional starch and its applications in food, focusing on starches with possible health benefits or novel applications.

This edited book highlights the molecular basis of various enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants, defense mechanisms and adaptation strategies employed by plants to avoid the stressful conditions.

Sugarcane enjoys a prominent position among agro-industrial crops and is commercially grown in 115 tropical and subtropical countries around the world.