Biochemistry

Ascorbic acid (AsH-, vitamin C), an essential nutrient for both human health and animal health, participates in a wide range of important biochemic...

Carnosine ( -alanyl histidine) is a water-soluble dipeptide. It is mainly distributed in the skeletal muscles and in the brain. It is widely recogn...

This handbook compiles comprehensive reference information on sweeteners for academic researchers and professionals. It discusses both natural as w...

Tubulin is one of several members of a small family of globular proteins. The most common members of the tubulin family are -tubulin and -tubulin...

The present book introduces the current state of the art for the production of biofuels and biochemicals from cellulosic biomass using a variety of...

The Plasminogen Activator System (PAS) is a multifunctional protease system known to possess mitogenic, chemotactic, adhesive and migratory propert...

The Extremophiles Handbook brings together the rapidly growing and often scattered information on microbial life in the whole range of extreme envi...

The book covers the microbiological, environmental and biotechnological aspects of alkane production. Alkanes are important energy-rich compounds o...

This reference work presents an authoritative review of endophytes and their applications to human welfare. Endophytes have become a class of inter...

This is the first book specifically devoted to butyrate and its biological functions in the health of humans and animals. It is the result of the c...

Calcium carbonate is one of the most abundant materials present in nature. In this book, the characterization of surface properties of calcium carb...

Organic acids are compounds with acidic properties and occur naturally in a number of foods. They are mainly present in fermented products as a res...

This monograph summarizes results from the international research devoted to the design of efficient structured catalysts for the transformation of...

Phospholipids are the main components of biological membranes. This book covers the production, properties and use of natural and synthetic phospho...

For thousands of years, mankind has both used bacteria and suffered from them without actually being aware of them, until 340 years ago when Anton ...