Biochemistry

In the post-genomic era, science is still challenged to explain the biosynthesis of complex polysaccharides and glycoconjugates. Unlike nucleic aci...

This book examines current research on biology, linear developmental model and biological control efficiency. The book draws heavily from insect ph...

In This book, special emphasis is placed on the interaction of X-ray polarised and non-polarised radiation with hexagonal BN (h-BN) crystal. h-BN i...

Regucalcin is a protein which is highly differentiated due to increased conservation of the regucalcin genes throughout evolution in vertebrates. R...

The BCL-2 family proteins are crucial regulators of the apoptotic process. This book covers recent structure-based insights into the mechanisms of ...

Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) cameras have revolutionarily changed nuclear imaging techniques and given us new diagnostic poss...

Ferritins are a superfamily of iron-storage proteins that are found in all living organisms with the exception of yeast. They are ubiquitous, iron-...

Kaempferol is a natural plant product known for its health promoting effects and its pharmacological and nutraceutical properties. It is common in ...

This book reviews sources, applications and new research of glucosides. Chapter One introduces the source (where and how mycotoxins are glucosylate...

Enzymes such as cellulases have been applied as tools for research and development and in almost every industrial sector including agriculture, foo...

This book discusses a group of natural compounds that is referred to in many bibliographic references for its multiple medical and therapeutic appl...

Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDIs) are good anti-cancer targets. Histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and HDIs play opposite roles in the regulatio...

Luteolin belongs to a group of naturally occurring compounds called flavonoids that are found widely in the plant kingdom. Luteolin is widely prese...

Muscle cells, including cardiomyocytes, contain a specialized smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER), sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) calcium ions (Ca2+) re...

Cyclodextrins (CDs) are capable of interacting with a large variety of guest molecules to form inclusion complexes. The authors of the chapters tha...

In mammals, vitamin B12 (also called cobalamin (Cbl)) is involved in several metabolic pathways and necessary for the proliferation and survival of...

The genus Fusarium are among the most common contaminants of cereals and their products, and many species have acquired additional importance becau...

Eicosanoids constitute a large and expanding family of bioactive lipids synthesized from polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) to either pro-inflammat...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the occurrence, medicinal uses and physiological importance of quinones. Topics ...

Stem cells of varying potencies originating from the organ generating totipotent embryonic stem cells (ESCs) to terminally differented cells such a...

Saponins are surfactive compounds that are widely distributed in nature, occurring primarily in the plant kingdom. Plants that produce saponins gen...