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...