Biology, Life Sciences

Understanding climate change like never before!Explore and understand the intriguing science behind climate change. Gain valuable knowledge on why ...

As a lipid-soluble molecule, nitrous oxide enters the brain rapidly to alter the flow of information along a multitude of neuronal pathways and syn...

This continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully ...

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

Tannins are astringent, bitter plant polyphenols that either bind and precipitate or shrink proteins and various other organic compounds including ...

Advances in Marine Biology presents original research results on the leading edge of marine biology discovery. Each article has been carefully sel...

Over fifty years of scientific and industrial developments focused on the amino acid producer bacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum has successfully...

This continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully ...

This book discusses the basic foundations of theoretical biology. Contrary to the objects of theoretical physics, the biological object contains a ...

The biology of cetaceans is one of the most compelling areas of research because of the extreme adaptations whales and dolphins have had to undergo...

The perioperative neuroscience is a specialty that is continuously evolving. This specialty depends on the integration of neuroanaesthesiology, neu...

This book contains contributions by world leaders in their fields and includes chapters dedicated to the structural analysis of glycans from differ...

An action potential (or nerve impulse) is a transient alteration of the transmembrane voltage (or membrane potential) across an excitable membrane ...

Threonine, one of proteinogenic as well as essential amino acids, is classified as polar and uncharged residue, which may play an important role in...

Metagenomics is the study of microbial communities sampled directly from their natural environment, without prior culturing. DNA sequencing (or alt...

Larvae are the distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. animals with indirect development such as insects, amp...

Fungi are very interesting organisms actively involved in a great number of environmental processes. Both animals and humans can also be affected b...

This book presents an overview of the role in biological processes and health effects produced by indoleamines, which are ubiquitous and versatile ...

Microbial biofilms are populations of microorganisms that are found on solid-liquid interface and are typically surrounded by a matrix of extracell...

Prions, probably the most fascinating proteins ever studied, have been in the spotlight for the last 30 years. However, their history is much older...