Biological category: 21163 books
Heavy Metals and Other Pollutants in the Environment
Biological Aspects
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
This important new volume presents a plethora of research on the distribution of heavy metals in soils and rocks of natural habitats, farmlands, and urbanized areas along with the factors influencing their bioavailability. The authors evaluate the content of organic matter, soil acidity, mineral fertilizers,...
by Gustavo Blanco, Antonio Blanco
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2017
Medical Biochemistry is supported by over forty years of teaching experience, providing coverage of basic biochemical concepts, including the structure and physical and chemical properties of hydrocarbons, lipids, proteins, and nucleotides in a straightforward and easy to comprehend language. The...
by Enrique Cadenas, Lester Packer
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2008
The Nobel Prize was awarded in Physiology or Medicine in 1998 to Louis J. Ignarro, Robert F. Furchgott and Ferid Murad for demonstrating the signaling properties of nitric oxide. Nitric oxide (NO) is one of the few gaseous signaling molecules and is a key biological messenger that plays a role in...
Three-Dimensional Electron Microscopy of Macromolecular Assemblies
Visualization of Biological Molecules in Their Native State
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2006
Cryoelectron microscopy of biological molecules is among the hottest growth areas in biophysics and structural biology at present, and Frank is arguably the most distinguished practitioner of this art. CryoEM is likely over the next few years to take over much of the structural approaches currently...
by James Barber, Alexander V Ruban
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
This book is a tribute to three outstanding scientists, Professors Jan Anderson FRS, Leslie Dutton FRS and John Walker FRS, Nobel Laureate. Covering some of the most recent advances in the fields of Bioenergetics and Photosynthesis, this book is a compilation of contributions from leading scientists...
Aquaculture
Biology and Ecology of Cultured Species
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
This unique book introduces the biological and ecological basis of the production process in water, and the biology of cultured species. It bridges the gap between research data and aquaculture techniques, and covers problems arising in aquaculture production, such as filtering molluscs. It also introduced...
Homocysteine in Protein Structure/Function and Human Disease
Chemical Biology of Homocysteine-containing Proteins
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Excess of homocysteine, a product of the metabolism of the essential amino acid methionine, is associated with poor health, is linked to heart and brain diseases in general human populations, and accelerates mortality in heart disease patients. Neurological and cardiovascular abnormalities occur in...
Vasculopathies
Behavioral, Chemical, Environmental, and Genetic Factors
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2018
This volume presents one of the clinical foundations of vasculopathies: the biological markers and risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease. A detailed biological and clinical framework is provided as a prerequisite for adequate modeling. Chapter 1 presents cardiovascular risk factors and...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
This book is about the roles and importance of Ultraviolet (UV) light from sun and from man-made UV lamps in our daily life, on health and diseases, also its application in sterilization and treatment. The key words are: reactive oxygen species, DNA damage, UV mutagenicity, skin cancers, polymorphous...
by Marek Jankowski, Tomasz Wandtke
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2016
This volume focuses on various aspects of interleukin-27 (IL-27), especially its potential for clinical applications. The authors discuss the downstream signaling from the IL-27 receptor and its molecular targets in immune cells including Th1, Th2, Th17, Treg, Tr1, Tfh, B cells, DCs and macrophages....
by Jeffrey Griffith, Clare Sansom
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 1997
How do you keep track of basic information on the proteins you work with? Where do you find details of their physicochemical properties, amino acid sequences, and structure? Are you tired of scanning review articles, primary papers, and databases to locate that elusive fact?
The Academic Press FactsBook...
Protein Reviews
Volume 18
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
The aim of the Protein Reviews is to serve as a publication vehicle for review articles that focus on crucial current vigorous aspects of protein structure, function, evolution and genetics. The volumes will appear online before they are published in a printed book. Articles are selected according...
Endocrine Disruption
Biological Bases for Health Effects in Wildlife and Humans
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2005
This book addresses the biological effects of the reasonably large number of classes of compounds that have been recognized as endocrine disrupters. These compounds have been found to persist as pollutants in the environment, and have been blamed for causing developmental disorders and/or fertility...
Handbook of Biomimetics and Bioinspiration
Biologically-Driven Engineering of Materials, Processes, Devices, and Systems(In 3 Volumes)
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Global warming, pollution, food and water shortage, cyberspace insecurity, over-population, land erosion, and an overburdened health care system are major issues facing the human race and our planet. These challenges have presented a mandate to develop “natural” or “green” technologies using...