Biochemistry Books

Thin layer chromatography (TLC) is well suited for performing enantioseparations for research as well as larger-scale applications. A fast, inexpensive, and versatile separation technique, there are many practical considerations that contribute to its...

New analytical methods have provided further insight into the structure, surface characteristics, and chemistries of increasingly small particles. However, current literature offers information on only a limited number of powders being investigated...

This innovative reference explores a wide selection of topics associated with aging, providing a solid understanding of the significance and molecular basis of the aging process and charting the course of future research in the area. Stresses the...

This unique volume describes how scientific truth is perceived. It includes theories from the philosophy of science that pertain to truth and objectivity in science.

Provides the basic laboratory skills and knowledge to pursue a career in biotechnology. Written by four biotechnology instructors with over 20 years of teaching experience, it incorporates instruction, exercises, and laboratory activities that the...

This book reviews the interrelation between plasma chemistry and biochemistry complemented by discussion of the ways plasmas inactivate various pathogens. Focus is on the plasma effects on mammalian cells, subsequent consequences for cell-biological...

Enzyme Kinetics and Mechanism is a comprehensive textbook on steady-state enzyme kinetics.  Organized according to the experimental process, the text covers kinetic mechanism, relative rates of steps along the reaction pathway, and chemical...

Biochemistry Explained employs an innovative approach which has proven highly successful in the author's own classes. The author establishes a thorough understanding of the foundations of and common linkages between molecular structures and reactions, so...

Most adults take at least one prescription medication for example, for high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, depression, asthma, diabetes, COPD, or a variety of other reasons, but most people (and many healthcare providers) are totally unaware...

Of recent, the structure of the complement system has received considerable attention, including the publication of several three-dimensional structures of complement proteins. This has led to the need for an authoritative resource to provide a complete...

Largely driven by major improvements in the analytical capability of mass spectrometry, proteomics is being applied to broader areas of experimental biology, ranging from oncology research to plant biology to environmental health. However, while it has...

For hundreds of years cannabis has been used as a therapeutic medicine around the world. Cannabis was an accepted medicine during the second half of the 19th century, but its use declined because single agent pain medications were advocated by physicians...

This volume represents the proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Molecular Aspects of Monooxygenases and Bioactivation of Toxic Compounds" which was held in ~e§me (Izmir) Turkey, August 27 to September 7, 1989. The...

This volume contains the texts of the nineteen lectures presented at the NATO-ASI - FEBS Course on "DNA - ligand interactions: from drugs to proteins." The Advanced Study Institute (ASIl was held from August 30th to September...

The family of known essential fatty acid metabolites continues to grow. Synthesis of the prostaglandins from essential fatty acids was first described by Bergstrom and Samuelsson in 1964. The thromboxanes were discovered in...

The Third Annual Symposium on Health Sciences attracted over 400 scientists from 15 countries. It was held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. The theme of this meeting was "Thymic Hormones and Lymphokines:...

Plasma proteins are of interest from many points of view. Biochemists have separated and purified numerous plasma proteins and studied their physical properties, aminoacid composition and sequence, the carbohydrate components...

We are pleased to present to our readers the Proceedings of the International Symposium "Proteases: Potential Role in Health and Disease" which was held in WUrzburg (FRG) during October 17-20, 1982. The topics discussed...

This vol\.Dl\e of Advances in Experinental ~dicine and Biology is based on an Arrerican Chemical Society SympositUII entitled: "Surface Chemistry of Biological Systems", which took place in New York on September 11-12, 1969...

This volume, Proceedings of the Conference ACID RAIN: Economic Assessment, is meant to present the areas of agreement which economists have established and the uncertainties which they have discovered in their attempts to use...

Among the major components of human diet, edible fats and oils are typically produced through various forms of technological manipulation of naturally available starting material. It is also generally recognized that dietary...

The PET and PET/CT Study Guide presents a comprehensive review of nuclear medicine principles and concepts necessary for passing PET specialty board examinations. The practice questions and content are similar to those found on the Nuclear Medicine...

What is this book about?.- Chemicals from Metabolic Pathways.- Elemental and Redox Balances.- Thermodynamics of Bioreactions.- Biochemical Reaction Networks.- Enzyme Kinetics and Metabolic Control Analysis.- Growth Kinetics of Cell Cultures.- Population...

This book addresses the emerging technology for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), covering OFDMA physical layer as well as network technology. The book also includes information on IEEE 802.16e and WiMAX...

Contributors.- Introduction.- Acknowledgements.- Data Mining of Malaria Parasite Gene Expression for Possible Translational Research.- Constructing Probabilistic Genetic Networks of Plasmodium falciparum from Dynamical Expression Signals of the...

Microwave Amplitude Modulation Technique to Measure Spin-Lattice (T 1) and Spin-Spin (T 2) Relaxation Times.- Improvement in the Measurement of Spin-Lattice Relaxation Time in Electron Paramagnetic Resonance.- Quantitative Measurement of Magnetic...

Protein Translocation Across the Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane.- Preprotein Translocation through the Sec Translocon in Bacteria.- Protein Translocation in Archaea.- Structure of the SecYEG Protein Translocation Complex.- Membrane Protein Insertion in...

Four Alternative Breast Imaging Modalities.- Computational Framework.- Magnetic Resonance Elastography: Theory.- Magnetic Resonance Elastrography: Experimental Validation and Performance Optimazation.- Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy: Theory.-...

Evidence now suggests that the roles of essential fatty acids as growth promoters and as indices of health and nutrition are fundamentally similar in freshwater and marine ecosystems. Lipids in Aquatic Ecosystems integrates...

Environmental Impact of Pesticides in Egypt.- Biodegradation of Perfluorinated Compounds.- Lead Stress Effects on Physiobiochemical Activities of Higher Plants.- Environmental Fate and Toxicology of Carbaryl.- Managing Hazardous Pollutants in Chile:...

Foreward - Preface - Microbially Derived Off-flavor from Geosmin and 2-Methylisoborneol: Sources and Remediations - Mercury in the San Francisco Estuary - DDE REmediation and Degradation - Surfactant Effects on Environmental Behavior of Pesticides.

Nature has long used nucleic acid aptamers and enzymes for regulatory activities, such as the recently discovered "riboswitches" involved in gene expression. The existence of a large array of natural and artificial functional...

Foreword Preface Chemistry and Fate of Simazine.- Ethanol Production: Energy, Economic, and Environmental Losses.- Arsenic Behaviour from Groundwater and Soil to Crops: Impacts on Agriculture and Food Safety.- Health Effects of Arsenic, Flourine, and...

This volume explores the latest approaches and techniques used to study mitotic exit in diverse model organisms. The chapters in this book cover topics such as transgenic methods generation of RNAi-sensitive cell lines; gene overexpression in heterologue...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

James D. Watson When, in late March of 1953, Francis Crick and I came to write the first Nature paper describing the double helical structure of the DNA molecule, Francis had wanted to include a lengthy discussion of the...

Chemical Biology of Thrombin is a comprehensive review of thrombin as regulatory protease, perhaps one of the most important enzymes in hemostasis. It focuses on work from 1970's to the present time. Thrombin has some emerging therapeutic uses such the...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

""Das Skelett des Doglings Hyperoodon Rostratus, Pont: Ein Beitrag zur Osteologie der Cetaceen und zur vergleichenden Morphologie der Wirbels�����ule"" ist ein Buch von Adolph Gerstaecker aus dem Jahr 1887. In diesem Buch geht es um die Analyse des...

Das Buch ""Das Periphere Geruchsorgan Der Saugethiere: Eine Vergleichend Anatomische Studie (1887)"" von Emil Zuckerkandl ist eine detaillierte anatomische Studie �����ber das periphere Geruchsorgan bei S�����ugetieren. Der Autor untersucht die Anatomie...

Early studies by Pendleton and West (1) in 1932 demonstrated that urea moved from the blood into the small intestine in uremic dogs. In 1946, Twiss and Kolff (2) showed in uremic patients that urea could be removed when an...

Since early Greek and Roman times, atoms were assumed-after un­ dergoing their various interactions-to take on the stable configurations of either the living or the inanimate world. This simple and unitary theory has evolved...

Computed Tomography gives a detailed overview of various aspects of computed tomography. It discusses X-ray CT tomography from a historical point of view, the design and physical operating principles of computed tomography apparatus, the algorithms of...

Taking a unique industrial perspective that reinforces theory and develops valuable analytical and interpretation skills, this book examines the techniques, methodology, and theory of bioanalysis, pharmacokinetics, and metabolism from the perspective of...