Many members of plant and fungi kingdoms have toxic alkaloids that are highly poisonous. Chapter One explores how gas chromatography is used to ana...

Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) is performed routinely in research and diagnostics. The lack of internal standards, however, has been ver...

Gelatine has been the focus of many scientific studies recently published, as it is widely used not only in foods, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals b...

Glyphosate is one of the most widely used chemical products worldwide and its manufacturer has considered it the safest herbicide for human health ...

Gibberellins (GA) are a large group of tetracyclic diterpenoid carboxylic acids, which are essential for many processes in plants, including seed g...

Globulins are plasma proteins mostly synthesised by liver and lymphatic tissues. They fall into á-globulins (antiprotease / protease globulins), â-...

Glucocorticoids (GC) are a class of steroid hormones that bind to the glucocorticoid receptor, which is present in almost every vertebrate animal c...

Poly (y-glutamic acid), a novel polyanionic and multifunctional macromolecule synthesised by Bacillus species, has attracted considerable attention...

Glutathione (γ-glutamyl-cysteinyl-glycine; GSH) is the most abundant low-molecular-weight thiol found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms....

Glutathione is a widely mentioned biochemical molecule in present clinical biochemistry. There is no doubt that glutathione has several advantages ...

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

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the biosynthesis, physiological functions and commercial uses of glycine. Topics...

Glycobiology is the study of the structure, biosynthesis and biology of saccharides that are widely distributed in nature and are essential compone...

Glycogen is a multi-branched polysaccharide that serves as the cellular energy storage in animals, fungi, and humans. In this book, the authors pre...

The concept of glycopeptins all started off as part of a bug hunt. It started off with the observation that from 70 recent obstetrics and gynaecolo...

Anchorage of a subset of cell surface proteins in eukaryotic cells from yeast to mammals is mediated by a glycosylphosphatidylinositol moiety coval...

Over the last ten years, circumstances surrounding nature-friendly materials have changed not only in research fields, but also in practical fields...

Anthocyanins are a group of phenolic compounds widely found in nature, occurring in all tissues of higher plants. Currently, there are over 600 ide...

The majority of chapters in this book were written by scientists of N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics (IBChPh) of Russian Academy of S...

For thousands of years, plants show great importance in applications such as condiments, medicines, fragrances, colorants, ornaments, and thus thro...

A lipoprotein is a biochemical assembly that contains both proteins and lipids. Many enzymes, transporters, structural proteins, antigens, adhesins...

This book presents 847 compounds isolated and identified from plants that present antioxidant activity. These substances have been classified by ch...

The collection of topics in this book aims to reflect the diversity of recent advances in nanomaterials, nanochemistry and smart materials with a b...

This book presents topical research in the study of the dietary sources, properties and health benefits of flavonoids. Topics discussed in this com...

Gallic acid and its structurally related compounds are found widely distributed in fruits, plants, vegetables, and derivatives. Esters of gallic ac...

Proteins are important biomolecules that are vital for the cellular structure and function. They perform a vast array of functions within organisms...

Cholesterol is a soft, waxy substance found among the lipids (fats) in the bloodstream and in all your body's cells. It is transported to and from ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not conducted a recent evaluation of demand for Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) toxicity as...

Over the last decade, major advances have been made in understanding the role of heat shock proteins (HSPs) in cellular functions. They are univers...

Hemagglutinins refers to glycoproteins which bring about agglutination of erythrocytes or hemagglutination. Hemagglutination can be used to identif...

Heme oxygenase is an enzyme which breaks down heme, the iron-containing oxygen-carrying constituent of the red blood cells. Heme must be synthesise...

Histones are DNA-binding proteins that help in the packaging of DNA to fit into the cell nucleus in a hierarchy of organisation. During the packagi...

According to its chemical composition, honey is a complex mixture of over 70 ingredients, which enter honey in a variety of ways. Not only do the d...

In this compilation, the authors discuss the commercial source for the enzyme horseradish peroxidase, the tuberous roots of the horseradish plant w...

This book covered the current knowledge on structural as well as functional attributes of Heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70), which is the prime as well...

Human Serum Albumin (HSA) is the most abundant plasma protein. It has been widely used for drug delivery systems and has recently emerged as a vers...