This book aims to present some research papers on obtaining and using Salvia compounds in the search for health promotion and valuable products wit...

Chia (Salvia hispanica L.) is an annual herbaceous plant belonging to this taxonomic hierarchy. This book explores a range of topics related to thi...

Saponins are surfactive compounds that are widely distributed in nature, occurring primarily in the plant kingdom. Plants that produce saponins gen...

Saponins are a diverse group of glycosidic compounds widely distributed in the plant kingdom, which are characterised by structures containing trit...

This book concentrates on twenty-three sightings in Alberta and British Columbia. Was it merely an Indian legend told to early explorers, a story c...

A complete reference on sasquatch in BC, from fossilized footprints and petroglyphs to modern-day sightings and current scientific research. The mo...

In this remarkable volume, Dr. Jean-Paul Debenat, a professor of comparative literature (University of Nantes, France) with a flair for anthropolog...

The sciatic nerve is the longest and widest single nerve in the human body. This new book presents current research in the study of the sciatic ner...

In Gobekli Tepe' near Urfa, an ancient city in south-eastern Turkey, stand 11,000 year old concentric rings of old massive T shaped pillars. The ca...

In Gobekli Tepe' near Urfa, an ancient city in south-eastern Turkey, stand 11,000 year old concentric rings of old massive T shaped pillars. The ca...

Modern marine turtles belong to an ancient group of reptiles inhabiting the Earth for over 110 million years, since the Cretaceous. Marine turtles ...

Sea urchins play a key role in marine ecosystems, controlling through its grazing activity the dynamic, structure and composition of seaweed and se...

Humans have altered and created entirely new environments to which animals have either adapted or been extirpated. Urban environments are one of th...

This book tells the fascinating story of New Zealand’s endemic Hutton’s shearwater, a species that breeds only at two remote locations, high in the...

Malaysia has the potential to be a key seaweed production player in the region if proper management and possible interventions take place. Chapter ...

This book aims to report possible applications of seaweeds in agriculture as well as the composing ingredients of nutritional value and therapeutic...

Seeds are a pathway for species survival. They are a fundamental unit for plants spreading, performing a vital biological role. They have been cons...

From infancy, by being in contact with the world, we acquire information regarding living beings and objects that surround us; we use objects and t...

Proteases refer to a group of enzymes whose catalytic function is to hydrolyse (cleavage) peptide bonds of proteins. Proteases occur naturally in a...

The serotonergic and circadian systems constitute two of the main regulatory signalling networks of the brain. Each of them consists of a highly lo...

Serotonin has long been known to have important roles in many systems of the body that have important roles in health and disease. As represented b...

Serpins, a group of proteins with similar structures, were first identified as a set of proteins able to inhibit proteases. The first members of th...

Serum albumin is the most abundant plasma protein in mammals. Albumin is essential for maintaining the osmotic pressure needed for proper distribut...

Sex determination, differentiation and gamete maturation are well organised molecular events in vertebrates. In vertebrates, sex determination and ...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the evolutionary perspectives, mating strategies and long-term effects on geneti...

The age of zoological discovery has not passed. Every year, spectacular and exciting new species are being located and classified, adding to our kn...

This book first addresses a comprehensive review of sheep mastitis. The authors covers up-to-date reports on aetiology and epidemiology, important ...

Fish and seafood are widely available foods that provide important nutrients to consumers. Research conducted over the past few years suggests that...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the evolutionary history, ecological significance and effects on dietary consump...

Sleep deprivation is a sufficient lack of restorative sleep over a cumulative period so as to cause physical or psychiatric symptoms and affect rou...

Essential for the defence against all kinds of stress, small stress proteins also play major roles in the physiology, development and differentiati...

Essential for the defence against all kinds of stress, small stress proteins also play major roles in the physiology, development and differentiati...

The purpose of this book is to provide specific, updated information concerning the topic of snail diversity, snail biology and snail behaviours. T...

Snake bites are a major health concern, especially in tropical countries. Understanding the pathology of envenomation and chemical composition of ...

Social behaviour has broad implications for the survival and reproduction of an organism. Social behaviours often reflect rather complex mechanisms...

Twentieth century social learning theories radically challenged the popular ideas about the role of nature and nurture in animal existence, particu...

Soil ecology is the study of the interactions among soil organisms, and between biotic and abiotic aspects of the soil environment. It is particula...

In Solanaceae: Cultivation, Nutrition and Health, the authors first set out to demonstrate how utilization of soil amendments in agricultural syste...

The Solanum genus is the largest and most representative from the Solanaceae family, which includes approximately 2000 species distributed througho...

The worldwide market of medicinal mushrooms is constantly increasing considering the improvement of the level of life of population and the concern...

A fundamental requirement of everyday life is that of encoding and remembering successfully the locations of objects, landmarks or buildings in spa...

Memory is one of the earliest cognitive functions to show decline during aging and some neurodegenerative diseases and this decline has a social an...

This book describes the reproductive strategies and tactics employed by bivalve and gastropod molluscs to exploit and take advantage of different e...