Sensory processing relates to the brains ability to organise and decipher different kinds of sensation entering the brain at the same time. In this...

The primary objective of this book is to provide readers with up-to-date knowledge of recent advances in serotonin research across different fields...

Tryptophan is not only an essential amino acid but also an effective signaling molecule as an indicator of amino acid sufficiency. Serotonin is bio...

Signal transduction plays a pivotal role in cell regulation. Hormones, cytokines and neurotransmitters bind to their specific receptors in the plas...

One of the most important topics in evolutionary biology concerns the origin and evolution of sex-determining systems and sex chromosomes. Certain ...

Enzymatic processing of lipids and oils is becoming an important area of research. Hydrolytic enzymes, such as lipases and proteases are being soug...

New Perspectives in Chemistry & Biochemistry

Plant physiology is a sub-discipline of botany concerned with the function, or physiology of plants. Closely related fields include plant morpholog...

In biological systems, the normal processes of oxidation (plus a minor contribution from ionising radiation) produce highly reactive free radicals....

New Research on Biofeedback

Biomaterials serve as synthetic or natural materials used to replace parts of living systems or to function contact with living tissue. Biomaterial...

Forest ecology includes within its scope the components and functions of forest ecosystems -- a community of organisms interacting with each other ...

In this book, the current advances on the functional role of molecular chaperones in protozoan's mechanisms of response to stressful conditions, as...

In this book, the authors present current research from across the globe in the study of protein synthesis. Topics discussed in this compilation in...

In many transduction processes, an increasing number of enzymes and other molecules become engaged in the events that proceed from the initial stim...

This book presents recent research in chemical and biochemical physics. Chemical physics addresses a large range of problems. An effective chemical...

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

Ecology is the study of the interrelationships between organisms and their environment, including the biotic and abiotic components. There are at l...

Marine and freshwater biotoxins are a well-known problem in food safety, mainly for filter-feeding molluscs and for freshwater aquaculture. This is...

A fully revised and completely redesigned edition of the first photographic identification guide to New Zealand's unique marine algae, by the count...

This book outlines current knowledge on the nutritive value of Nigella sativa (black cumin). N. sativa has many therapeutic effects and is consider...