The perioperative neuroscience is a specialty that is continuously evolving. This specialty depends on the integration of neuroanaesthesiology, neu...

Alcoholism is a complicated disorder that is often characterised with refractoriness to treatment, chronic course, high comorbidity and frequently ...

Post-traumatic peripheral neuropathic pain (PTP-NP) is a common debilitating neuropathic pain condition. After certain types of physical trauma or ...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the biochemical characteristics, functions and potential applications of peroxid...

Worldwide, the prevalence of chronic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, infla...

Stem cells are cells found in all multi cellular organisms. They are characterised by the ability to renew themselves through mitotic cell division...

This book has been written in an attempt to advance people's knowledge on the Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus) crop in tropical and sub-tropical regio...

The International Year of Pulses celebrated in 2016 magnified the public focus and consumer perception on human health, environmental aspects, crop...

Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of an organism with a given genotype to respond to changing environmental conditions by undergoing a phenotypi...

A pheromone is a chemical signal that triggers a natural response in another member of the same species. There are alarm pheromones, food trail phe...

Phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) is an essential metabolic enzyme for all living organisms. It catalyses the high-energy phospho-transfer reaction fro...

A significant amount of phosphorus (P) is present in animal manure. Land application of animal manure can benefit crop production by providing P an...

Photobiology is the scientific study of the interactions of light and living organisms. The last decades have witnessed great strides in understand...

The study of chemical reactions that proceed with the absorption of light by atoms or molecules is known as photochemistry. Everyday examples inclu...

Photosynthesis is a metabolic pathway that converts light energy into chemical energy. Its initial substrates are carbon dioxide and water; the ene...

Photosynthesis is a well-regulated process utilising solar energy for storage as chemical energy to meet the plant's metabolic needs. It is the key...

Cancer metastasis is one of the greatest challenges for our society and is responsible for over 90% of cancer-related deaths. Even in the 21st cent...

The Neotropics contains the greatest abundance and diversity of primate species of any bio-region in the world. They make up an impressive and vari...

Phylogeography involves knowledge of the spatial distribution of related individuals and historical information on the relationship within and amon...

The opening chapter of Phytochemicals: Plant Sources and Potential Health Benefits discusses macronutrients and micronutrients from plants along wi...

This book is dedicated to new and important research in the field of phytochemistry which is in the strict sense of the word the study of phytochem...

Accumulation of different compounds from soil, water or even from the atmosphere is a typical feature of plants as the organisms are dependent on m...

This book presents the most extensive general review of the pitcher plants of the Americas yet undertaken -- it is a substantive overview of the sy...

This book presents the most significant scientific information available in the study of plant archaeogenetics. A detailed examination is provided ...