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

Gastropods are a large taxonomic class within the molluscs, a group of animals that are more commonly known as snails and slugs. With more than 30,...

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...

Gene Delivery: Methods and Applications provides a comprehensive overview on viral and non-viral methods used to genetically engineer human mesench...

Gene silencing is a general term describing the epigenetic processes of gene regulation. The term gene silencing is generally used to describe the ...

Mycorrhiza is a mutualistic association between fungi and the roots of the vast majority of terrestrial plants. In natural ecosystems, the plant nu...

With tremendous success of genomic research in discovering genetic variations determining human diseases, it is now time to re-evaluate how the env...

This edition includes new translations of Aristotle's Generation of Animals along with History of Animals I and Parts of Animals I . The translatio...

This edition includes new translations of Aristotle's Generation of Animals along with History of Animals I and Parts of Animals I . The translatio...

Genetic diversity plays a very important role in survival and adaptability of a species because when a species's environment changes, slight gene v...

Genetic inheritance patterns deal with the different ways genes and their alleles interact during the transmission of genetic traits that effect th...

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

This book looks at genotoxicity which is a deleterious action on cell genetic material affecting its integrity. Genotoxic substances are known to b...

This is a contribution to the conservation of members of the family Cambaridae. This book is focused on the evaluation of geographic changes caused...

This edited book, composed of chapters written by scholars of the geomatics-based, environmental and biological sciences, examines selected topics ...

Germination: Types, Process and Effects is a book that brings together the contribution of new and relevant information from many experts in the fi...

The need for germplasm banks that safeguard the vegetable genetic resources is more than justified by the genetic erosion aggravated in the last fe...

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

The use of medicinal plants or natural products increased in the last decades all over the world. One of the most popular herbal plants is Ginkgo b...

This book contains nine chapters which include contributions by different experts who have been very active in glia research over the past several ...

Neuroimaging plays a central role in the initial diagnosis and subsequent monitoring of multimodal therapies offered to patients with glioblastoma ...

Gliomas represent some of the most difficult tumours to understand and most challenging to treat. As illustrated in this book, the difficulty in un...

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

The globus pallidus is a structure in the brain involved in the regulation of voluntary movement. It is part of the basal ganglia, which, among man...

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

Glutamate is purported to be the most important transmitter for normal brain function. Nearly all excitatory neurons in the central nervous system ...

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...

The major component of glycocalyx, heparan sulfate covalently attaches to proteoglycan core proteins, which is abundant at the cell surface and in ...

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

Glycolipids are carbohydrate-attached lipids. Their role is to provide energy and also serve as markers for cellular recognition. They occur where ...