Natural Antimicrobial Agents (Sustainable Development and Biodiversity, #19)
Documenting the latest research in the field of different pathogenic organisms, this book presents the current scenario about promising antimicrobials in the following areas: Part I. Plants as source of antibacterials, Part II. Naturally occurring antifungal natural products, Part III. Antiparasitic natural products, Part IV. Antiviral natural products. Renowned scientists from the globe have been selected as authors to contribute chapters. Use of plants for various ailments is as old as human c...
Antibacterials (Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, #25)
Medicinal chemistry is both science and art. The science of medicinal chemistry offers mankind one of its best hopes for improving the quality of life. The art of medicinal chemistry continues to challenge its practitioners with the need for both intuition and experience to discover new drugs. Hence sharing the experience of drug research is uniquely beneficial to the field of medicinal chemistry. Drug research requires interdisciplinary team-work at the interface between chemistry, biology and...
Bioanalysis of Pharmaceuticals
Laboratory Health and Safety Handbook
by R.Scott Stricoff and Douglas B. Walters
A comprehensive review of the components of a laboratory health and safety program is provided by this guide, which is applicable to commercial and academic chemical laboratories. It specifically describes how each of these components fits into a chemical hygiene plan required under OSHA's new Laboratory Use of Toxic Substances standard.
The developments in information technology in the last decades of the 20th century have fundamentally changed the way in which scientific information is being communicated and used. A scientific discipline where the impact of these changes has been particularly significant is (bio)chemistry. Up to less than 25 years ago, molecular modeling was a hardly-existent computational chemistry niche, only practiced at those few institutes that could afford the very expensive specialised hardware. Also ra...
Phytochemistry of Plants of Genus Rauvolfia (Phytochemical Investigations of Medicinal Plants)
by Brijesh Kumar, Sunil Kumar, Vikas Bajpai, and KP Madhusudanan
Rauvolfia species, commonly known as Sarpagandha, has been traditionally used in Ayurveda for curing high blood pressure, hypertension, snake bites, fever, and mental illnesses. Due to its wide variety and differences in chemical composition, it is necessary to develop an efficient and reliable method for rapid screening and determination of phytochemicals in the extracts of the Rauvolfia species. This book will provide qualitative and quantitative comparative phytochemical investigations of sel...
Handbook of Laboratory Distillation (Techniques & Instrumentation in Analytical Chemistry)
by Erich Krell
Chemical Sensor Technology, Volume 4 (Chemical Sensor Technology)
This volume is the fourth in a series of annual reviews on progress in the research and technology, both basic and applied, of chemical sensors. New principles, new devices, and the detailed mechanism of various chemical sensors are described. Chemical sensors continue to grow rapidly in importance encompassing a broad spectrum of technologies covering safety, pollution, fuel economy, medical engineering and industrial processes. More than half the papers in this volume are relevant to biosensin...
Safe Storage of Laboratory Chemicals
Safe Storage of Laboratory Chemicals, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide which allows readers to assess and improve the safety of their laboratory operations when storing chemicals. By applying the information in this book, readers can create a safer place to work through a safer storage environment, wiser storage practices and procedures, informed personnel, and the intelligent use of information. There has seen a surge in the demand for chemical safety and information relating to a safe w...
Improving Safety in the Chemical Laboratory
The work of accident prevention in the lab begins with foresight.Discerning "close calls"--near accidents--early enough preventsthem from turning into full-fledged mishaps, mishaps that cost timeand money, and which could result in injury. Improving Safety inthe Chemical Laboratory is an accident prevention handbook for theprofessional in the lab that shows how to detect and eliminate thecauses of dangerous mishaps--and virtually "hazard proof" any labenvironment. In unequivocally clear and prac...
Antimalarial Natural Products (Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, #117)
This volume begins with a short history of malaria and follows with a summary of its biology. It then traces the fascinating history of the discovery of quinine for malaria treatment, and then describes quinine’s biosynthesis, its mechanism of action, and its clinical use, concluding with a discussion of synthetic antimalarial agents based on quinine’s structure. It also covers the discovery of artemisinin and its development as the source of the most effective current antimalarial drug, includi...
Natural Products in the Chemical Industry is not a conventional textbook, but rather an invitation to join an entertaining journey that takes you into the fascinating world of natural products. This book features diverse compound classes from a number of areas: colourants, fragrances and flavourings, amino acids, pharmaceuticals, hormones, vitamins and agrochemicals. Whether you are a teacher or a scholar, an undergraduate or graduate student, a professional chemist in industry or academia, or...
The volumes of this classic series, now referred to simply as "Zechmeister" after its founder, L. Zechmeister, have appeared under the Springer Imprint ever since the series' inauguration in 1938. It is therefore not really surprising to find out that the list of contributing authors, who were awarded a Nobel Prize, is quite long: Kurt Alder, Derek H.R. Barton, George Wells Beadle, Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, Otto Diels, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, Paul Karrer, Luis Federico Leloir, Linus Pauling, Vla...
The volumes of this classic series, now referred to simply as "Zechmeister" after its founder, Laszlo Zechmeister, have appeared under the Springer Imprint ever since the series' inauguration in 1938. The series has featured contributions by seven Nobel laureates: D.H.R. Barton, D. Crowfoot Hodgkin, L. Pauling, K. Alder, O. Diels, P. Karrer, H. von Euler-Chelpin. The volumes contain contributions on various topics related to the origin, distribution, chemistry, synthesis, biochemistry, function...
This 8-volume set provides a systematic description on 8,350 active marine natural products from 3,025 various kinds of marine organisms. The diversity of structures, biological resources and pharmacological activities are discussed in detail. Molecular structural classification system with 264 structural types are developed in the book as well. The 1st volume mainly illustrates the molecular formula and structures of terpenoids.
Organic Chemistry: 100 Must-Know Mechanisms (de Gruyter Textbook)
by Roman Valiulin
This book summarizes 100 essential mechanisms in organic chemistry ranging from classical such as the Reformatsky Reaction from 1887 to recently elucidated mechanism such as the copper(I)-catalyzed alkyne-azide cycloaddition. The reactions are easy to grasp, well-illustrated and underpinned with explanations and additional information.
Low temperature plasma in medicine is a new field that rose from the research in the application of cold plasmas in bioengineering. Plasma medicine is an innovative and promising multidisciplinary novel field of research covering plasma physics, life sciences, and clinical medicine to apply physical plasma for therapeutic applications. Emerging Developments and Applications of Low Temperature Plasma explores all areas of experimental, computational, and theoretical study of low temperature and...
Metal-DNA Chemistry (ACS Symposium, No 402)
The chemistry of metals is providing new insights into DNA chemistry, making it necessary for scientists in this emerging interdisciplinary research to be able to understand work in both fields. This new volume provides an examination of the application of metal chemistry to molecular biology, as well as a review of recent research results. Its 11 chapters provide broad coverage of such topics as the development and use of metal complexes as tools in molecular biology, the involvement of metal i...
Chemistry and the Living Organism
by Lawrence J. Stephens and Molly M. Bloomfield
The latest version of this popular textbook updates the content and format of previous editions to make it more appealing to students and more useful to instructors. Concentrates on the relationship between basic chemical concepts and the chemistry of living organisms. Delves into such topical issues as alcoholism, radiation therapy, and effects of food chemicals on the brain. This edition features a STEP problem solving strategy which provides a consistent method to solve all problems in the bo...
The discovery of novel drugs that fill unmet medical needs is important for the health and well-being of people everywhere. However, the general public knows too little about the pathways through which basic research discoveries are translated into products that protect or restore human health. In the second edition of Hallelujah Moments, Eugene H. Cordes reveals the processes and pitfalls on the route from the laboratory bench to the bedside. These are adventure stories in which wit and grit cr...
A visual guide for the interpretation of complex 1H-NMR spectra with a concise and illustrative practice problems section. This book is an easy-to-grasp source for (organic) chemists and students that want to understand and practice NMR spectroscopy.
Tetramer Stability and Functional Regulation of Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 (Springer Theses)
by Rui Kamada
This thesis presents the first report of the comprehensive and quantitative analysis of the effects of tumor-derived mutations on the tetrameric structure of tumor suppressor protein p53, which plays a central role in maintaining genomic integrity. Inactivation of p53 via mutation of its gene is a key step in tumorigenesis. Biophysical analyses revealed that the stability of the mutant peptides varied widely. Formation of a tetrameric structure is to be critical for protein–protein interactions,...
The latest authors, like the most ancient, strove to subordinate the phenomena of nature to the laws of mathematics Isaac Newton, 1647–1727 The approach quoted above has been adopted and practiced by many teachers of chemistry. Today, physical chemistry textbooks are written for science and engineering majors who possess an interest in and aptitude for mathematics.No knowledge of chemistry or biology (not to mention poetry) is required. To me this sounds like a well-de?ned prescription for limit...