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  • General methods, glycosaminoglycans, and glycoproteins

    • 1st Edition
    • Roy Whistler
    • English
    Methods in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Volume VII: General Methods, Glycosaminoglycans, and Glycoproteins is a compilation of useful methods from the entire field of carbohydrate chemistry. This volume puts emphasis on methods and procedures used with glycoproteins and glycosaminoglycans. The book contains chapters devoted to the presentation of methods and procedures used with mono- and disaccharides, glycosides and nucleosides, and amino sugars. The methods for the isolation, purification, and analysis of glycoproteins and glycosaminoglycans are elaborated in detail as well. This volume is intended for the use of chemists, biochemists, and researchers in the field of carbohydrate chemistry.

  • Transgenic Plants

    Present Status and Social and Economic Impacts
    • 1st Edition
    • English
    Volumes 1 and 2 of Transgenic Plants assemble important information on transgenic crops which has appeared scattered in many different publications. These two volumes are a significant milestone in plant/agricultural biology, promote the practical application of recombinant DNA technology, and assist in transforming the agricultural industry.

  • Atomic and Molecular Processes

    • 1st Edition
    • D.R. Bates
    • English
    Atomic and Molecular Processes describes radiative and collisional processes involving atoms or molecules. Organized into 21 chapters, this book emphasizes the developments in these processes stimulated by the growth of interest in space science, astrophysics, and plasma physics. The book initially discusses the general theory of magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole radiation and the calculations and observations on individual atoms, as well as the forbidden transitions. The text then explores general topics on forbidden and allowed lines and bands; photoionization; photodetachment; recombination and attachment; elastic and inelastic scattering of electron; and energy loss by slow electrons. Discussions on collision broadening of spectral features and encounters between atomic systems including range, energy loss, excitation, ionization, detachment, charge transfer, elastic scattering, mobility, diffusion, relaxation in gases, and chemical reactions are provided in other chapters. A chapter is devoted to the use of high-temperature shock waves, and accounts of other main experimental methods are given.

  • Chemistry of Foods and Beverages: Recent Developments

    • 1st Edition
    • George Charalambous
    • English
    Chemistry of Foods and Beverages: Recent Developments is a compilation of selected papers from two conferences. The first conference is concerned with the quality of foods and beverages, which was the theme of the Second International Flavor Conference held in Athens, Greece, July 20-24, 1981. The second conference, “Formulated Foods and Their Ingredients: Recent Progress in Chemistry, Nutrition, and Technology”, is concerned with the progress in the chemistry and technology of formulated foods and their ingredients, held in Anaheim, California on November 1-4, 1981. This book covers topics on aroma components of hops contribution to beer flavor; headspace analysis for the evaluation of fresh fruits; effect of fast indigenization on the quality of foods and beverages; and headspace analysis of flavors with capillary column and multidetector systems. The book also describes the bitterness and other flavor qualities of protein hydrolyzates; computer-assisted quantitation of carrot volatiles; use of micro-olfactometer for chemical sensory analysis; and the use of fused silica capillary columns for flavor analysis. It also presents the uses of soy protein isolates based on unique processing and formulation techniques, of flavor nucleotides in foods, of 90% high fructose corn syrup as a food ingredient for the diabetic,a nd of dairy-based ingredients as alternatives to traditional sweeteners. Moreover, the functionality of corn-derived sweeteners, applications of xanthan gum in food systems, and criteria for the selection of ingredients for use in extrusion-cooked formulated foods are discussed. This reference will be useful to students, chemists, technologists, and executives who are involved with any facet of foods and beverages.

  • Chemical and Biochemical Applications of Lasers V3

    • 1st Edition
    • C. Bradley Moore
    • English
    Chemical and Biochemical Applications of Lasers, Volume III presents the fundamental principles and methods of selective photophysical and photochemical processes. The book discusses isotopic separations and related research for each eight classes of laser methods, and their applications in chemistry, biology, and materials science. The experimental results on multiphoton infrared processes and their theoretical interpretation are likewise thoroughly discussed and described. Organic and inorganic chemists, physical chemists, and optical physicists will find the text a valuable reference material.

  • Humoral Factors in Host Defense

    • 1st Edition
    • Yuichi Yamamura
    • English
    Humoral Factors in Host Defense contains the proceedings of the First Takeda Science Foundation Symposium on Bioscience, held on October 28-30, 1982, in Kyoto, Japan. The symposium focused on the humoral factors regulating immune responses, with emphasis on T cell-derived immunoregulatory molecules; molecular mechanisms of interferons; factors involved in differentiation and activation of immunocytes; and the use of the molecular genetics approach to host defense factors. Organized into four parts encompassing 22 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of interleukin-2 and T cell-replacing factors, along with their immunological functions and biochemical features. It then discusses antigen-specific T cell factors; immunoregulatory molecules from human monoclonal T cells; physiological and pathological roles of lymphokines; regulation of the immune system by monoclonal T cell peptides; production of a glycosylated human protein by recombinant DNA technology; and molecular genetics of immunoglobulin genes and the major histocompatibility antigen. Geneticists and biologists will find this book extremely useful.

  • Flow Cytogenetics

    • 1st Edition
    • Johan S. Ploem
    • English
    This is the first book to be devoted entirely to the application and development of flow techniques in cytogenetics. It provides comprehensive information on the use of flow cytometry and sorting for chromosome classification and purification. Cytogenetics and molecular biologists will find this book an invaluable reference source.

  • Physiology of the Amphibia

    • 1st Edition
    • Brian Lofts
    • English
    Physiology of the Amphibia, Volume III consists of 10 chapters beginning with a discussion on amphibian color changes and the various aspects of the molting cycle. Possessing a skin more suitable for life in the water, the amphibians need to prevent excessive water loss from their body to the environment; hence, an additional mechanism for reducing the hazards of desiccation in many anuran species is described. This book also tackles the physiology of amphibian cells in culture. Furthermore, the animals' nervous, visual, and auditory systems; their immunity; and metamorphosis are explained in this text. This reference will be useful to general biologists and to students with interests in animal physiology.

  • Plasma Waves

    • 1st Edition
    • D.G. Swanson
    • English
    Plasma Waves discusses the basic development and equations for the many aspects of plasma waves. The book is organized into two major parts, examining both linear and nonlinear plasma waves in the eight chapters it encompasses. After briefly discussing the properties and applications of plasma wave, the book goes on examining the wave types in a cold, magnetized plasma and the general forms of the dispersion relation that characterize the waves and label the various types of solutions. Chapters 3 and 4 analyze the acoustic phenomena through the fluid model of plasma and the kinetic effects. These chapters also describe the averaging process for the fluid element motion using expanded Boltzmann equation for each species in a velocity moment expansion, truncating the expansion at some suitable level, depending on the particular problem. The remaining four chapters discuss the effects of adding sharp boundaries, slowly varying inhomogeneities, nonlinearities at several levels, and turbulent plasmas. Supplementary texts on complex variables and the special functions in plasma physics are provided in the concluding section of this text. The book is an advanced text for graduate students who have had an introductory plasma course at some level.

  • Scale-Up and Automation in Plant Propagation

    Cell Culture and somatic cell Genetics of Plants
    • 1st Edition
    • Indra Vasil
    • English
    Scale-Up and Automation in Plant Propagation reviews methods of automation and scale-up of plant propagation in vitro. It looks at the large scale clonal propagation of plants, or micropropagation, as the first major practical application of plant biotechnology. It also discusses the advantages and limitations of micropropagation and evaluates current methods of commercial micropropagation. Organized into 13 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the benefits of scaling up and automating plant propagation before proceeding with a discussion of synthetic seeds and their use for plant propagation, along with problems and economic considerations associated with synthetic seed technology. It then considers the implementation of somatic embryogenesis technology for clonal forestry, the development and commercialization of bioreactor technology for automated propagation of potato microtubers and lily microbulbs, and approaches to automated propagation of fruit trees. Other chapters focus on issues of cost reduction and development of ""new"" products, scale-up and operation of prototype bioreactors for plant propagation, and application of machine vision technology to scale-up and automated evaluation of somatic embryogenesis in sweet potato. The book also describes methods of measurement and control of the environment in culture, environmental factors affecting photosynthesis, and use of robotics and field transplanters in the automation of plant propagation. Scientists and plant breeders will find this book extremely useful.

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