
Eutectic Solvents and Stress in Plants
- 1st Edition, Volume 97 - January 14, 2021
- Editor: Rob Verpoorte
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 6 9 1 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 6 9 3 - 4
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Request a sales quoteEutectic Solvents and Stress in Plants, Volume 97 in the Advances in Botanical Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters surrounding NADES: from simple systems to complex colloidal mixtures, DES nanostructures with water, micelle and DES interaction, Dissolving proteins protein physics, Enzyme reactions in NADES, Protection against oxidation of metabolites, stability food, DES for pharmaceutical preparations, Cosmetics, Metabolons and bio-condensates: the essence of plant plasticity and the key elements in development of green production systems, Immediate in the whole plant during extreme conditions metabolomics, NADES in sees spores, and much more.
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface: Natural deep eutectic solvents: A third liquid phase in living organisms? Discovery, theory, biology, and applications
- 1: Discovery
- 2: Basics
- 3: Biology
- 4: Applications
- 5: Perspectives
- Foreword
- Chapter One: Deep eutectic solvents—Teaching nature lessons that it knew already
- Abstract
- 1: Overview
- 2: DES modified biomaterials
- 3: Solubility in DESs
- 4: Conclusions
- Chapter Two: Natural deep eutectic solvents: From simple systems to complex colloidal mixtures
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Ephemeral DES-based solvents
- 3: DES as green solvents
- 4: Hydrophobic DES
- 5: The interplay of DES and ionic liquids (IL)
- 6: DES and hydrotropes
- 7: DES and surfactants
- 8: Conclusion and outlook
- Chapter Three: Interactions of water and amphiphiles with deep eutectic solvent nanostructures
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Effect on physical properties
- 3: Nanostructure
- 4: Amphiphiles and self-assembly
- 5: Conclusions
- Chapter Four: Proteins in deep eutectic solvents: Structure, dynamics and interactions with the solvent
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: On protein structure, conformation and dynamics
- 3: Proteins in non-aqueous solvents
- 4: Proteins in DES
- 5: Future outlook
- 6: Concluding remarks
- Chapter Five: Natural deep eutectic solvents as performance additives for biocatalysis
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Natural deep eutectic solvents in biocatalysis
- 3: Conclusions
- Chapter Six: Natural deep eutectic solvents: Hypothesis for their possible roles in cellular functions and interaction with membranes and other organized biological systems
- Abstract
- 1: The beginning
- 2: Why “natural” in NADES?
- 3: How NADES may organize in living cell systems?
- 4: NADES and membranes in living cell systems
- 5: NADES (possible) interactions with membranes and highly organized subcellular biological assemblies
- 6: How NADES (if they exist) may get involved in the cell functioning
- Chapter Seven: Natural deep eutectic solvents in plants and plant cells: In vitro evidence for their possible functions
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Occurrence of NADES in plants
- 3: The physicochemical properties of NADES
- 4: Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter Eight: Metabolons and bio-condensates: The essence of plant plasticity and the key elements in development of green production systems
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Bio-condensates provides a suiting explanation for how plants biosynthesize and store natural products
- 3: Metabolons; nature's conveyor belts for production of natural products
- 4: Future research based on technical advancement of spatial and temporal resolution
- 5: Concluding remarks
- Chapter Nine: NADES formation in vegetative desiccation tolerance: Prospects and challenges
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The cellular environment under desiccation
- 3: A role for NADES?
- 4: The way forward
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter Ten: Natural deep eutectic solvents present in plant exudates? A case study on the saps of Drosera species
- Abstract
- 1: Overview
- 2: Characteristics of plant exudates
- 3: Chemical compositions of plant exudates
- 4: Drosera plant exudate
- 5: Natural deep eutectic solvents formation with the ingredients detected in plant exudates
- 6: Conclusions
- Chapter Eleven: A look on target-specificity of eutectic systems based on natural bioactive compounds
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: From eutectic to natural deep eutectic systems
- 3: Biomedical and pharmaceutical potential/applications of NADES
- 4: “Greenness” and biosafety
- 5: Conclusion and perspectives
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter Twelve: The use of NADES to support innovation in the cosmetic industry
- Abstract
- 1: Regulatory framework, market trends and botanical cosmetic bioactives
- 2: NADES, an opportunity for sustainable plant extraction
- 3: Benefits of NADES extracts compared to traditional extracts
- 4: From the laboratory proof of concept to the market
- 5: Conclusion and perspectives
- Chapter Thirteen: Applications of NADES in stabilizing food and protecting food compounds against oxidation
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction: The major deteriorating changes in foods
- 2: Food stability and preservation
- 3: NADES and food stability
- 4: NADES and the protection of food components
- 5: Conclusions and future perspectives
- Acknowledgment
- Chapter Fourteen: Honey in traditional Chinese medicine: A guide to future applications of NADES to medicines
- Abstract
- 1: Honeybee products, their ingredients and traditional applications
- 2: Honey in traditional Chinese medicine
- 3: The physico-chemical properties of honey as NADES
- 4: Other adjuvants in TCM
- 5: Prospects
- Chapter Fifteen: Natural deep eutectic systems—A new era of cryopreservation
- Abstract
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Cryoprotective strategies in nature
- 3: Natural cryoprotectants in cryopreservation
- 4: Advances and perspectives in cryopreservation
- Acknowledgments
- No. of pages: 436
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 97
- Published: January 14, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128216910
- eBook ISBN: 9780128216934
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Rob Verpoorte
Rob Verpoorte works in the Department of Pharmacognosy at State University Leyden in Leyden, The Netherlands.
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Department of Pharmacognosy, State University Leyden, Leyden, The NetherlandsRead Eutectic Solvents and Stress in Plants on ScienceDirect