Biomaterials from aquatic and terrestrial organisms

Biomaterials from aquatic and terrestrial organisms / editors, Milton Fingerman, Rachakonda Nagabhushanam.

Organisms, both aquatic and terrestrial, are sources of a wide variety of substances, many of which have already been shown to be bioactive. They play a wide variety of physiological and environmental roles. These chemicals include a broad array of proteins, lipids, and polysaccharides. Many of thes...

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Other Authors: Fingerman, Milton, 1928-, Nagabhushanam, Rachakonda
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Enfield, NH : Science Publishers, ©2006.
Subjects:
Biomedical materials.
Bioactive compounds > Biotechnology.
Biotechnology.
Bioengineering.
bioengineering.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology > Marine Biology.
Biotechnology
Bioengineering
Bioactive compounds > Biotechnology
Biomedical materials
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface ; Contents; The Contributors; 1. Use of Plants for Management of Alzheimer's Disease; INTRODUCTION; ACTIVITIES RELEVANT TO THE TREATMENT OF AD; PLANTS AND PLANT COMPOUNDS OF INTEREST; ALKALOIDAL INHIBITORS OF ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 2. Antiviral Activity of Sulfated Polysaccharides of Marine Red Algae; INTRODUCTION; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY: FUNCTIONS AND MECHANISMS; SUMMARY; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 3. Anti-Inflammatory and Antiallergic Properties of Triterpenoids from Plants; INTRODUCTION; INFLAMMATION; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS AND THEIR ACTION.
  • RESEARCH ON NEW ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGSBIOASSAY METHODS; 1. ANIMAL MODELS OF INFLAMMATION; 2. IN VITRO ANTI-INFLAMMATORY STUDIES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND ANTIALLERGIC ACTIVITY OF SELECTED TRITERPENOIDS; 2. INHIBITION OF INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; 4. Antioxidant Compounds Extracted from Several Plant Materials; INTRODUCTION; CHARACTERIZATION OF ANTIOXIDANTS; PLANT METABOLITES WITH ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; SOURCES OF ANTIOXIDANTS FOR THE FOOD INDUSTRY; REFERENCES; 5. Antimicrobial Activity of Terpenes Isolated from African Plants; INTRODUCTION; MONOTERPENES; SESQUITERPENES.
  • DITERPENESTRITERPENES; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 6. Antimalarial and Antifungal Alkaloids from Plants; INTRODUCTION; ANTIMALARIAL ALKLOIDS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; 7. Anticancer Compounds from Higher Plants; INTRODUCTION; OTHER ANTINEOPLASTIC (OR ANTITUMOR) GROUPS (CANDIDATES AS ANTICANCER DRUGS); CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 8. Biologically Active Natural Products from Marine Fungi; INTRODUCTION; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 9. Antioxidant Metabolites from Marine Derived Fungi; OXIDATIVE STRESS AND ANTIOXIDANTS; ANTIOXIDANTS FROM MARINE ORGANISMS.
  • EVALUATION OF MARINE FUNGAL METABOLITES FOR ANTIOXIDATIVE ACTIVITYCONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 10. Antiangiogenic Compounds from Marine Invertebrates; INTRODUCTION; POLYSACCHARIDES FROM MARINE ALGAE; MARINE MICROORGANISMS AND PHYTOPLANKTON; SPONGES; BRYOZOANS; BIOASSAYS; REFERENCES; 11. Biologically Active Terpenoids from Sponges; INTRODUCTION; SESQUITERPENOIDS; DITERPENOIDS; SESTERTERPENOIDS; TRITERPENOIDS; POLYPRENYLQUINOLS; REFERENCES; 12. Bioactive Polyacetylenic Compounds from Marine Sponges; INTRODUCTION; OCCURRENCE OF POLYACETYLENES IN SPONGES; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES.
  • 13. Bioactive Natural Products from NudibranchsINTRODUCTION; CHEMICAL STUDIES; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; 14. Barnacle Underwater Adhesive: Complexity from Multi-Functionality in a Multi-Protein Complex; LARVAL ATTACHMENT; ADULT BARNACLE UNDERWATER ADHESIVE (CEMENT); IDENTIFICATION OF THE CEMENT PROTEINS; UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CEMENT PROTEINS; COMPARISON WITH HOLDFAST PROTEINS IN OTHER ORGANISMS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS OF PEPTIDE-BASED MATERIALS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; 15. Secondary Metabolites of Biological Significance from Echinoderms; INTRODUCTION.

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