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Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Electron based Bioscience -- Chapter 1: (Tentative) Latest knowledges of (electro)microbiology -- Chapter 2: Importance of electron flow in (micro)biological metabolism -- Chapter 3: Extracellular electron transfer in bioelectrochemically active microorganisms -- Chapter 4: Direct interspecies electron transfer -- Chapter 5: Extracellular electron uptake mechanisms by sulfate reducing bacteria -- Chapter 6: Conversion of electric energy into life energy -- Part II. Electron based Biotechnology -- Chapter 7: Electrochemical interactions between microorganisms and conductive particles- Chapter 8: Bioelectrochemical reversible interconversion in the 2H+/H2 and CO2/formate redox systems and its importance in forthcoming energy system -- Chapter 9: Application of enzymatic reactions involving electron transfer for the production of useful chemicals -- Chapter 10: Fatty acid production of thraustochytrids and cellular redox balance -- Chapter 11: Control of microbial metabolisms by electrochemical cultivation method -- Part III. Electron based Biocorrosion -- Chapter 12: Microbiologically influenced corrosion -- Chapter 13: Electrochemistry on Corrosion Engineering -- Chapter 14: Microorganisms inducing microbiologically influenced corrosion -- Chapter 15: Electron flow rate in the corrosion and its application -- Chapter 16: Biocorrosion and souring in the crude oil production process -- Chapter 17: Metallurgical factors effect on bacterial adhesion and bio-corrosion.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Botanical Features of Periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus -- Chapter 2. Catharanthus roseus: A Source of Anticancer Phytomedicines -- Chapter 3. Classical Breeding and Trait Genetics in Catharanthus -- Chapter 4. Somatic Embryogenesis in Catharanthus roseus: Proteomics of Embryogenic and Nonembryogenic Tissues; and Genome Size Analysis of Regenerated Plant -- Chapter 5. Alkaloid Synthesis in in vitro Cultures of Catharanthus roseus: Capabilities and Limitations -- Chapter 6. Genetic Transformation in Catharanthus roseus -- Chapter 7. Molecular Markers and Descriptor’s Suitable for Quantitative Trait Loci and Genome Mapping in Catharanthus roseus -- Chapter 8. Sequencing the Genome of Catharanthus roseus: Status and Prospects -- Chapter 9. Functional Genomics Approaches for Gene Discovery Related to Terpenoid Indole Alkaloid Biosynthetic Pathway in Catharanthus roseus -- Chapter 10. Future Prospects for Research on Catharanthus roseus.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Geography, Economy and Nationality of Shimenkan of Weining -- Methodist Churches in Zhaotong -- Shimenkan and Christianity -- Governance of the Miao nationality by the national government in Weining -- The Miao Nationality in Weining in Early People's Republic of China -- Social Reform of the Miao nationality in Weining -- Cooperative and People's Movement in Weining -- Socialist Education Movement" and "the Cultural Revolution" in Weining -- Reform and Opening up of Weining -- Shimenkan after Reform and Opening up -- Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Economic Importance, Practical Limitations to Production, Management and Breeding Targets of Alfalfa -- Chapter 2. Factors Influencing Yield and Quality -- Chapter 3. The Origin, Evolution and Genetic Diversity of Alfalfa -- Chapter 4. Germplasm Collection, Genetic Resources and Gene Pools in Alfalfa -- Chapter 5. Biotechnology Advances in Alfalfa -- Chapter 6. Sequencing, Assembly and Annotation of the Alfalfa Genome -- Chapter 7. Transcription Factors in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.): Genome-Wide Identification and a Web Resource Center AlfalfaTFDB -- Chapter 8. Genomics of Forage Quality in Alfalfa -- Chapter 9. Physiological, Morphological, Biochemical, and Genetic Responses of Alfalfa to Salinity -- Chapter 10. Developing SNPs and Strategies for Genomic Analysis in Alfalfa -- Chapter 11. Genomics Resources for Breeding in Alfalfa: Availability, Utility, and Adoption -- Chapter 12. Genomic Selection for Higher Yield and Quality in Alfalfa -- Chapter 13. Identification and Characterization of Disease Resistance Genes in Alfalfa and Medicago truncatula for Breeding Improved Cultivars -- Chapter 14. Genetic and Genomic Assessments for Improving Drought Resilience in Alfalfa -- Chapter 15. Self-Incompatibility, Inbreeding Depression, and Potential to Develop Inbred Lines in Alfalfa -- Chapter 16. Targeted Mutagenesis of Alfalfa.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to Glycoside Hydrolases: Classification, identification and Occurrence -- Chapter 2. Glycosyl Hydrolases – Biochemistry and Applications -- Chapter 3. Lignocellulolytic and Chitinolytic Glycoside Hydrolases: Structure, Catalytic -- Chapter 4. Role of glycosyl hydrolases in breakdown of lignocellulosic waste and its industrial applications -- Chapter 5. Marine glycosyl hydrolases as tool for industrial application -- Chapter 6. Glycosyl Hydrolases and Biofuel -- Chapter 7. Role of Glycoside hydrolases in pulp and paper industries -- Chapter 8. Application of glycosyl hydrolases in food industry -- Chapter 9. The effects of xylanase synergistic interactions during lignocellulose degradation and their significance for industry -- Chapter 10. Role of metagenomics in discovery of industrially important cellulase.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Engineered Drug Delivery Systems: Insights of Biointerface -- Chapter 2. Tissue Engineering Strategies for Tooth and Dento-alveolar Region with Engineered Biomaterial and Stem Cells -- Chapter 3. Antifouling Peptoid Biointerfaces -- Chapter 4.Structure and Rheology of Hydrogels: Applications in Drug Delivery -- Chapter 5. Surface Engineering in Wearable Sensors for Medical Diagnostic Applications -- Chapter 6. Modulation of Physicochemical properties of Polymers for Effective Insulin Delivery Systems -- Chapter 7. Organization of Bio-molecules in Bulk and over the Nano-substrate: Perspective to the Molecular Dynamics Simulations -- Chapter 8. Medical Diagnostics Based on Electrochemical Biosensor -- Chapter 9. Nanomaterial functionalization Strategies in Bio-interface Development for Modern Diagnostic Devices -- Chapter 10. Bio-nano-Interface Engineering Strategies of AuNPs Passivation for Next-generation Biomedical Applications -- Chapter 11. Electrooptical Analysis as Sensing System for Detection and Diagnostic Bacterial Cells.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Biotechnological Approaches in Fish Health Management -- Chapter 2. RNA Interference and Its Potential Applications in Aquatic Animal Health Management -- Chapter 3. Biotechnological Advances in the Development of Outer Membrane Protein-Based Vaccines for Use in Aquaculture -- Chapter 4. Application Of Carbon Nanotubes In Advancement Of Fish Vaccine -- Chapter 5. Biotechnological Interventions In Developing Vaccines Against Aeromonas Infection In Aquaculture -- Chapter 6. Gene Editing Technology For Fish Health Management -- Chapter 7. Applications of Fish Cell Cultures -- Chapter 8. Recent Advances In Antimicrobial Peptides To Improve Fish Health -- Chapter 9. Gut Microbiome Research: A New Avenue For Aquaculture Disease Management. Chapter 10. Recent Understanding of Immunological Defence in Freshwater Pearl Mussel for Better Health Management -- Chapter 11. Prebiotic-Synbiotic Nexus: Critical Dietary Role in Aquaculture -- Chapter 12. Biofloc Technology: An Eco-Based Emerging Avenue In Aquaculture Health Management -- Chapter 13. Metabolomic Advances in Fish Nutritional Research and Health Management -- Chapter 14. Vaccines to Prevent Diseases in Aquaculture -- Chapter 15. A Progress on Biotechnological Advances on Immunostimulants and Gene Interaction -- Chapter 16. Probiotic Supplements in Aquaculture: Latest Developments & Future Trend -- Chapter 17. Heat Shock Proteins (Chaperones) and Role in Aquatic Animal Disease Management -- Chapter 18. Nanotechnology in Fish Health and Welfare: Recent Advancements and New Perspectives -- Chapter 19. Advances in Management Methods for Argulosis in Aquaculture -- Chapter 20. Metagenomic Approaches to Identify Fish Gut Microbiome and The Effect of Prebiotic Supplements on Gut Microbes and Health Management -- Chapter 21. Microbiome Interventions for The Prevention and Control of Disease Outbreaks in Shrimp Aquaculture. Chapter 22. Reinventing the Micronutrients Beyond Nutrition: Functions in Immune Modulation and Stress Mitigation of Fish -- Chapter 23. Health-Promoting Effects of Amino Acids in Fish -- Chapter 24. Application of Indian Pennywort Centella Asiatica in Carp Aquaculture Against Flavobacterium Columnare Infection.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: values of pollution free atmosphere -- Plant and Algae Classes Recognition, Biomass Production and Potential Source of Biofuel -- Plant and Algae Metabolites Alternative and Clean Source of Energy -- Mechanism and methods of extraction of biofuels -- Metabolic routes to biofuels extraction -- Optimizations on steps involved on biofuel obtainment and their validation -- Economic consideration on biofuel and energy security -- Technical challenges of biofuel obtainment -- Conclusion and Future Perspectives.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chp 2: Amchur -- Chp.3:Anardana -- Chp 4:Balm or Lemon Balm -- Chp.5:Basil or Sweet Basil (Tulsi) -- Chp.6:Bay or Laurel Leaves -- Chp 7: Kokam or Kokum -- Chp 8:Juniper -- Chp.9: Hyssop -- Chp 10: Marjoram -- Chp 11: Japanese Mint -- Chp: 12: Peppermint -- Chp 13: Spearmint -- Chp 14. Origanum -- Chp 15: Parsley -- Chp 16: Rosemary -- Chp 17: Ashwagndha -- Chp 18.:Manathakkali.

Description / Table of Contents: Immobilization: Then and Now -- Cell immobilization strategies for tissue engineering: Recent trends and future perspectives -- Strategies and advancement in growth factor immobilizable ECM for tissue engineering -- Prospects Of Cell Immobilization In Cancer Research And Immunotherapy -- Nano systems for repairing retinal degeneration -- Systemic drug delivery to the posterior segment of the eye: Overcoming blood-retinal barrier through smart drug design and nanotechnology -- The effects of irradiation with cold atmospheric-pressure plasma on cellular function -- Immobilization of biomolecules on plasma functionalized surfaces for biomedical applications -- A wide portray of Upconversion-nanoparticles: surface modification for bio-applications -- Advances in Amphiphilic Assemblies and its Immobilization in Room Temperature Supercooled Matrices. .

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Pepper Plant—Its Botany and Chemistry -- Chapter 3 Pepper Agronomy -- Chapter 4 The Role of the Nutrient Buffer Power Concept in Pepper Nutrition -- Chapter 5 Establishing a Pepper Plantation -- Chapter 6 Pepper Pests and Their Control -- Chapter 7 The Processing of Black Pepper on Farm -- Chapter 8 An Account of Indonesian Pepper Processing -- Chapter 9 Industrial Processing of Black Pepper -- Chapter 10 The Future of the Global Pepper Economy -- Chapter 11 Pepper Economy in India -- Chapter 12 Pepper Pharmacopoeia -- Chapter 13 Consumer Products Out of Black Pepper -- Chapter 14 Value Addition in Pepper -- Chapter 15 Conclusions and a Peep Into Pepper’s Future -- PRECISE QUANTIFICATION OF PLANT NUTRIENT BIO AVAILABILITY FOR BLACK PEPPER AND CARDAMOM -- TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN SPICES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT!!!.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Part 1. History of UPE research -- Mitogenetic rays -- Oxidation, free-radicals and ultraweak luminescence -- Biophotons and the International Institute of Biophysics (IIB) -- Part 2. Physics of light and light research -- Physics of photon emission -- Chemiluminescence as a tool for free radical research -- Highly sensitive imaging and spectral analysis of UPE from biological systems and their application -- Part 3. Molecular mechnisms of UPE -- Free radicals in biology -- Ultraweak luminescence from aqueous systems -- Chemiluminescence in oxidation of hydrocarbons: mechanistic fundamentals -- Chemiluminescence in oxidation of fatty acids and lipids -- Chemiluminescence in protein oxidation -- Emitters of endogenous biological chemiluminescence: quantum chemical modeling insights -- Enzymatic sources of free radicals -- Part 4. UPE research in life science -- Luminescence of animal tissues and vegetable oils -- Ultraweak photon emission from human body in relation to anatomy and histology -- Chronobiological aspects of spontaneous ultra-weak photon emission in humans: Ultradian, circadian and infradian rhythms -- Autoluminescence in seedlings: applications -- Application potentiality of Delayed Luminescence in Medicine, Biology and Food Quality researches -- Part 5. Mitogenetic effect and related phenomena: unresolved problems of UPE -- Mitogenetic effect: preface -- Mitogenetic effect in biological systems -- Physical properties of mitogenetic radiation -- Secondary, degradation and necrobiotic radiation -- Mitogenetic research in medicine: radiation of blood and cancer diagnostics -- Part 6. Non-chemical distant interaction hypothesis - pro et contra -- Non-chemical distant interaction: preface -- The possible functions of electromagnetic cell communication -- Understanding of Fritz-Albert Popp’s biophoton theory from the viewpoint of a biologist -- Limits to the information transfer through UPE -- Quantum nonlocality and biological coherence -- Part 7. Perspectives -- Integrating ultraweak photon emission in mitochondrial research -- Selected biophysical methods for enhancing biological autoluminescence -- Upconverting nanoparticles as sources of singlet oxygen -- Upconverting nanoparticles as sources of singlet oxygen -- Delayed Luminescence as a tool to study the structures of systems of biological interest and their collective long-living excited states -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Bioenergy Crops in the Perspective of Climate Change -- 2. Major and Potential Biofuel Crops -- 3. Biotechnological approaches for the production of Bioenergy -- 4. Integrated OMIC approaches for bioenergy crops -- 5. Genomics of Bioenergy Crops -- 6. Omics Approaches for Sorghum: Paving the Way to a Resilient and Sustainable Bioenergy Future -- 7. Exploring Omics Approaches to Enhance Stress Tolerance in Soybean for Sustainable Bioenergy Production -- 8. Advanced and Sustainable Approaches in Sugarcane Crop Improvements with Reference to Environmental Stresses -- 9. Role of endophytes in the regulation of metabolome in bioenergy crops -- 10. Cotton Stalks - Potential Biofuel Recourses for Sustainable Environment -- 11. Harmful Insects in Some Biofuel Plants and Their Biology -- 12. Perspectives use of mustards in biofuel production in Turkey -- 13. Current status and future prospectus of Bioenergy crops.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Floral morphology and phenology -- 3. Pollen grain morphology, viability, and insect visitation -- 4. The phenology of Rubus glaucus Benth. characterized by the BBCH scale -- 5.Propagation and cultivation -- 6.Fruit and chromosome number -- 7.Post-harvest physiology and nutritional facts -- 8.Genetic diversity -- 9.Breeding programs -- 10.Morphological diversity -- 11.Rubus glaucus and climate change.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 01: The Role of Gas Transmitters in Plant Hormonal Responses to Abiotic Stress -- Chapter 02: Understanding the involvement of gasotransmitters in the regulation of cellular signalling and adaptive responses against UV-B mediated oxidative stress in plants -- Chapter 03 Signaling Pathways of Gasotransmitters in Heavy Metal Stress Mitigation -- Chapter 04: Volatile signaling molecules in plants and their interplay with the redox balance under challenging environments: new insights -- Chapter 05: Alleviation of Plant Stress by Molecular Hydrogen -- Chapter 06: Understanding the role of nitric oxide and its interactive effects with phytohormones in mitigation of salinity stress -- Chapter 07 Nitric oxide – a small molecule with big impacts on plants under heavy metal stress -- Chapter 08: Nitric oxide: a key modulator of postharvest fruit and egetable physiology -- Chapter 09: Interaction of hydrogen sulfide with other phytohormones during physiological and stress conditions -- Chapter 10: Gasotransmitter hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and its role in plant development and defense responses -- Chapter 11 Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) signaling in plants responding to abiotic stresses -- Chapter 12 Hydrogen sulfide metabolism and its role in regulating salt and drought stress in plants -- Chapter 13 Functional Roles of Hydrogen Sulphide in Postharvest Physiology of Fruit and Vegetables -- Chapter 14: Carbon compounds as gasotransmitters in plants under challenging environment -- Chapter 15: Carbon monoxide (CO) and its association with other gasotransmitters in root development, growth and signaling.

Description / Table of Contents: Ch 1. Plant invasion and climate change: a global overview -- Ch 2. Impacts of plant invasions on ecosystem functionality: a perspective for ecosystem health and ecosystem services -- Ch 3. Menace of Plant Invasion: A View from Ecological Lens -- Ch 4. Role of extreme climate events in amplification of plant invasion -- Ch 5. Plant Invasion as Gleaned from Parasara's Vrkshayurveda -- Ch 6. Water, wind, and fire: extreme climate events enhance the spread of invasive plants in sensitive North American ecosystems -- Ch 7. Understanding eco-geographical relationship in invaded ranges by Acacia longifolia (Andrews) Willd. – An intercontinental case study on Acacia invasions -- Ch 8. Invasive plants in India: their adaptability, socio-ecological impacts, and response to changing climate -- Ch 9. Plant invasion in an aquatic ecosystem: A new frontier under climate change -- Ch 10. Plant invasion and soil processes: A mechanistic understanding -- Ch 11. Plant invasion dynamics in mountain ecosystems under changing climate scenario -- Ch 12. The role of epigenetics on plant invasions under climate change scenario -- Ch 13. Comparative assessment of Machine Learning Algorithms for habitat suitability of Tribulus terrestris (Linn): An economically important weed -- Ch 14. Strategies of plant invasion and management for the conservation and restoration of degraded poor agricultural lands -- Ch 15. Plant Invasion and Climate Change: An Overview on History, Impacts and Management Practices -- Ch 16. Biochar: a tool for combatting both invasive species and climate change -- Ch 17. An action plan to prevent and manage alien plant invasions in India.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 -- Root-knot Nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.), Chapter 2 -- Meloidogyne species: Threat to Vegetable Produce, Chapter 3 -- hemotaxis in Root-Knot Nematodes, Chapter 4 -- Phytohormone-Mediated Feeding Site Development, Chapter 5 -- 5. Current and Future Studies on the Genes for Parasitism in Meloidogyne, Chapter 6 -- Natural Product Repertoire for Suppressing the Immune Response of Meloidogyne species, Chapter 7 -- Epigenetic Mechanisms and their Role in Root Gall Formation,Chapter 8 -- Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI) and Root Gall Elucidation, Chapter 9 -- 9. Root-Knot Disease Complex: An Interactive Perspective with Microorganisms, Chapter 10 -- Breeding for Resistance in Vegetables against Meloidogyne species causing Root Gall Disease, Chapter 11 -- An Overview of Predacious Fungi for the Management of Root-knot Disease in Vegetables, Chapter 12 -- Biofertilizer of Organic Origin for Management of Root Galling Disease of Vegetables, Chapter 13 -- Prospects for the Use of Metabolomics Engineering in Exploring and Harnessing Chemical Signalling in Root Galls.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Plantation-Based Soil Reclamation of Emerging Contaminants -- 2. Plant-Based Technologies for Removal of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Product (PPCP) in Soil -- 3. Rhizoremediation of Persistent Organic Pollutants [POPs] from The Soil -- 4. Biotransformation of 1,4-dioxane by the use of bacteria in the soil -- 5. Persistence, Toxicity and Strategies for Remediation of Brominated Flame Retardants in Soil and Sedimentation in aquatic matrices under Aerobic and Anaerobic Conditions -- 6. Biodegradation of the Fungicide by Bacteria in Soil -- 7. Fungal Enzymes in Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants -- 8. Mycoremediation of Heavy Metals and/or Metalloids in Soil -- 9. Bio-Removal of Analgesics and Antibiotics by Soil Worm -- 10. Vermiremediation of Pesticides -- 11. Biochar-Assisted Remediation of Contaminated Land: Prospect And Challenges -- 12. Biomass-based Engineered Materials for Soil Remediation -- 13. Bioremediation of Asa river sediment using Agricultural by-products -- 14. Potential Application of Biochar For Efficient Restoration of Crude Oil Contaminated Sites -- 15. Biodegradation of Low Density Polyethylenes (LDPE) using microbial consortia -- 16. Biodegradation aspects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in soil.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: General topics -- Geothermal habitats and adaptations of thermophilic microbes -- Diversity of thermophilic prokaryotes -- Molecular basis for thermostability -- Cultivation techniques and molecular methods of identification of thermophilic, anaerobic bacteria -- Part II: Biochemistry and Physiology of thermophiles -- Physiology of chemoheterotrophic thermoanaerobes -- Part III: Biotechnological Applications -- Thermostable enzymes and their applications -- Production of biofuels by thermoanaerobic bacteria -- Production of fine chemicals by thermophilic, anaerobic bacteria -- Part IV: Future aspects -- Potential of anaerobic thermophiles and future prospects.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Agronomic Biofortification- An Effective Tool for Alleviating Nutrient Deficiency in Plants and Human Diet -- 2. The Role of Biofortification in Enhancing Plant Growth, Development, Yield, and Quality -- 3. Improving Zinc Biofortification in Plants 4. Biofortification of Zinc: Uptake from the Soil and Transportation up to the Grains through ZIP Family Transporters -- 5. Mechanisms of Iron Uptake and Homeostasis in Plants: Implications for Biofortification in Cereal Grains -- 6. Selenium Biofortification in Agronomic Crops -- 7. Selenium Bio-fortification in Cereal Crops: An Overview -- 8. Nanoparticles Based Biofortification in Food Crops: Overview, Implications, and Prospects -- 9. Role of Nanoparticles in Improving Biofortification -- 10. Role of Nanoparticles in Improving Biofortification of Zinc and Iron in Vegetables -- 11. Scope of Seed Priming in Inducing Biofortification in Plants -- 12. Biofortification Through Seed Priming in Food Crops; Potential Benefits and Future Scope -- 13. Biochar for the Improvement of Crop Production -- 14. Phytohormones as Stress Mitigators in Plants.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to MAPs in Turkey -- Ethnobotany in Turkey: Retrospect and Prospect -- Natural Dye Plants in Turkey -- Phytochemical and Biological Characteristics of Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Species from Turkey.-The genus Salvia in Turkey: Morphology, Ecology, Phytogeograpy, Endemism and Threat Categories -- Threatened Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and Conservation Studies in Turkey -- Cultivation and Breeding of MAPs in Turkey -- Traditional Uses and Cultivation of St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) in Türkiye -- Turkish Oregano (Origanum spp.) – Biodiversity, Cultivation, Traditional & Commercial Uses -- Traditional Medicinal and Aromatic Trees in Turkiye: Laurel (Laurus nobilis), Sumac (Rhuscoriaria), Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) and Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) -- Turkish Soaproot (Radix gypsophylae) -- Traditional Farming of Apiaceae Species in Turkiye: Pimpinella anisum L., Foeniculum vulgare Mill., Cuminum cyminum L.) -- Traditional Uses of Turkish Asteraceae Species -- Anti-aging effect of Turkish medicinal plants on skin: Focus on recent studies.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India: A bridge from Traditions to modern wellbeing -- 2. Holy basil (Ocimum sanctum L.) - an important indian medicinal and aromatic plant: its properties, utilization and genetic improvement -- 3. Ethnomedicinal Importance of Common Weeds of the Family Asteraceae in the Tribal Belt of Rajasthan, India -- 4. Cydonia oblonga Mill. - Wound healing properties -- 5. Artemisia annua L. - A comprehensive review on pharmacological properties -- 6. Mesua ferrea L - Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology -- 7. Linum usitatissimum L. - Rich store house of pharmacologically active metabolites -- 8. Gymnema sylvestre R.Br.: - Phytochemicals and Medicinal Properties -- 9. Medicinal and Aromatic plants of India used in the treatment of skin disorders -- 10. Traditional uses and properties of Indian medicinal plants in the treatment of Vitiligo -- 11. Indian MAPs with hepato-protectant potentials -- 12. Selected Medicinal Plants for Treatment of Mucormycosis, in India -- 13. Selected Indian Medicinal And Aromatic Plants For Prophylactic Therapy -- 14. Conservation Strategies Of Indian Medicinal Plants.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Basic Concepts of Stem Cells: The Facts and Hype in Stem Cells Research and Development -- Chapter 2. Embryonic and Pluripotent Stem Cells -- Chapter 3. Adult Stem Cells: Hematopoietic Stem Cells, and Control Of Hematopoiesis -- Chapter 4. Adult Stem Cells: Adult Stem Cells: Mesenchymal Stromal Cells, Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Pericytes -- Chapter 5. Cancer Stem Cells and the Development of Cancer -- Chapter 6. Stem Cell Applications In Metabolic Disorders: Diabetes Mellitus -- Chapter 7. Epigenetics in Stem Cell Biology -- Chapter 8. Practicum: Isolation of Bone Marrow and Adipose Tissue Mesenchyme Stromal Cells -- Chapter 9. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: Biology, History and in-vitro Generation -- Chapter 10. Tissue Engineering Modalities and Nanotechnology -- Chapter 11. Practicum: Scaffold engineering using the amniotic membrane -- Chapter 12. The Scientific Method, Ethical Consideration and Implications in Stem Cell Research.

Description / Table of Contents: Reference search, image & data analysis -- Organ structure & vascularization -- Extracellular matrix & adhesion molecules -- Isolating cells from tissue -- Functional assays & toxicity screening -- Culturing cells in 2D & 3D -- Imaging, staining & markers -- Stems cells & basics of immunology -- Natural & artificial Scaffolds -- Casting & 3D bioprinting -- Bioreactors -- Reporting results -- Index. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The Broomcorn Millet Genome -- Chapter 2. Buckwheat Genome and Genomics -- Chapter 3. Tef [Eragrostistis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] -- Chapter 4. The Apricot Genome -- Chapter 5. Chinese Jujube: Crop Background and Genome Sequencing -- Chapter 6. The Longan (Dimocarpus longan) Genome -- Chapter 7. The Mangosteen Genome -- Chapter 8. The Passion Fruit Genome -- Chapter 9. The Soursop Genome (Annona muricata L., Annonaceae) -- Chapter 10. Underutilised Fruit Tree Genomes from Indonesia -- Chapter 11. The Bambara Groundnut Genome: From the Crop to the Genome -- Chapter 12. Grasspea -- Chapter 13. The Lablab Genome -- Chapter 14. The Perennial Horse Gram (Macrotyloma axillare) Genome, Phylogeny, and Selection Across the Fabaceae -- Chapter 15. Breeding and Genomics of Pigeonpea in the Post-NGS Era -- Chapter 16. Rice Bean -- Chapter 17. The Winged Bean Genome: One Species Supermarket -- Chapter 18. Castor Bean: Recent Progress in Understanding the Genome of this Underutilized Crop -- Chapter 19. Genome Resources for Ensete Ventricosum (enset) and Related Species -- Chapter 20. Yam Genomics -- Chapter 21. The African Eggplant -- Chapter 22. Sequencing of the Bottle Gourd Genomes Enhances Understanding of the Ancient Orphan Crop -- Chapter 23. Advances and Prospects in Genomic and Functional Studies of the Aquatic Crop, Sacred Lotus -- Chapter 24. Utilising Public Resources for Fundamental Work in Underutilised and Orphan Crops.

Description / Table of Contents: Flowering phenology in a restinga community: seven years of study -- Dioecy: the dimorphic sexual system and pollination in restinga vegetation -- Male and female sterility in flowering plants -- Broad-scale variation of phytoplankton richness in Brazilian inland waters -- The Importance of Palynology to Taxonomy -- Ecological Palynology -- Scientific Exploration Commission (1859-1861): Freire Allemão and the invisible network of collaborators -- The former Imperial Plant Nursery of Quinta da Boa Vista -- Medicinal plants used in Quilombola communities in Piranga, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil -- From mulungu to mamulengo”: The sharing of knowledge among teachers, academic researchers and mamulengueiros (traditional puppeteers) in a participatory workshop -- Biocultural heritage through museological narrative as a way of return on research in historical ethnobotany -- Conclusion of the reflections on Aspects of Brazilian Floristic Diversity: From Botany to Traditional Communities.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Taxonomy and Evolution of the tribe Triticeae Dumort -- 3. Genome structure of Triticeae species -- 4. B Chromosomes -- 5. Orphan genera of the subtribe Triticineae Simmonds -- 6. Secale L -- 7. Classification of the wheat group (the genera Amblyopyrum, Aegilops, and Triticum) -- 8. Amblyopyrum (Jaub. &Spach) Eig -- 9. Aegilops L -- 10. Triticum L. -- 11. Evolution of the diploid species of the sub-tribe Triticineae -- 12. Evolution of the allopolyploid species -- 13. Evolution of wheat under cultivation -- 14. Future prospects -- 15. References. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Hydrolysis of nitrile compounds in near-critical water -- Chapter 2. Major advances in syntheses of biomass based amines and pyrrolidone products by reductive amination process of major bio-derived platform molecules -- Chapter 3. Producing N-heterocyclic compounds from lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks -- Chapter 4. Waste shell biorefinery: sustainable production of organonitrogen chemicals -- Chapter 5. Sustainable production of nitriles from biomass -- Chapter 6. Catalytic upgrading of bio-based ketonoc acids to pyrrolidones with hydrogen donor sources -- Chapter 7. Microbial production of amine chemicals from sustainable substrates -- Chapter 8. Engineering biochar-based materials for carbon dioxide adsorption and separation -- Chapter 9. Producing N-containing chemicals from biomass for high performance thermosets -- Chapter 10. Preparation of N-doped carbon materials from lignocellulosic biomass residues and their application to energy storage and conversion devices -- Chapter 11. Preparation of green N-doped biochar materials with biomass pyrolysis and their application to catalytic systems -- Chapter 12. Evaluating the role of gasification stages on evolution of fuel-N to deepen in sustainable production of NH3.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1.Computational and informatics methodologies in Drug Discovery, with focus on Natural Products -- Chapter 2.Structural biology an essential tool for Drug discovery and Development -- Chapter 3.Bioactivity guided fractionation and identification of bioactive molecules: A basic method in drug discovery -- Chapter 4.In–vitro methodologies for the safety assessment of drugs -- Chapter 5.In-vivo models for evaluation of Drug efficacy: Demand and Challenges -- Chapter 6.Preclinical In vivo Drug Development Studies: Limitations, Model Organisms and Techniques -- Chapter 7.Peptide Based Therapeutics and Drug Delivery Systems -- Chapter 8.Basics of Clinical Drug Development: Clinical Trial and Drug Development -- Chapter 9.Trailblazing contemporary frameworks for drug repurposing: A saga on drugs’ expedition to disinter the veiled destiny -- Chapter 10.Small molecules as promising tool for targeted cancer therapies: an overview of 21st century -- Chapter 11.Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery Systems with Cancer Therapy in Perspective -- Chapter 12.Biomimetic approach for the controlled drug delivery through 3D bioactive scaffolds: A novel strategy for tissue engineering applications -- Chapter 13.Perspectives on anti-tuberculosis drug discovery -- Chapter 14.Cofactor-Receptor interactions based pharmacophore design for development of novel inhibitors: A case study against Tuberculosis -- Chapter 15.Insilico identification of potential antivirals against SARS-CoV2 main protease and RBD of spike protein – A Drug Repurposing Approach -- Chapter16.Anti-malarial drug discovery and development: from bench to bedside.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1. Organic Management of Nematodes: Paradigms and Mechanisms -- 1. Biochemical Biopesticides for Phytonematode Sustainable Management: Status and Future Prospects (Thales Lima Rocha; Vera Lucia Perussi Polez; Lívia Cristina de Souza Viol; Reinaldo Rodrigues Pimentel, Danielle Biscaia; Jadir Borges Pinheiro) -- 2. Organic Nematicides: A Green Technique and its Overview for the Nematode Disease Management (Faryad Khan, Mohammad Shariq, Mohd Asif, Taruba Ansari, Saba Fatima, Arshad Khan, Mohd Ikram, Mansoor Ahmad Siddiqui) -- 3. Nematode Management Through Compost (Fisayo Yemisi Daramola, Samuel B. Orisajo and Omorefosa Osarenkhoe Osemwegie) -- 4. Biochemical/Molecular Mechanisms Associated with Nematode Management Through Organic Amendments: A critical Review (John Fosu-Nyarko, Rhys G. R. Copeland, Sadia Iqbal, Michael G. K. Jones) -- 5. Organic By-Products in the Suppression of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes (Alixelhe Pacheco Damascena, Marylia Gabriella Silva Costa, Júlio César Antunes Ferreira, Silvia Renata Siciliano Wilcken) -- 6. Nematode Management by Humic Acid (Seenivasan Nagachandrabosea, Sankaranarayanan Chellappab, and Devrajan Kandasamya) -- 7. Conventional and Organic Management as Divergent Drivers for Plant Parasitic Nematodes (PPNs) control (Kanika Khanna, Vandana Gautam, Dhriti Kapoor, Nandni Sharma, Pooja Sharma, Tamanna Bhardwaj, Puja Ohri, Renu Bhardwaj) -- Part 2. Organic Management of Nematodes: Global Case studies and Success Stories -- 8. Plant Extracts and Their Effect on Plant-parasitic nematodes: Case Studies from Africa (Ebrahim Shokoohi) -- 9. Organic Management of the Citrus, Pine and Related Nematodes (Reza Ghaderi, Manouchehr Hosseinvand) -- 10. Organic Management of Rice Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne graminicola (Ziaul Haque and Mujeebur Rahman Khan) -- 11. Strategies for the Organic Management of the Root-Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne spp.) in Grapevine Under Desert Conditions in the North Coast of Peru (César Augusto Murguía Reyes) -- 12. Organic Fumigant Alternatives for Nematode Management in High-Value Crops in Florida (Johan Desaeger, Kaydene Williams, and Erin Rosskopf) -- 13. The False Root-Knot Nematode Nacobbus aberrans and its Ecological Management (Edgar Villar-Luna, Olga Gómez-Rodríguez, Hernán Villar-Luna, Liliana Aguilar-Marcelino, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq Al-Ani, and Ernesto Fernández-Herrera) -- 14. Plant Extracts, Sorghum and Crucifers Amendments and Pochonia chlamydosporia for the Management of Meloidodyne spp. and Nacobbus aberrans in Tomato and Chile Crops: the Mexican Experience (Ignacio Cid del Prado-Vera, Marco Antonio Magallanes-Tapia, Raúl Velasco-Azorsa, Arely Pérez-Espíndola) -- 15. Non-Conventional Management of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes in Musaceas Crops (Donald Riascos–Ortiz, Ana Teresa Mosquera–Espinosa, Francia Varón De Agudelo, Claudio Marcelo Gonçalves De Oliveira, Jaime Eduardo Muñoz–Florez) -- 16. Neem Cake Amendment Changes Soil Nematode Spatio-temporal Dynamics Across a Guava Orchard in the Brazilian Semiarid Region (Diego Arruda Huggins de Sá Leitão, Ana Karina dos Santos Oliveira, Douglas Barbosa Castro, Elvira Maria Régis Pedrosa).

Description / Table of Contents: 1. The Current Status of Population Extinction and Biodiversity Crisis of Medicinal Plants -- 2. Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Phytochemical Diversity: A Fountainhead of Potential Drugs against Human Diseases -- 3. Threats and opportunities for sustainable use of medicinal plants in Brazilian Atlantic Forest based on the knowledge of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities -- 4. Climate Change Impact on Medicinal Plants: An Insight from the IUCN Red List Of Threatened Species -- 5. Securing Conservation Status of Paris Polyphylla, a Medicinally Important Plant of the Indian Himalayan Region -- 6. Endophytic Fungal Diversity in Solanaceous Medicinal Plants and Their Beneficial Impact -- 7. Genetic Studies on Threatened Medicinal Plants of Brazil: Mind the Gap -- 8. Medicinal Plants of North-east India: Biodiversity and Their Ethno-Medicinal Values -- 9. Strategies for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants -- 10. Scientific Databases for Conservation of Medicinal Plants -- 11. International Trade of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) -- 12. Inventorization of Ecology, Ethnobotany and Conservation Status of Dactylorhiza hatagirea: Problems Progress and Prospects -- 13. Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants -- 14. Traditional Practices of Ethnomedicinal Plants in North-East Region of India and Their Conservation for Sustainable Utilization -- 15. Occurrence and Diversity of Major Naphthoquinones in Higher Plants: Their Distribution and Conservation Strategies -- 16. Astragalus fridae genetic Source,Applications, and Conservation -- 17. Tinospora cordifolia as a Potential Candidate for Health Care Of Post-Menopausal Women -- 18. The Potential Role of Medicinal Plants, Traditional Herbal Medicines and Formulations to Overcome SARS-CoV-2 Induced Health Crisis -- 19. Bioactive Compounds from Medicinal Plants and Its Therapeutic Uses in the Traditional Health Care System -- 20. In-Vitro conservation and propagation of endangered Ethno-Medicinal Orchids from the Northeast Region of India -- 21. Artificial Seed Production and Cryopreservation Technology for Conservation of Plant Germplasm with Special Reference to Medicinal Plants -- 22. Biotechnological Studies on Nasturtium Officinale (Watercress) - An Endangered Species of Significant Relevance in Medicine, Cosmetic, and Food Industries -- 23. Isatis tinctoria L. (woad) – Cultivation, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, Biotechnology, and Utilization -- 24. Tissue Culture Techniques to Conserve Endangered Medicinal Plants with Antimicrobial and Antiviral Activities -- 25. Insights into the In Vitro Approaches for the Production of Secondary Metabolites Towards The Conservation of Medicinal Orchids -- 26. Biotechnological Approaches for Ex Situ Conservation of Medicinal Plants -- 27. Conservation of Medicinal Plants by Tissue Culture Techniques -- 28. Current Status of Metabolic Engineering of Medicinal Plants for Production of Plant-derived Secondary Metabolites -- 29. Stationary, Agitated and Bioreactor Cultures of Verbena officinalis L. (Common Vervain) - A Potential Rich Source of Bioactive Phenolic Compounds for Pharmacy, Health Food Industry and Cosmetology.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- I. Melatonin as an antioxidant -- Chapter 1. Melatonin and the metabolism of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in higher plants -- II. Melatonin, biosynthesis, plant growth, development and reproduction -- Chapter 2. Melatonin in Plants: Biosynthesis, Occurrence and Role in plants -- Chapter 3. Abiotic stress-induced modulation of melatonin biosynthesis accompanying phytohormonal crosstalk in plants -- Chapter 4. Role of melatonin in embryo, seed development and germination -- Chapter 5. Melatonin metabolism in seeds: physiological and nutritive aspects -- Chapter 6. Melatonin in plant growth and signaling -- Chapter 7. Functions and prospects of melatonin during pre-fertilization reproductive stages in plants -- Chapter 8. Melatonin and fruit ripening physiology: crosstalk with ethylene, nitric oxide, hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen sulfide -- Chapter 9. Melatonin and postharvest biology of fruits and vegetables: augmenting the endogenous molecule by exogenous application -- Chapter 10. Melatonin language in postharvest life of horticultural crops -- III. Melatonin and its signaling in biotic and abiotic stress -- Chapter 11. Melatonin-mediated regulation of biotic stress responses in plants -- Chapter 12. Emerging roles of melatonin in mitigating pathogen stress -- Chapter 13. Eco-physiological and morphological adaptive mechanisms induced by melatonin and hydrogen sulfide under abiotic stresses in plants -- Chapter 14. Melatonin in plants under UV stress conditions -- Chapter 15. Molecular physiology of melatonin induced temperature stress tolerance in plants -- Chapter 16. Melatonin-mediated salt tolerance in plants -- Chapter 17. Role of phytomelatonin in promoting ion homeostasis during salt stress -- Chapter 18. Positive regulatory role of melatonin in conferring drought resistance to plants -- Chapter 19. Potential, mechanism and molecular insight of melatonin in phytoremediation.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Khikeya Semy*, Ruokuonuo Kuotsu -- Ethnobotanical study of medicinal herbs used by the Naga tribals of Eastern Himalayas -- khikeyasemy@gmail.com -- 2. Ahirrao YA1, Patil MV2 and DA Patil3* -- Ethnomedicinal Use-reports of Seeds As Tapped From Herbal Vendors In North Maharashtra (India) -- dapatil_10aug@yahoo.com -- 3. Pious Soris Tresina, Murugeswaran Santhiya Selvam, Vallinayagam Sornalakshmi and Veerababu Ramasamy Mohan -- Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers in Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary -- vrmohanvoc@gmail.com -- 4. Jayalekshmi C V 1† , Reshma K Ramesh 1† , Vijai M 2† & Suresh V* -- Ethnomedicinal Plants used by Irula Tribal Settlement of Attappady in Palakkad District Kerala, India -- 5. Jayalekshmi C V 1† , Reshma S 2† & Suresh V* -- Folk Medicine Of Chittur Taluk In Palakkad District, -- 6. R. Manikandan 1 , S.P. Nithya, R. Mehala Devi -- Checklist Flora of Sunderdhunga Valley, Western Himalaya, with Emphasis on Ethno-Medicinal Plants -- 7. Pinki Gogoi, Pyonim Lungphi, A.P. Das & Ayam Victor Singh * -- Phytomedicines Used In Respiratory Diseases By Traditional Healers Of Lakhimpur & Dhemaji Districts Of Assam, India -- 8. Lydia Yeptho*, T. Ajungla -- Understanding phytomedicinal gastronomic culture of the Nagas in Nagaland, India -- 9. Ritee Basu, Sukanya Dasgupta, Spoorthy N Babu, Ayesha Noor* -- Medicinal Plants in the Indian Traditional Medicine and Current Practices -- 10. Rajeev Ranjan Kumar, Jaidev Chauhan, Vijay Kant Purohit and Pratti Prasad -- Conservation of RET Medicinal and Aromatic plants, for their Appraisal in Traditional Medicines and Current practices in Indian Himalayan Region -- 11. Neva Chaudhary 1* , Suresh K. Ghimire 2 and Ram P. Chaudhary -- Traditional Amchi Medicinal Practice in trans-Himalayas of Nepal: Conservation and Bioprospecting -- 12. Salman Majeed 1* , Muhammad Zafar 1 , Mushtaq Ahmad 1,2 , Shazia Sultana 1 , Muhammad Fethi, Ozdemir 3 , Omer Kilic 4 , Ghulam Yaseen 5 , Nabila 1 -- Appraisal of Medicinal Plants Diversity Inhabited in Deserts Areas -- 13. Karma Yeshi, Phurpa Wangchuk -- Bush Medicinal Plants of the Australian Wet Tropics and Their Biodiscovery Potential -- 14. Kausar Rashid1*, Sufiya Rashid1, Aijaz Hassan Ganie2, Irshad A. Nawchoo1, Mudasir A. Tantry3, Anzar A. Khuroo4 -- Trillium govanianum, a promising endemic medicinal herb of the Himalaya -- 15. K. Abirami, P. Revathi, K. Thenmozhi* and K. Sowndhararajan -- Comprehensive Review on Wild Basil Genus Orthosiphon of Lamiaceae -- 16. T. Soumya, P. R. Jayasree and P. R. Manish Kumar -- Zingiberaceae plants – a cornucopia of promising chemotherapeuticals for cancer cure -- 17. Nikita Patel and Ramar Krishnamurthy -- Moringa oleifera Accessions: Perspectives and application as nutraceuticals and phytomedicines -- 18. Sreeja Puthanpura Sasidharanc, Xuefei Yanga,b, Karuppusamy Arunachalama,b* -- An overview of ethnobotany, phytochemicals and pharmacological properties of Ficus species -- 19. Sunil Kumar 1 , Bikarma Singh 2,3 -- Phytochemistry and pharmacology of Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don and Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz -- 20. Naveen Dhingra* 1 , Shaligram Sharma 2 , Pratima Kumari 3 and Anand Kar 4 -- Resilience Activity of Glycyrrhiza glabra in Relation to Cancer: Chemistry and Mechanism -- 21. Reshmi Chembrammal 1 *, Aswathi Pokkadath 2 and John Ernest Thoppil 3 -- Strobilanthes: A plethora of phytomedicine -- 22. Sonia Mol Joseph* And Amala Dev A.R -- Annonaceae: Tropical medicinal plants with potential anticancer compounds: An overview -- 23. Suman Thamburaj † , Chayanika Sarma † , Anju Mariam Johnson † , Akhila Etikala † and Suresh Kumar Kalakandan* -- Biocolorant from Anisochilus carnosus: A natural food preservative -- 24. Azhagu Saravana Babu. P 1 , Vajiha Aafrin. B 2 , Sagorika Goyali 1 , Geethika. M 1 , Sugumari.V 1 , M. Sukumar -- Therapeutic properties of Nardostachys jatamansi and its applications in Post Chemotherapy induced hair loss in cancer patients -- 25. Marney Pascoli Cereda -- Phototherapeutic potential of cassava (Manihot esculenta, Crantz). -- 26. Saranya Surendran and *Raju Ramasubbu -- Phytochemistry and Pharmacological studies of Indian Cinnamomum Schaeff. -- 27. Silvy Mathew, Reshma Rajan -- Medicinal properties and population studies on Sarcostigma kleinii Wight &Arn. -- 28. Anjana Krishnan1, Jomy Joseph2 and Sudha Kalyanikutty1*, -- The Utility of Natural Mucilage from the Medicinal plant, ‘Patha’ (Cyclea peltata) as an Alternative for Solidifying Agent in Cell Growth Media -- 29. S. N. Preethamol 1 * and John E Thoppil 2 -- Secondary metabolites in Ophiorrhiza brunonis Wight &Arn. (Rubiaceae): A lead towards its anticancer potential -- 30. Kajal Chakraborty -- Marine macroalgae as a treasure house of bioactive compounds and nutraceuticals -- 31. Kapish Kapoor †1* , Priyal Jain †2 Joohee Pradhan †1* -- Plant metabolites as new leads to herbal drug discovery: Approaches and Challenges -- 32. Mudasir Maqbool 1 , Kitika Shenmar 2 , Ansab Akther 3 , Reyaz Hassan Mir 2 , Adil Farooq Wali 4* , Roohi Mohi-ud-din 5* -- Biochanin A Chemistry, Structural Modifications, and Therapeutic Applications: An Update -- 33. Biswajit Patra 1 , Nibedita Das 2 , Mohammad Zaki Shamim 3 , Tapan Kumar Mohanta 4, Bishwambhar Mishra 4 , Yugal Kishore Mohanta 5* -- Dietary Natural Polyphenols Against Bacterial and Fungal Infections: An Emerging Gravity in Health care and Food industry -- 34. Joohee Pradhan 1 * Purnima Paliwal 2† Sunita Panchawat 1† Rohini Trivedi 3† , and Devshree Gayakwad 4† -- Phyto-constituents as Potential Leads for the Development of Novel Antiepileptic Drugs -- 35. Hitesh Chopra 1 , Shabana Bibi 2 , Yugal Kishore Mohanta 3 , Sony Kumari 3 , Atif Amin Baig 4* -- Role of Polyphenols in Cardiovascular diseases -- 36. Alankar Shrivastava -- Steam Distillation: Principle And Applications For The Extraction Of Essential Oils From Plants -- 37. Durga Prasad Barik -- Factors Influencing Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation Efficiency In Plants – A Case Study -- 38. Dr T V Binu, C B Athira -- Evaluation Of Medicinal Planttager With Reference To Its Substitute -- 39. Shipra Jha1, Shilpi Yadev2 -- Biotechnology: Production of Natural Bioactive Compounds from Leguminous Plants & Disease Management -- 40. Pawan Mulani*, Dr.Sweta S.Koka, Anirudh Padiyar, Dr. R.K. Maheshwari, Dr. G.N. Darwhekar -- Novel Ecofriendly Method Of Extraction For Fixed Oils Using Solvent Action Of Solid Solubilizers -- 41. 1Yasotha Jeyaram, 2Priya Prasannan, 1Arjun Pandian, 2*Ramasubbu Raju -- Conservation attempts of woody medicinal plants of India by Biotechnological tools -- 42. M.V Lakshmi, S. Jeyaraj, and T.S Swapna -- Conservation of endangered medicinal plants by in-vitro propagation methods -- 43. Nadia Iqbal 1* , Sidra Nisar Ahmed 2 , Urooj subhan 1 , Nageen Arif 1 , Humaira Saleem 1 , Farah Deeba 1 -- Application of biotechnology to produce plant-derived biologically important compounds -- 44. Mehmet Zeki Kocak 1 * , Mustafa Güven Kaysim 2 -- Appraisal of Medicinal Plants for Pharmacological Properties -- 45. Yuhong Zheng 1 , Xin Shi 2 , Li Fu 3* -- Pharmacological properties and tissue culture method of endangered medicinal plants -- 46. Morvarid Noormohammadi 1 , Farzad Shidfar 2* -- Natural compounds with pharmacological properties in clinical trials -- 47. Aswathi Pokkadath1, Reshmi Chembrammal2, and John Ernest Thoppil3 -- Phytopharmacological aspects of the genus Terminalia -- 48. Priyanka Soni 1 , Md. Sajid Ghufran 2 and Govinda Rao Duddukuri 3 * -- Anticancer potential of plant-derived compounds: An overview of their epigenetic mode of action -- 49. Nikita Kale -- Treatment of Cancer Using Combination of Herbal & Novel Drug Delivery System -- 50. Nisha Sam Nirmala* 1 , Navina Bala Krishnan 1 , Vaishnavi Vivekanandan 1 , Krishnaraj Thirugnanasambantham -- Anti-Inflammatory Potential Of Lead Compounds And Their Derivatives From Medicinal Plants -- 51. Tanima Bhattacharya a,b# , Debashrita Das c# , Hitesh Chopra d , Atif Amin Baig* e -- Alzheimer disease treatment using natural foods: A perspective overview -- 52. Anjali Saharan 1 , Harkiran Nehra 2 , Chander Parkash 3 , Rakesh Kumar Sindhu 4 , Inderjeet Verma 3 -- Natural products used for the treatment of an autoimmune disorder -- 53. Cristina M. Pérez Zamora 1,2*† , Carola A. Torres 1,2*† and Ana M. Gonzalez 3 -- Strategies to improve antimicrobial activity of natural products: approaches and challenges -- 54. Sinimol Thekkekkoottumughath Peethambaran1* -- Plants Described In Ayurveda With Immunomodulatory Potential -- 55. B Sumithra 1*, Sanjeeb Kumar Mandal 1, B Bishwambhar Mishra 1, Mounika KVSSN 1, Caleb Joel Raj J 1, Aishwarya CVS 1. -- Plant-derived drugs for Alzheimer’s and other neurological disorders -- 56. Afroze Naveed Basha 1 , Ramya Subramanian 2 , Kandeepan Chithan 1 , Gopinath Gurulingam, Vincent 3 , Karthigeyan Murugesan 3 , Ananthavalli Ramachandran 3 , Sivakumar Pethanan 3 , Mani, Panagal 4 , Chella Perumal Palanisamy 5* , Jayakumararaj Ramaraj 6* -- Properties and mechanism of antimicrobial agents from plant derived essential oils -- 57. Thomson Alex 1 , Alankar Shrivastava 2* , Damanpreet Kaur Lang 3 , Rakhi Khabiya 4, Sweta S. Koka 4 , Yasmin Sultana 1* -- Nanotechnological Modus Operandi For The Delivery Of Cytotoxic Phytochemicals -- 58. a Arun John and b Rinu Elizabeth Roy -- Plant Based Green Nano Particles In Cancer Diagnosis And Chemotherapy -- 59. Jeyanthi Palanivelu, R. Sai Nandhini, Kalpana Shree S, Phalguni Maity, G.S.Madhumathi, Anindita Bhar , Jeyanthi Palanivelu* -- Use Of Nanoparticles In Cancer Therapy Using Plant Resources -- 60. Md. Sajid Ghufran 1* , Priyanka Soni 2 and Govinda Rao Duddukuri 3 -- The global concern for cancer emergence and its prevention: A systematic unveiling of the present scenario -- 61. Shaikh Ajij Ahmed Makbul 1,* Sayeedur Rahman 2 -- Regularly used poisonous medicinal pl.

Description / Table of Contents: Origin of watermelon -- Whole genome sequencing of watermelon and other relevant genomic resources -- Watermelon Genetic Resources and Diversity -- Watermelon genomic resources for disease resistance -- - The NLR family of disease resistance genes in cultivated watermelon and other cucurbits: opportunities and challenges -- Mapping of economic and quality related loci in watermelon -- Genetics and genomics of fruit and quality traits of watermelon -- Genetics and genomics of host resistance and develop disease tolerant cultivars of watermelon -- Molecular and Metabolic Regulation of Nutraceuticals in Watermelon -- Challenges of Traditional breeding in watermelon.

Description / Table of Contents: 1.An Introduction to Beta Glucan and Beta Glucanases -- 2.Industrial Applications of Beta Glucanases -- 3.Microbial Sources of Beta Glucanase Enzymes -- 4.Role of Beta Glucanases in Animal Nutrition -- 5.Betaglucanse in Breweries -- 6. Exploitation of Actinobacteria for Beta Glucanolytic enzymes –Screening and Characterisation -- 7.Structural Characterisation of Beta Glucanase Genes from Actinobacteria -- 8.Application of Codon Optimization in Actinobacterial Beta Glucanases -- 9.Actinobacterial Beta Glucanases: Recombinant Expression of in E. coli -- 10.Purification and Properties of Recombinant Beta Glucanases Enzymes -- 11.Fungal Beta Glucanases -- 12.Industrial Production and Characterisation of Beta Glucanases -- 13.Protein Engineering of Beta Glucanase Enzymes -- 14.Biotechnological Avenues in Hybrid Beta Glucanase Enzyme Production.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Breeding Field Crops – History, Current Status And Introspections -- Chapter 2: Wheat Breeding -- Chapter 3: Rice Breeding -- Chapter 4: Maize Breeding -- Chapter 5: Barley Breeding -- Chapter 6: Pearl Millet Breeding. Chapter 7: Sorghum Breeding. Chapter 8: Small Millets Breeding -- Chapter 9: Sugarcane Breeding -- Chapter 10: Jute Breeding -- Chapter 11: Cotton Breeding -- Chapter 12: Maintenance Breeding Of Pusa Basmati Varieties -- Chapter 13: Maintenance Breeding -- Chapter 14: Efficient Breeding Of Crop Plants -- Chapter 15: Brassica Breeding -- Chapter 16: Groundnut Breeding -- Chapter 17: Soybean Breeding -- Chapter 18: Castor Breeding -- Chapter 19: Sunflower Breeding -- Chapter 20: Chickpea Breeding -- Chapter 21: Pigeonpea Breeding -- Chapter 22: Mungbean Breeding -- Chapter 23: Urdbean Breeding -- Chapter 24: Lentil Breeding -- Chapter 25: Fieldpea Breeding -- Chapter 26: Lathyrus Breeding.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Science and philosophy -- Chapter 2 Student’s proposal, dissertation, or thesis -- Chapter 3 Research integrity and publication ethics -- Chapter 4 Good Research Practices -- Chapter 5 Publication 101 -- Chapter 7 Lessons learned from Nature’s reports -- Chapter 8 Success can be learned.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Façades colonized by aerophytic microorganisms -- Façades as a functional part of a building -- The environment façade -- History of aerobiology, in respect of research on man-made surfaces -- Tools/Methods -- Experimental investigations and the assessment of primary growth of microorganisms on modern buiding structures -- Assessment of starter germ load of materials. Germ counts for specimens -- Culture based taxonomic analysis -- Taxonomy -- Pre-culture investigation -- Sample collection and preparation -- Establishment of pure cultures -- Background concentrations -- Air germ measurement -- Sedimentation -- Germ load of precipitation -- Ecophysiologic data -- Testing methods in respect of ths susceptibility of building products against colonisation by microorganisms -- Aerophytic organisms colonizing façades: their diversity and taxonomy with recognition of ecophysiological characteristics -- Regnum Eubacteria – non oxygen phosynthetic active groups -- Regnum Archaea -- Division Rhodophyta – Class Rhodophyceae -- Division Stramenopiles (Heterokonta), Class Bacillariophyceae -- Division Stramenopiles (Heterokonta), Class Xanthophyceae -- Division Stramenopiles (Heterokonta), Class Eustigmatophyceae -- Division (Infraregnum) Chlorophyta, Class Chlorophyceae -- Division (Infraregnum) Streptophyta -- Class Bryopsida – Musci -- Class Pteridopsida -- Subregnum Eumycota -- Division Archemycota -- Class Zygomycetes -- Division Ascomycota -- Class Ascomycetes -- Division Basidiomycota -- Class Basidiomycetes -- Form of organisation Lichenes -- Formgroup Ascolichenes -- Synopsis -- Summary -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary 1 -- Glossary 2 (important technical terms) -- Literature.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The two contrary theories about organogenesis in morphology of the higher plants.-chapter 2. Saunders’ Leaf-skin Theory of Stem -- Chapter 3. Leaves are split axes -- Chapter 4. Re-evaluation of the evidences for the Telome Theory -- Chapter 5. What do hooded-awn barley, bitter bamboo, tortoise shell bamboo, paspalum and crabgrass show us? -- Chapter 6. The ontogenesis of higher plants -- Chapter 7. The organogenesis of higher plants -- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1.Impact of isotropic and anisotropic plasmonic metal nanoparticles on healthcare and food-safety management -- Chapter 2. An introduction to different methods of nanoparticles synthesis -- Chapter 3. Classification, Synthesis, and Application of Nanoparticles against Infectious Diseases -- Chapter 4. Nanotechnology in Food Science -- Chapter 5. Facets of Nanotechnology in food processing, packaging and safety: an emerald insight -- Chapter 6. Nanotechnology and its potential application in postharvest technology -- Chapter 7. Nanotechnology mediated detection and control of phytopathogens -- Chapter 8. Nanosystems for Cancer Therapy -- Chapter 9. Phytoplankton mediated nanoparticles for cancer therapy. Chapter 10. Nanotechnology and its potential implications in Ovary Cancer -- Chapter 11. Nanotechnology: An Emerging Field in Protein Aggregation and Cancer Therapeutics -- Chapter 12. Bio-nano interface and its potential application in Alzheimer’s disease -- Chapter 13. Potential of curcumin nanoparticles in tuberculosis management -- Chapter 14. Application of Nanobiosensor in Health care sector -- Chapter 15. Bioactive nanoparticles: A next generation smart nanomaterials for pollution abatement and ecological sustainability -- Chapter 16. Smart nano-materials for bio-imaging applications:An overview -- Chapter 17. Biology of Earthworm in a World of Nano-materials: New Room, Challenges and, Future Perspectives -- Chapter 18. Bioethanol production from agricultural wastes with the aid of nanotechnology -- Chapter 19. Nanotechnology for sustainable bioenergy production.

Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Chapter 1: Design of Multi-wavelength Near Infra-Red probe to detect risk areas in diabetic foot -- Chapter 2: Cellular and molecular response for sensitising cancer cells and protecting the normal cells from radiation-induced damages -- Chapter 3: A Novel Approach for Production and Study of Medical Ultrasound from Low Cost Electromagnetic Transducers -- Chapter 4: Altered profile of regulatory T cells and NKT cells are characteristics of Chikungunya associated polyarthralgia -- Chapter 5: Cytotoxicity and Apoptosis of Human Colon Carcinoma Cell (HT 29 Cells), Treated with Methanolic Extract of Chlorococcum humicola -- Chapter 6: Universal primer design for the detection of diverged CTX-M Beta Lactamases (ESBL) that give penicillin and cephalosporin resistance during superbug infections -- Chapter 7: Lipopeptides as therapeutics: Molecular docking and drug design -- Chapter 8: Design and Simulation of Geometrical Shape and Size Variations of Micro-electrode for Cochlear Implant -- Chapter 9: Molecular and Protein Interaction Studies for Inhibiting Growth of Human Leukemic Cells: An In silico Structural Approach to Instigate Drug Discovery -- Chapter 10 -- Laccase Mediated Synthesis of Bio-material using Agro-residues -- Chapter 11: Extraction of Fungal Xylanase using ATPS-PEG/sulphate and its Application in Hydrolysis of Agricultural Residues -- Chapter 12: Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) essential oil based antimicrobial nanoemulsion formulation for fruit juice preservation.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: The Political Demography of Nation State Building -- Part I Demographic Engineering and Territorial Integrity -- Chapter 1 From Emigratie to Transmigrasi -- Chapter 2 Transmigration and the New Order’s Development Plan -- Chapter 3 The Center-Regional Contexts of Transmigration: Riau and South-Kalimantan -- Part II Migration, Development and the Centralized State -- Chapter 4 Migration Patterns and Development -- Chapter 5 Under Development and the Politics of Migration in Eastern Indonesia -- Chapter 6 West Kalimantan: The Political-Demography of the Borderlands -- Part III Movement of People across Borders -- Chapter 7 Indonesia and the Political Dimension of International Migration -- Chapter 8 The Politics of Regulating Overseas Migrant Workers -- Chapter 9 Internal-International Migration Divide? -- Part IV Human Flows, Identity Politics and Nation-State -- Chapter 10 Ethnic Mobility: The Bugis in Samarinda, East Kalimantan -- Chapter 11 The Javanese in Lampung: Strangers or Locals? -- Chapter 12 Disintegration from Within? Ethnicity and Decentralization Politics.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Hairy Roots Biotechnology Unzipped: A Journey of Reality and Promises -- Chapter 2. Hairy Roots as a Source of Tropane Alkaloids -- Chapter 3. Induction, Metabolite Analysis and Transgenesis of Hairy Roots From Coleus Forskohlii -- Chapter 4. Establishment of Hairy Roots of Endangered Himalayan Plantswertiachirata: A Sustainable Alternative to Extraction from Nature -- Chapter 5. A Protocol for the Selection of Spontaneous Variants From Established Catharanthusroseus Hairy Root Cultures -- Chapter 6. Strategies for the Optimization of Culture Conditions for Increasing Metabolite Production Through Hairy Root Cultures. Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloid Production in Catharanthus Roseus Hairy Roots -- Chapter 7. Protocol for Enhanced Withaferin-a Production in Elicited Withania Somnifera (l.)Dunal Hairy Root Cultures -- Chapter 8. Establishment of Hairy Root Cultures of Pentalinonandrieuxii for the Production of Betulinic Acid -- Chapter 9. Tropane Alkaloid Production by the Establishment Of Hairy Root Cultures of Brugmansia Candida and Elicitation -- Chapter 10. Elicitation as an Essential Strategy For Enhancing Anthraquinone Accumulation In Hairy Root Cultures of Rubia Tinctorum -- Chapter 11. Establishment of Hairy Root Cultures for the Production of Biopharmaceuticals and Optimization of Methods for Recombinant Protein Secretion In The Culture Medium -- Chapter 12. An Improved Protocol for Agrobacterium Rhizogenes-Mediated Transformation of Recalcitrant Plants for Root Biology Studies: A Case Study of Tea Plants (Camellia Sinensis Var. Sinensis) -- Chapter 13 Functional Analysis of Plant Genes Related to Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Symbiosis Using Agrobacterium Rhizogenes-Mediated Root Transformation and Hairy Root Production -- Chapter 14. Functional Characterization of Genes Involved in Legume Nodulation Using Hairy Root Cultures -- Chapter 15. Fluidigm Biomark Diagnostic Panel for Analysis of the Expression of Nicotiana Tabacum Genes, Associated with Alkaloid Synthesis. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Evolution of Artificial Heart Technology -- Chapter 2. Mechanisms of Heart Failure -- Chapter 3. Basis of Artificial Heart Technologies -- Chapter 4. Artificial Heart: Rotary Pump -- Chapter 5. Artificial Heart: Volume-Displacement Pump -- Chapter 6. Total Artificial Heart -- Chapter 7. Evaluation of Artificial Hearts -- Chapter 8. Selection of Artificial Heart Devices -- Chapter 9. Therapy Management of VADs -- Chapter 10. Challenges of Artificial Heart Devices -- Chapter 11. A Primary Study for Biocompatible Ventricular Assist Devices.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. What Is Wrong with Health? What Should the Future of Health Be? -- INNOVATION DESIGN for the FUTURE of HEALTH -- Health Innovations from an Innovators’ Perspective -- From SICKCARE to HEALTHCARE to HEALTH -- Future Look on Health: Opportunities -- Navigating Towards a Future of “One Health” -- Part II. Exponential Medicine + Technologies + Mindset -- Exponential Technologies for an Exponential Medicine -- Exponential Medicine: Challenges of Human Spaceflight Bringing Innovations for Earth—A Case Study -- Healthy Longevity -- The Science of Health Longevity -- Space Healthtech: Innovation Base for Longevity -- Part III. Future Health Value Propositions -- Healthcare the Melting Pot of Technology, Humanity, and Confusion -- Democratize Health Delivery -- Health Innovation Process: Definitions and Short Methodology Introductions -- Prevention, Prediction, Personalization, and Participation as Key Components in Future Health -- Digital Health Business Models: Transformation Is on the Horizon -- Value Propositions for Future Health Developments: Digital, Portable, Connected, Experience-Enhancing, Supportive, Patient-Centric, and Affordable -- (Digital) Patient Journey and Empowerment: Digital Twin -- Part IV. Innovation Methodology Basics -- Stanford Biodesign as Base: Empathy and Patient Centricity as the Main Driver -- Purpose Launchpad Methodology: Introduction -- Design Thinking for Innovations in Healthcare -- VPC to BMC to Exponential Canvas: Canvas Interconnectivity for Exponential Scaling -- Innovation Methodology I3 EME: Awareness for Biomedical Engineers -- Part V. Ethics + Health Innovation -- Integrating Ethical Considerations into Innovation Design -- Part VI. Health Innovation Design -- Case Studies Used Throughout the Book: Innovation Categories Explained -- Why Is Healthcare Different with Respect to Innovation and Entrepreneurial Activities? -- Purpose Launchpad Health (PLH) Methodology Introduction -- Part VII. Purpose Launchpad Health -- Purpose Launchpad Health: Exploration and Evaluation Phases—Actual Case Studies -- Part VIII. Health Leadership, Skills and other Methodologies -- Soft Skills Needed for Problem Understanding and Innovation Generation -- Leadership in Healthcare: A Novel Approach. Healthcare Executives’ Traits, Styles, and Approaches -- Future Skills Framework in Healthcare -- Porter’s Five Forces Analysis: Quo Vadis Immunotherapy Industry -- Part IX. Health Entrepreneurship -- Global Health Markets and Their Different Needs -- Patient: Health Relation and Digital Health Entrepreneurship -- Health Start-Up: Create Impact and be Investment Ready Intra- and Entre-Preneurs -- Regulatory Issues for Health Innovations -- Innovation Think Tank Frameworks for Resolving “The Innovator’s Dilemma” in Healthcare -- A Primer on Patents and IP for Health Innovations -- Successfully Implementing Ambidexterity in the Medical Industry -- Reverse Innovation: Circumvent Digital Health Transformation Issues -- Part X. Health Innovation Education and Incubation -- Health Innovation Design: “CAMPing” for the Unmet Clinical Need -- Health Technology Innovation Generation (HTIG) Lecture and Project Classes at AGH University -- Health Innovation Design at a University: INKA INNOLAB at Otto-von-Guericke-University -- Clinical Innovation at Acibadem Biodesign Center -- Example of a Needs-Driven Innovation Training Program: The BioMedical Design Novo Nordisk Foundation Fellowship Program -- Addressing the Healthcare Needs with Innovation Think Tank Global Infrastructure and its Methodology -- The Power of a Collaborative Ecosystem: Introducing the Edison™ Accelerator -- HealthTec Networks and Clusters (Global): Innovation Clusters in Medtech in Europe -- Leadership-Compass: “Networking and Synapting Empowered by Health Captains” -- Part XI. Purpose Launchpad Health: Toolset Templates and Principles -- PLH Templates and Principles.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The sugar-nucleotide providing enzyme, opportunity and future in the antibody and peptide medicine area -- Chapter 2. The Next Generation of Microalgae-Based Products -- Chapter 3. Advanced techniques for enzymatic and chemical bleaching for pulp and paper industries -- Chapter 4. Commercial bioinoculant development: Techniques and challenges -- Chapter 5. Protein nanostructures with purpose-designed properties in biotechnology and medicine -- Chapter 6. Recent advances in biosynthetic production of Biopigments from microlagae -- Chapter 7. Revealing of the features of the oxidative enzyme production by white-rot basidiomycetes during fermentation of plant raw materials -- Chapter 8. Endophytic bacterial applications in phytoremediation of organic pollutants and toxic metals -- Chapter 9. Biotechnological interventions for Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) based biofertilizer: technological perspectives -- Chapter 10. Probiotics and prebiotics: Techniques used and its relevance -- Chapter 11. Techniques of Evaluation of the chemical and microbiological quality of the coastal environment -- Chapter 12. Enzyme engineering techniques for biotechnological applications.

Description / Table of Contents: Module 1. Introduction -- Module 2. Screening of Biosurfactants -- Module 3. Commercial production, optimization and purification -- Module 4. Industrial and environmental applications -- Module 5. Role of biosurfactants in Agriculture and soil reclamation -- Module 6. Toxicity assessment.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to Biobanking -- Scientific Relevance, Problems and the Destitution for Principles of Biobanks and Biobanking Activities -- Types of Biobanks -- Ethical and Legal Principles in the Field of Biobanking -- Business Planning for Biobanks -- Biobanking Concepts Specific for Developing Countries -- Methods of Implementation and Set-up of National Biobanking Networks -- Implementation of Ethical and Legal Considerations in a Biobanking Network -- Collection and Management of Samples -- Quality Control and Risk Management in Biobanks -- Governance and Stakeholder Analysis -- Biobanking IT Systems, Database Structure and Web Applications -- Management Model and Sustainability Plan of Biobanks -- Sustainability Plan and Project Management of a Biobanking Network -- Establishing a Biobank Using Standardisation -- Science and Innovation of Biobanks -- Running a Biobank Network -- Infrastructure: Delivering on the Promise of Biobanking -- Design Considerations and Equipment of Biobanks -- Software Tools for Biobanking in LMICs -- The Importance of Cancer Biobanks in Low- and Middle-Income Countries -- Biobanking in Paediatrics: A Look from Armenia as a Middle-Income Country -- Biobanking of the Central Nervous System -- The Importance of Biobanking COVID-19 Samples -- Oncobiobanking in a Middle-Income Country: The Example of Russia -- Sustainability of Biobanks and Biobanking in LMICs -- Biobanks for Enabling Research and Development by Trusted Patient Data Environment -- Future Perspective of the Biobanking Field.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Ancient Spores -- Spores of My Life -- Scary Spores -- Spores of the Future -- Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Morphology Study – Optical Microscopy Imaging, Electron Microscopy Imaging, Confocal Microscopy Imaging, Live Cell Imaging -- Methods to Detect Autophagic Flux -- Biomarkers in Autophagy -- Drugs and Molecular Biology Technology in Autophagy Study -- Animal Models in Autophagy Study.

Description / Table of Contents: Workflows and Components of Bioimage Analysis -- Measurements of Intensity Dynamics at the Periphery of the Nucleus -- 3D Quantitative Colocalisation Analysis -- The NEMO Dots Assembly: Single-Particle Tracking and Analysis -- Introduction to MATLAB: Image Analysis & Brownian Motion -- Resolving the process of Clathrin Mediated Endocytosis Using Correlative Light & Electron Microscopy (CLEM).

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Etiology of obesity, cancer, and diabetes -- 2. Pathophysiology of Obesity and Diabetes -- 3. Pathophysiology of obesity and cancer: Drugs and signaling targets -- 4. Peptides Involved in body weight regulation -- 5. Insulin resistance- a link between obesity and cancer -- 6. Role of the cytoskeletal protein, actin in various diseases -- 7. Diabetes mellitus and its management with plant-based therapy -- 8. Fruits and vegetables as sources of functional phytochemicals for the management of obesity, diabetes, and cancer -- 9. Spices in diabetes, cancer and obesity treatment -- 10. MicroRNAs as Targets of Dietary Phytochemicals in Obesity and Cancer -- 11. Natural phenolic compounds as anti-obesityand anti-cardiovascular disease agent -- 12. Harnessing the Potential of Phytochemicals for Breast Cancer Treatment.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Management of Biobanks -- Chapter 2. Quality Management -- Chapter 3. Documentation and Records -- Chapter 4. Human Resources Management -- Chapter 5. Ethical and Legal Aspects -- Chapter 6. Supplies, Materials Management -- Chapter 7. Equipment -- Chapter 8. Traceability -- Chapter 9. Environmental and Staff Hygiene -- Chapter 10. Biobanking Processes and Quality Control -- Chapter 11. Deviations, Nonconforming Product/Data or Service -- Chapter 12. Audits -- Chapter 13. Improvement -- Chapter 14. Biobank Cooperation in the Scientific, Research and Development Area -- Chapter 15. Safety and Security.

Description / Table of Contents: 1.Phytochemical genomics: integration of omics approaches for understanding genomic basis of phytochemicals -- 2.Gene-metabolite networks -- 3.Computational approaches in phytochemical genomics -- 4.Databases relevant to phytochemicals and genes responsible -- 5.Biosynthetic pathways of important metabolites using genomics and metabolomics approaches -- 6.Phytochemical diversity and the diverse roles of phytochemicals in plants -- 7.Role of genomics and metabolomics for breeding crops with higher quantity of metabolites -- 8.Metabolic quantitative trait loci mapping of medicinal plants and crops -- 9.Tools for metabolomics analysis of plants -- 10.Trichomes as an important chemical factories of metabolites -- 11.Stress and metabolites -- 12.Evolution of metabolite diversity and defense mechanisms in plants -- 13.Pathway engineering of genes -- 14.Demand-supply of phytochemicals and the need for ensuring sustainable supply of plants -- 15.Drug discovery and omics -- 16.Gene editing technologies for scaling up production of secondary metabolites -- 17.Medicinal plants and use of omics approaches -- 18.Metabolomics of important medicinal plants -- 19.Transcriptomics of important medicinal plants.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 - Introduction to Plant Histopathology -- Chapter 2 - Sample Preparation for light and Electron microscopy -- Chapter 3 - Plant Histopathology techniques -- Chapter 4 - Fungal detection Chapter 5 - Bacteria detection -- Chapter 6 - Virus detection.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Chapter. 1. Outer Membrane Vesicles (OMVs) as a Platform for Vaccination and Targeted Drug Delivery -- Chapter. 2. CRISPR/Cas9 Nano-Delivery Approaches for Targeted Gene Therapy -- Chapter. 3. Lipoplexes and Polyplexes for Targeted Gene Delivery -- Chapter. 4. Aptamer-Based Targeted Drug Delivery Systems -- Chapter. 5. Artificial Exosomes as Targeted Drug Delivery Systems -- Chapter. 6. Nanoarchaeosomes in drug delivery -- Chapter. 7. Bioengineered Metallic Nanomaterials for Nanoscale Drug Delivery Systems -- Chapter. 8. Nanobody-Based Delivery Systems for Diagnosis and Therapeutic Applications -- Chapter. 9. Phytosomes Used for Herbal Drug Delivery -- Chapter. 10. Porphysomes and porphyrin-based nanomaterials for drug delivery system -- Chapter. 11. Ethosomes for Dermal and Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems -- Chapter. 12. Liposomes and Niosomes for Targeted Drugs and Gene Delivery Systems -- Chapter. 13. Dendrimers as Targeted Systems for Selective Gene and Drug delivery -- Chapter. 14. Polymersomes for Targeted Drug and Gene Delivery Systems -- Chapter. 15. Quantum-Dot-Based Nanomaterials for Diagnostic and Therapeutic applications -- Chapter. 16. Carbon-based Nanomaterials for Targeted Drug and Gene Delivery Systems -- Chapter. 17. Hybrid Multifunctional Nanomaterials for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications -- Chapter. 18. Polymeric Micelles for Targeted Drug Delivery Systems -- Chapter. 19. Polymeric Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug and Gene Delivery Systems -- Chapter. 20. Magnetic Nanoparticles for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Genetic Mapping and Marker Assisted Selection: Setting the Background -- Chapter 2. Germplasm Characterization: Utilizing the Underexploited Resources -- Chapter 3. Mapping Population Development -- Chapter 4. Genotyping of Mapping Population -- Chapter 5. Linkage Map Construction -- Chapter 6. Phenotyping -- Chapter 7. QTL Analysis -- Chapter 8. Fine Mapping -- Chapter 9. Marker Assisted Selections -- Chapter 10. Success Stories in MAS -- Chapter 11. Towards genetically improved crop plants: Roles of ‘Omics in MAS -- Chapter 12. Forthcoming Perspectives in MAS.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Bioactive Ingredients in Processed Foods -- Chapter 2. The Impact of Natural Antioxidants on Human Health -- Chapter 3. Probiotic Bacteria Used in Food: A Novel Class of Antibiofilm Agent -- Chapter 4. Nutritional Modification in Meat Food for the Protection of Human Health -- Chapter 5. Potential of Food Processing by-products as Dietary Fibers -- Chapter 6. Encapsulation of Active Ingredients in Functional Foods: Current Trends and Perspectives -- Chapter 7. Cereals as Functional Ingredients in Meat and Meat Products -- Chapter 8. Role of Dietary Fibre and their Preventive Measures of Human Diet -- Chapter 9. Food antioxidants: Functional aspects and preservation during food processing -- Chapter 10. Dietary Fibre as a Functional Food -- Chapter 11. Functional and Nutritional Aspects of Hydrocolloids and Lipids -- Chapter 12. Future Prospects of Fruit and Vegetable based Functional Foods -- Chapter 13. Role of by-products of Fruits and Vegetables in Functional Foods -- Chapter 14. Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) fermented food and their therapeutic importance -- Chapter 15. Flavonoids: Health Benefits and Their Potential Use in Food Systems.

Description / Table of Contents: PART I ~ ALTERATIONS IN CELLULAR MECHANISMS DURING AGING -- Chapter 1 Protein Structure and Function in Aging and Age-related Diseases -- Chapter 2 DNA, DNA Replication and Aging -- Chapter 3 Transcription and Aging -- Chapter 4 Ribosomes, Translation and Aging -- Chapter 5 p53 and Aging -- Chapter 6 Paired Box (Pax) Transcription Factors and Aging -- Chapter 7 Telomeres, Telomerase and Aging -- Chapter 8 The Epigenome of Ageing -- Chapter 9 Attaining Epigenetic Rejuvenation: Challenges Ahead -- Chapter 10 Mitochondria as a Key Player in Aging -- Chapter 11 Aging, Free Radicals and Reactive Oxygen Species: An Evolving Concept -- Chapter 12 Stem Cells and Aging -- Chapter 13 Can Autophagy Stop the Clock: Unravelling the Mystery in Dictyostelium discoideum -- Chapter 14 Aging: Reading, Reasoning and Resolving Using Drosophila as a Model System -- Chapter 15 Nothobranchius furzeri as a New Model System for Aging Studies -- PART II ALTERATIONS IN METABOLISM DURING AGING AND DISEASES -- Chapter 16 Aging in Muscle -- Chapter 17 Metabolic Diseases and Aging -- Chapter 18 Interplay Between Nutrient Sensing Molecules During Aging and Longevity -- Chapter 19 Protein Aggregation, Related Pathologies and Aging -- Chapter 20 Biological Rhythms and Aging -- Chapter 21 The Biology of Ageing and Cancer – A Complex Association.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Herbal Medicines in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay -- Chapter 2. The Native Floras of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay as Sources of Aromatic Products -- Chapter 3. Acantholippia seriphioides -- Chapter 4. Adesmia boronioides -- Chapter 5. Aloysia gratissima -- Chapter 6. Aloysia polystachya -- Chapter 7. Aristotelia chilensis -- Chapter 8. Artemisia copa -- Chapter 9. Aspidosperma quebracho blanco -- Chapter 10. Baccharis dracunculifolia -- Chapter 11. Baccharis tola and B. boliviensis -- Chapter 12. Berberidaceae from Chile -- Chapter 13. Bulnesia sarmientoi -- Chapter 14. Calceolaria spp -- Chapter 15. Dysphania ambrosioides -- Chapter 16. Chiliotrichum diffusum -- Chapter 17. Cissampelos spp -- Chapter 18. Colliguaja integérrima -- Chapter 19. Crinodermum spp -- Chapter 20. Cyclolepis genistoides -- Chapter 21. Eugenia uniflora -- Chapter 22. Fabiana imbricata -- Chapter 23. Fabiana spp -- Chapter 24. Gentianella spp -- Chapter 25. Gleditsia amorphoides -- Chapter 26. Hydrocotyle bonariensis -- Chapter 27. Ibicella lutea -- Chapter 28. Ilex paraguariensis -- Chapter 29. Ligaria cuneifolia -- Chapter 30. Lippia turbinata and L. fissicalyx -- Chapter 31. Lithraea molleoides -- Chapter 32. Madia sativa -- Chapter 33. Minthostachys mollis -- Chapter 34. Mulinum spinosum -- Chapter 35. Nectandra spp -- Chapter 36. Nothofagus antárctica -- Chapter 37. Parastrephia spp -- Chapter 38. Passiflora spp -- Chapter 39. Peumus boldus -- Chapter 40. Picrasma crenata -- Chapter 41. Quillaja brasiliensis -- Chapter 42. Quillaja saponaria -- Chapter 43. Schinus molle & S. areira -- Chapter 44. Solanum crispum -- Chapter 45. Solanum sisymbrifolium -- Chapter 46. Tagetes minuta -- Chapter 47. Zuccagnia punctata.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Melastomataceae diversity and distribution -- 2. History of Classification of the Melastomataceae -- 3. General morphology and terminology -- 4. Historical biogeography of Melastomataceae -- 5. An overview of Melastomataceae classification and phylogenetics -- 6. Revisiting character evolution in the Myrtales and its bearing on classification: Should the circumscription of Melastomataceae include the “memecyloids”? -- 7. Systematics of Kibessieae -- 8. Systematics of Astronieae -- 9. Phylogeny and systematics of Henrietteeae -- 10. The tribe Miconieae: many genera or one genus? -- 11. Systematics and taxonomy of the Merianieae -- 12. Systematics of Bertolonieae and Trioleneae -- 13. Systematics of Blakeeae -- 14. The tribe Cyphostyleae; exceptions that prove the rules -- 15. Systematics of Sonerileae and Dissocheteae: creating order out of chaos -- 16. Systematics of Cambessedesieae -- 17. Systematics of Rhexieae -- 18. Systematics of Microlicieae -- 19. Systematic studies in the Neotropical tribe Marcetieae -- 20. Melastomateae: a review on the taxonomic history- morphology- molecular phylogeny and biogeography -- 21. Comparative floral ontogeny of Melastomataceae -- 22. Seed morphological features in Melastomataceae -- 23. Patterns of Chromosome Number Diversity and Evolution in the Melastomataceae -- 24. Apomixis in Melastomataceae: Diversity of developmental mechanisms and ecological consequences -- 25. Pollination syndromes and flower diversification in Melastomataceae -- 26. Stamen diversity in Melastomataceae: morphology- color and function -- 27. Patterns of diversification of Miconia (Miconieae) in the Greater and Lesser Antilles -- 28. Colonization by Melastomataceae and its diversification in the Atlantic Forest -- 29. A review of the paleobotanical record of Melastomataceae -- 30. Shapes of species responses to soil fertility in lowland Amazonian Melastomataceae -- 31. Seed germination ecology in Neotropical Melastomataceae -- 32. Seed dispersal ecology in Neotropical Melastomataceae -- 33. Myrmecophytism in the Melastomataceae -- 34. How non-native invasive Melastomataceae inform a greater understanding of the biology and genetics of the family -- Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Strain design and optimization methods for sustainable production -- Chapter 2. Designer and minimal cells for production of biomolecules -- Chapter 3. Recent advances in downstream processing deployed in the treatment of pharmaceutical effluents -- Chapter 4. Microbial conversion of waste to biomolecules -- Chapter 5. Biosensor for detecting biomolecules -- Chapter 6. Artificial Intelligence Assisted Production of Biomolecules -- Chapter 7. Escherichia coli cell factory for synthesis of biomolecules -- Chapter 8. Bacillus subtilis cell factory -- Chapter 9. Pseudomonas putida cell factory -- Chapter 10. Cyanobacteria for marine based biomolecules -- Chapter 11. Yeast cell factory for biomolecules -- Chapter 12. Plant cell factory for biomolecules -- Chapter 13. Genetic manipulation of crop for enhanced food quality and nutrition towards sustainable production -- Chapter 14. Insect cell factory for production of biomolecules -- Chapter 15. Mammalian cell factor for biomolecules -- Chapter 16. Genome editing guided production of biomolecules -- Chapter 17. Cell free protein synthesis system for sustainable production of biofuels -- Chapter 18. Challenges and opportunities in biomanufacturing.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Gender and Migration: an Introduction -- Chapter 2: Gendered Migrations and Conceptual Approaches: Theorising and Researching Mobilities -- Chapter 3: Gendered Labour -- Chapter 4: Transnational Families, Intimate Relations, Generations -- Chapter 5: Gendering Asylum -- Chapter 6: Engendering Integration and Inclusion -- Chapter 7: Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: A 21st Century Public Environmental Sociology (Beth Schaefer Caniglia) -- Part I: Inequality, Political Economy, and Justice -- Chapter 2. Intersectionality and the Environment (Christina Ergas) -- Chapter 3. Environmental Justice (Rebecca Maung) -- Chapter 4. Ecologically Unequal Exchange and Environmental Load Displacement (Jennifer E. Givens) -- Chapter 5. Consumption (Annika Rieger) -- Chapter 6. Corporations and the Environment (Simone Pulver) -- Chapter 7. Just Transitions and Labor (Erik Kojola) -- Part II: Energy, Climate, and Health -- Chapter 8. Sociology of Energy(Stephanie A. Malin) -- Chapter 9. Risk (Alissa Cordner) -- Chapter 10. Sociology and Climate Change (Danielle Falzon) -- Chapter 11. Sociology of Disasters (Lori Peek) -- Chapter 12. Environmental Factors in Health (Elisabeth Wilder) -- Chapter 13. Food Insecurity (Dorceta E. Taylor) -- Part III: Culture, the State, and Institutions -- Chapter 14. Animals in Environmental Sociology (Linda Kalof) -- Chapter 15. Religion and the Environment (Lynn Hempel) -- Chapter 16. Environmental Governance (Dana R. Fisher) -- Chapter 17. Green Criminology (Michael J. Lynch) -- Chapter 18. War and the Environment (Michael R. Lengefeld) -- Part IV: Population, Place, and Possibilities -- Chapter 19. Environmental Demography (Lori M. Hunter ) -- Chapter 20. Land Use and Land Use Change (Thomas K. Rudel) -- Chapter 21. Structural Human Ecology (Thomas Dietz) -- Chapter 22. Environmental Science and Technology Studies (Scott Frickel) -- Chapter 23. Towards an Indigenous Environmental Sociology (Kari Marie Norgaard) -- Chapter 24. Environmental Movements in the United States (Erik W. Johnson) -- Chapter 25. Socio-Ecological Systems (Beth Schaefer Caniglia).

Description / Table of Contents: Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Geographic location of research -- Research methodology -- How to use this book -- Future studies -- Selected bibliography -- Plant monographs -- Index of plant names and health conditions.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- The miracle of amber -- Floral characteristics -- Chapter1. Burmese amber flowers -- Chapter2. Baltic amber flowers -- Chapter3. Dominican amber flowers -- Chapter4. Mexican amber flowers -- General conclusions -- References.

Description / Table of Contents: Postmodern Cyberspace -- The SNS Universe of the Control Society -- The University in the Digital Age as a Site of Postmodern Media Education.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. The role of natural products and remedies in treating animal diseases -- Chapter 2. The pharmacological and nutritional significance of plant natural products: An alternative for animal health -- Chapter 3. Alternative antimicrobials - medicinal plants and their influences on animal infectious diseases -- Chapter 4. Herbs used for horses in British Columbia and Trinidad and Tobago -- Chapter 5. Plants for controlling parasites in goats -- Chapter 6. Ethnoveterinary practices for control of ticks in Africa -- Part II. Sociological aspects and considerations relating to documentation of ethnoceterinary medicine -- Chapter 7. Gender aspects and multiple contexts in ethnoveterinary practice and science -- Chapter 8. Towards a better understanding of African ethnoveterinary medicine and husbandry -- Part III. Ethnoveterinary medicine around the world -- Chapter 9. Ethnoveterinary medicine and medicinal plants used in the treatment of livestock diseases in Cameroon -- Chapter 10. Ethnoveterinary medicinal plants used in South Africa -- Chapter 11. Ethnoveterinary plants and practices for the control of ticks and tick-borne diseases in South Africa -- Chapter 12. Ethnoveterinary medicine: a Zimbabwean perspective -- Chapter 13. Ethnoveterinary medicine in the Maghreb -- Chapter 14. Natural remedies for animal health in Latin America -- Chapter 15. Local practice of cattle farming and ethnoveterinary medicine in Estonia: case study of Saaremaa and Muhumaa -- Chapter 16. Belarusian ethnoveterinary medicine: ritual practices and traditional remedies -- Chapter 17. The use of medicinal plants for animal health in the Spanish inventory of traditional knowledge -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Modeling of protein complexes involved in signaling pathway for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer -- Chapter 2. Role of BioJava in the Department of Bioinformatics Tools -- Chapter 3. Overview of machine learning methods in ADHD prediction -- Chapter 4. Simplified Protein Structure Prediction Using Parallel Genetic Algorithms -- Chapter 5. Applications of deep learning in drug discovery -- Chapter 6. Big Data Analytics for Handling NGS Data & its Applications in Identifying Cancer Mutations -- Chapter 7. Medicinal Properties of Fruit waste -- Chapter 8. Epigenetic toxicity of nanoparticles -- Chapter 9. Protein Misfolding and Aggregation in Neurodegenerative diseases -- Chapter 10. Enzyme technology prospectus & their Biomedical Applications -- Chapter 11. Polyunsaturated fatty acids enhance the recovery of bone marrow impairment caused after radiation -- Chapter 12. Nanomaterial Enabled Rapid Electrochemical Biosensors For Bacterial Pathogens -- Chapter 13. Heart Rate Variability Analysis in lung cancer patients to study the effect of treatment -- Chapter 14. Co-Relation of Physiological Signals And Therapy for Diagnostics Purpose of Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (Plmd) -- Chapter 15. Analysis of Forward Head Posture -- Chapter 16. Biopolymeric Smart Nano-Carriers for Drug Delivery Applications.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction by Vera L. Talis -- Lecture 1 -- Lecture 2 -- Lecture 3 -- Lecture 4 -- Lecture 5 -- Lecture 6 -- Lecture 7 -- Lecture 8 -- Lecture 9 -- Lecture 10.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to 3D cell culture -- Chapter 2. Lab equipment for 3D cell culture -- Chapter 3. A view from the cellular perspective -- Chapter 4. Biological, natural and synthetic 3D matrices -- Chapter 5. Hydrogels for 3D cell culture -- Chapter 6. Vascularization in 3D cell culture -- Chapter 7. Application of scaffold-free 3D models -- Chapter 8. 10. Microfluidic Systems and Organ (Human) on a Chip -- Chapter 9. 3D-Bioprinting -- Chapter 10. Non-destructive and label-free monitoring of 3D cell constructs.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1-General Identity and Taxonomy -- Phoma: An Overview -- Phoma Diseases-Identification, Epidemiology and Management -- Taxonomical Evaluation of Phoma-History of Classification, Current Status and Future Directions -- Part 2-Diversity, Diseases and Host Range -- Biodiversity of the Genus Phoma in Different Habitats -- Phoma on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants -- Types of Plant Diseases Caused by Phoma Species and Their Integrated Management -- Plant Pathogenic Phoma Species: Host Range, Symptoms and Distribution -- Overview of Phoma-like Fungi on Legumes: Papilionaceous plants): Pea, Beans, Soybean, Chickpea and Faba Beans -- Vegetable Diseases Caused by Phoma SSP -- Part 3: Phoma Spp. as a Human Pathogen -- Phoma as an Infectious Pathogen in Medical Practice -- Part 4- Bioactivities and Nanotechnology -- Genus Phoma; A Review of Its Potential Bioactivities, Implications and Prospects -- Bioherbicidal Activity of Phoma macrostoma -- Fruitful Decade for Phoma Secondary Metabolites From 2011 to 2020: Chemistry, Chemical Diversity and Biological Activities -- Plant Growth Promoting Phoma spp. -- Biological Management of Plant Diseases by Non-Pathogenic Phoma spp. -- Endophytic Phoma: Potentials and Limitations -- Bioactive Secondary Metabolites of Endophytic Phoma: Biochemistry and Signifigance -- Exploitation of Phoma for Fabrication of Silver Nanoparticles.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 The History of Cannabis -- Chapter 2 The Bioactive Components of Plants -- Chapter 3 Chemical Constituents of Cannabis -- Chapter 4 The Bioactive Components of Cannabis -- Chapter 5 Neurological Effects of Cannabis -- Chapter 6 Psychotropic Effects of Cannabis -- Chapter 7 The Analgesic effects of Cannabis -- Chapter 8 Cannabis and Perinatal Development -- Chapter 9 Cannabis and Multiple Sclerosis -- Chapter 10 Cannabis and Cancer -- Chapter 11 Cannabis and Parkinson’s disease -- Chapter 12 Cannabis and the Skin -- Chapter 13 Antiviral Activities of Cannabis -- Chapter 14 Alkaline Phosphatase Stimulation.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. An Introduction to Haematococcus -- Chapter 2. Nutritional studies and optimization of biomass from unicellular microalgae Haematococcus sp.-Chapter 3. Abiotic stress factors and high astaxanthin accumulation in Haematococcus pluvialis -- Chapter 4. Haematococcus: Cultivation for Astaxanthin Production -- Chapter 5. Bottlenecks in the cultivation processes of Haematococcus pluvialis -- Chapter 6. Biochemistry of Haematococcus -- Chapter 7. Lipids, lipidomics and biosurfactants of Haematococcus -- Chapter 8. Genetic engineering approaches for Haematococcus: Recent developments in genome sequencing and strain improvement -- Chapter 9. Food and Food Packaging Technology -- Chapter 10 Algae Materials for Bionanopesticides: Nanoparticles and composites -- Chapter 11. Environmental Impacts Related to Upstream and Downstream Processing of Haematococcus pluvialis -- Chapter 12. Therapeutic potential of Haematococcus pluvialis in the field of drug delivery -- Chapter 13. Clinical applications of Haematococcus. - Chapter 14. In silico exploration of therapeutics in Haematococcus pluvialis -- Chapter 15. Algal Polymers, Proteins and Pigments for Industrial Applications -- Chapter 16. Valorising Haematococcus biomass for commercial applications -- Chapter 17. Biotechnological applications of Haematococcus: Future perspectives -- Chapter 18. Commercialization of Haematococcus-based products: Current status and future forecast -- Chapter 19. Bioenergy Applications of Haematococcus.-.

Description / Table of Contents: Abiotic Stress in Plants: Socio-economic Consequences and Crop Plants Responses -- Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance Mechanisms -- Biotechnology Strategies to Combat Plant Abiotic Stress -- Nanomaterials Fundamentals: Classification, Synthesis and Characterization -- Utilization of Nanobiotechnology in Modern Agriculture -- Contributions of Nano Biosensors in Managing Environmental Stresses under Climate Change Era -- Utilization of Nanobiotechnology to Alleviate Impact of Abiotic Stress in Crop Plants -- Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles Using Different Plant Extracts and their Characterizations -- Applications of Plant-Derived Nanomaterials in Mitigation of Crop Abiotic Stress -- Biosynthesis and Characterization of Microorganisms-Derived Nanomaterials -- Utilization of Nanofertilizers in Plant Tolerance to Abiotic Stress -- Role of Nanomaterials in Regulating Reactive Species as a Signaling Molecule of Abiotic Stress -- Role of Nanomaterials in Regulating Oxidative Stress -- Plant Stress Enzymes Nanobiotechnology -- Plant Stress Hormones Nanobiotechnology -- Effect of Nanoparticle on Plant Growth and Development -- Application of Nanobiotechnology in Overcoming Salinity Stress -- Application of Nanobiotechnology in Overcoming Drought Stress -- Application of Nanobiotechnology in Overcoming Temperature Stress -- Application of Nanobiotechnology in Overcoming Mineral Nutrients Stress -- Nanomaterials Combat Heavy Metals Toxicity by Modulating Oxidative Stress Pathways in Plants -- Nanonutrients: Plant Nutritive and Possible Antioxidant Regulators -- Impact of Nanomaterials Stress on Plants -- Biosafety of Nanomaterials for Plants to Coup with Stress Conditions -- Nanomaterials in Combating Plant Stress: An Approach for Future Applications.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I Understanding and management of abiotic and biotic stress in plants -- 1. Plant responses under abiotic stress and mitigation options towards agricultural sustainability -- 2. Plant viruses: Factors involved in emergence and recent advances in their management -- 3. Crop plants under metal stress and its remediation -- 4. Exploiting host resistance in management of vascular wilt in major pulses of India -- 5. Atmospheric nitric oxide (NO) regulates ozone (O3)-induced stress in plants: Ally or Foe? -- 6. Brassinosteroids: A wonder growth regulator to alleviate abiotic stresses in plants -- 7. Structural and functional role of plant dehydrins in enhancing stress tolerance -- 8. Adaptation of microalgae to temperature and light stress -- 9. Halopriming: Sustainable approach for abiotic stress management in crops -- 10. Naturally growing native plants of wastelands: Their stress management strategies and prospects in changing climate -- 11. Vulnerability and resilience of sorghum to changing climatic conditions: Lessons from the past and hope for the future -- 12. Recent updates in plant disease management -- 13. Heat stress in wheat: Impact and management strategies towards climate resilience -- Part II Potential of microbes in plant stress management -- 14. Plant-microbe interactions in combating abiotic stresses -- 15. Cadmium stress management in plants: Prospects of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria -- 16. Harnessing the power of microbes to overcome heavy metal stress in crop plant -- 17. Halotolerant plant growth promoting rhizobacteria: A futuristic direction to salt stress tolerance -- 18. Outside the cell surface: Encoding the role of Exopolysaccharide producing rhizobacteria to boost the drought tolerance in plants -- 19. Potential of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for enhancement of plant growth and its role in improving soil health under abiotic stress -- 20. Soil application of plant growth promoting fungi for sustainable agriculture in the new decade -- 21. Deep insights into the role of endophytic fungi in abiotic stress tolerance in plants -- 22. Post-green revolution degradation of agricultural land in India: Role of mycorrhizae in the sustainability of agriculture and ecosystems -- Part III Strategies and technological advances for crop improvement -- 23. Integrated OMICS approaches to ameliorate the abiotic stress in Brassica napus -- 24. Proteomics – A powerful tool for understanding saline stress response in germinating seed -- 25. Role of secondary metabolites and prospects of engineering secondary metabolite production for crop improvement -- 26. Interventions of nanotechnology for the growth and stress tolerance in crop plants -- 27. Remote Sensing Technology: A new dimension in the detection, quantification and tracking of abiotic and biotic stresses.

Description / Table of Contents: Deep Learning in Medical Image Analysis -- Medical Image Synthesis via Deep Learning -- Deep Learning for Pulmonary Image Analysis: Classification, Detection, and Segmentation -- Deep Learning Computer Aided Diagnosis for Breast Lesion in Digital Mammogram -- Decision support system for lung cancer using PET/CT and microscopic images -- Lesion Image Synthesis using DCGANs for Metastatic Liver Cancer Detection -- Retinopathy analysis based on deep convolution neural network -- Diagnosis of Glaucoma on retinal fundus images using deep learning: detection of nerve fiber layer defect and optic disc analysis -- Automatic segmentation of multiple organs on 3D CT images by using deep learning approaches -- Techniques and Applications in Skin OCT Analysis -- Deep Learning Technique for Musculoskeletal Analysis -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Web-based 3D visualisation of biological and medical data -- Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anaesthesia: Visualising Nerve and Needle -- Scanning conditions in functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging: how to standardise resting-state for optimal data acquisition and visualisation? -- Interactive VR Stroke Rehabilitation System Design -- Systematic review of Augmented and Virtual Reality in anatomical education -- Interdimensional travel: Visualisation of 3D-2D transitions in anatomy learning -- Anatomy Visualizations Using Stereopsis: Assessment and Implication of Stereoscopic Virtual Models in Anatomical Education -- Storyboarding in Medical Animation -- The hidden curriculum of imaging and utilisation of unregulated social media resources within clinical education -- Online distance learning in biomedical sciences: Community, belonging and presence. .

Description / Table of Contents: Section A Physiology -- An Overview On Sleep Medicine -- Covering The Gap Between Sleep And Cognition – Mechanisms and Clinical Examples -- Obstructive sleep apnoea: Focus on Pathophysiology -- Diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with associated comorbidity -- Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea: What’s in a Name? -- Treatment of Cheyne-Stokes respiration in heart failure with adaptive servo-ventilation: An integrative model -- Section B Diagnostic innovations -- Automated scoring of sleep and associated events -- Conventional machine-learning methods applied to the automatic diagnosis of sleep apnea -- Home Sleep Testing of Sleep Apnea -- ECG and heart rate variability in sleep-related breathing disorders -- Cardiopulmonary Coupling -- Pulse oximetry: the working principle, signal formation, and applications -- Oximetry indices in the management of sleep apnea: from overnight minimum saturation to the novel hypoxemia measures -- Airflow Analysis In The Context OF Sleep Apnea -- Deep-learning Model Based on Convolutional Neural Networks to Classify Apnea-hypopnea Events From The Oximetry Signal -- Tracheal sound analysis -- Obstructive Sleep Apnea with COVID-19 -- Section C Therapeutic innovations -- APAP, BPAP, CPAP and new modes of positive airway pressure therapy -- Adherence monitoring using telemonitoring techniques -- Innovations in The Treatment of Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation Therapy -- Anna M. Mohammadieh -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Virtual Anatomy Museum – Facilitating Public Engagement Through An Interactive Application -- E-Learning And Embryology; Designing An Application To Improve 3D Comprehension Of Embryological Structures -- Animated Guide to Represent A Novel Means of Gut-brain Axis Communication -- Engaging with Children using Augmented Reality on Clothing to Prevent them from Smoking -- Enabling More Accessible MS Rehabilitation Training Using Virtual Reality -- The Use of Augmented Reality to Raise Awareness of the Differences between Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis -- Understanding the Brain and Exploring the Effects of Clinical Fatigue: From A Patient’s Perspective -- A Methodology for Visualising Growth and Development of the Human Temporal Bone -- Collect the Bones, Avoid the Cones: A Game-Based App for Public Engagement -- A Serious Game on Skull Anatomy for Dental Undergraduates. .

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Review of Literature -- Data Base and Methodology -- India’s Forest Cover, Forest policies and Acts and Impact of Governance on Forest Cover -- Institutions & Enforcement at Local Level -- Forest Dependency and Forest Governance in South Bengal and North Bengal Forest Divisions -- Conclusions and Policy Recommendations.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I In Quest of National Security: World of Sapiens -- 1. Humans and Human Systems: Shifting Centroid of National Security -- 2. National Security: Concept, Evolution and Descriptive Stasis -- 3. National Security: Definitions and Manifestations -- 4. Threats, Risks and Uncertainty: Triad of Chaotic Balance in a Chancy, Chancy World -- 5. Terrains and Terrain Specificity -- 6. Elements of National Security: Gravity Centres -- 7. Convolution of Apparent Security and Perceived Security in Governance -- 8. Rule of Law and Role of Government —Law Making, Enforcing and National Security -- Part II Elements of National Security -- 9. #1 Military Security (Milsec) (ms) -- 10. #2 Economic Security (Econosec) (es1) -- 11. #3 Resource Security (Resourcesec) (rs) -- 12. #4 Border Security (Bordersec) (bs1) -- 13. #5 Demographic Security (Demosec) (ds1) -- 14. #6 Disaster Security (Disastersec) (ds2) -- 15. #7 Energy Security (Energysec) (es2) -- 16. #8 Geostrategic Security (Geosec) (gs1) -- 17. #9 Informational Security (Infosec) (is) -- 18. #10 Food Security (Foodsec) (fs) -- 19. #11 Health Security (Healthsec) (hs) -- 20. #12 Ethnic Security (Ethnicsec) (es3) -- 21. #13 Environmental Security (Envirosec) (es4) -- 22. #14 Cyber Security (Cybersec) (cs) -- 23. #15 Genomic Security (Genomesec) (gs2) -- 24. #16 Microbiomic Security (Microbiomicsec) (ms2) -- Part III Strategising National Security -- 25. Trendlines in National Security -- 26. Strategic National Security and National Security Strategy -- 27. Tradeoffs in National Security Governance -- Part IV Examining National Security -- 28. Research Purpose—National Security Governance -- 29. Research Factors and Questions—National Security Governance -- 30. Assessing and Indexing National Security -- Part V Future of Governance and Human Well-being -- 31. Beyond National Security—Global Perspective -- 32. Will Sapiens End? Premising Governance… -- 33. Human Well-being—Visions in Dark and Grey -- Part VI Conclusions -- 34. Present Imperfect—Future Perfect -- 35. Capsuling National Security.

Description / Table of Contents: Background of Mulberry: Origin and Distribution, Domestication, Taxonomy, Cytology and Biodiversity -- Cultivation, Utilization and Economic benefits of mulberry in an Indian Context -- Mulberry Breeding for higher leaf Productivity -- Mulberry genome analysis: Current status, challenges, and future perspective -- Relationship between genome size and ploidy level in mulberry -- Transcriptomics: Current status and future prospects for identifying trait specific genes in mulberry -- Proteomics in mulberry -- Current status and importance of DUS testing in Mulberry -- Molecular diagnostics of soil borne and foliar diseases of mulberry: Present trends and future perspectives -- Transgenic Mulberry (Morus spp.) for Stress Tolerance: Current Status, Challenges and Future Perspectives -- Application of mulberry and mulberry silkworm by products for medical use -- Application of green synthesized nanoparticles in sustainable mulberry production: current trends and future perspectives -- Future Perspectives of Mulberry Genomic Research.

Description / Table of Contents: Gasotransmitters signaling in plants under abiotic stress: An overview -- Influence of gasotransmitters on the physiology of plants with respect to abiotic stress tolerance -- Gasotransmitters and omics for abiotic stress tolerance in plants -- Advancement in the biology of gasotransmitters: H2S, NO, and ethylene -- Hydrogen sulfide: An evolving gasotransmitter regulating salinity and drought stress response in plants -- Ethylene synthesis and redox homeostasis in plants: Recent advancement -- Nitric oxide and cellular redox homeostasis in plants -- The function of hydrogen sulfide in plant responses to salinity and drought: new insights -- Hydrogen peroxide and its role in abiotic stress tolerance in plants -- Interaction of ethylene and H2S in plant stress management.

Description / Table of Contents: The Biology of the Citron -- Citron Genomics -- Citron Phytochemistry -- Selected Aspects of Commercial Production in Etrog Orchards -- Preserving Etrog Quality After Harvest: Doctrine and Practice -- Citron Arthropod Pests in the Mediterranean, Their Origin and Notes On Their Biology and Management -- Diseases of the Etrog Citron and Other Citrus Trees -- The Citron ( Citrus medica L.) in China -- The Citron in Italy and Its cultivation in Calabria -- The Citron in Corsica -- The Citron in the United States -- The Citron in Mediterranean Food and Beverages -- 'Fruit of the Goodly Trees’: The Talmudic Discourse on the Etrog Citron -- From Theophrastus to the Present: The Citron in Medicine -- The Etrog Citron in Art -- The Etrog Citron in Midrashic and Kabbalistic Literature -- From ‘An Etrog’ to ‘One's Etrog’: A Literary Analysis of S.Y. Agnon’s Story -- History of the Citron in Ancient Israel and the Near East -- The Etrog Citron Trail to the North: Genoa and Trieste -- The Corfu Etrog Citron Polemic -- The Grafted Etrog Citron Controversy -- Etrog Citrons of the Land of Israel in Modern Times.

Description / Table of Contents: 1 -- Introduction -- 2. Southern tropical and subtropical rainforests -- 3. Multi-faced southern seasonal tropics 3.1 Heterogeneity of the savanna biomes: a southern perspective -- 4. Southern mediterranean: an extratropical plant marvel -- 5. Dry face of the ‘wet hemisphere’: southern deserts and semideserts -- 6. Austral temperate forests: a biome-classification conundrum -- 7. Southern ‘steppes’ and other grassy oddballs -- 8. The biomes of the coldest corners of the World -- 9. Synthesis: A New Global Zonobiome System -- 10. Further Challenges and Research Agenda -- References.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Understanding the molecular mechanisms of orchid mycorrhizal symbiosis from genetic information -- 2. Breeding of orchids using conventional and biotechnological methods: Advances and future prospects -- 3. Biotechnological interventions and societal impacts of some medicinal orchids -- 4. Gene expression profiling in orchid mycorrhizae to decipher the molecular mechanisms of plant-fungus interactions -- 5. Exploring the potential of in vitro cultures as an aid to production of secondary metabolites in medicinal orchids -- 6. Ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemistry, medicinal potential and biotechnology strategies for the conservation of orchids from the Catasetum genus -- 7. Diversity and antimicrobial potential of Orchidaceae-associated fungal endophytes -- 8. Asymbiotic seed germination in terrestrial orchids: Problems, progress and prospects -- 9. Progress and prospect of orchid breeding: An overview.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Melanin synthesis in bacteria: who, how and why -- Chapter 2 The role of melanin in fungal disease -- Chapter 3 Melanosome origins, diversity and functional relevance across animals -- Chapter 4 Biotechnological production of melanins with recombinant microorganisms -- Chapter 5 Extraction, purification, and characterization of microbial melanin pigments -- Chapter 6 Exploiting melanin-metal interactions for emerging technologies -- Chapter 7 Fundamentals and applications of optically active melanin-based materials.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Importance of integrating physiological breeding to augment crop breeding -- 2. Stacking of complex traits through physiological pre breeding -- 3. Strategies to develop heat and drought tolerant wheat varieties following physiological breeding -- 4. Developing crop varieties by physiological breeding for improving plant nutrition -- 5. Role of Transpiration in Regulating Leaf Temperature and its Application in Physiological Breeding -- 6. Photosynthesis as a trait for improving yield potential in crops -- 7. Cuticular waxes and its application in crop improvement -- 8. Radiation use efficiency (RUE)-target for improving yield potential: Current status and future prospect -- 9. Application of Stable Isotopes in Crop Improvement -- 10. Root phenotyping for improved resource use efficiency in crops -- 11. Root system architecture and phenotyping for improved resource use efficiency in crops -- 12. Harnessing Root associated traits and Rhizosphere efficiency for Crop improvement -- 13. High throughput phenomics of crops for water and nitrogen stress -- 14. Metabolomics as a selection tool for abiotic stress tolerance in crops -- 15. Remote Sensing Algorithms and their Applications in Plant Phenotyping -- 16. Endophyte mediated crop improvement: Manipulation of abiotic stress‐specific traits -- 17. Impact of high temperature stress on selected food grain crops -- 18. Morpho-physiological basis of finger millet to withstand climatic extremes: A special reference to drought -- 19. Comprehending the physiological efficiency of millets under abiotic stress -- 20. Role of Next-generation sequencing in trait identification, genetic mapping, and crop improvement -- 21. Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Agriculture.