Biotechnology Applications
Contents: 1. Applications of Amperometric Lactate Biosensors/Nadia Nikolaus and Beate Strehlitz. 2. Vaccine biotechnology/Shanchita R. Khan. 3. Microbial surfactants: commercial, healthcare and therapeutic applications/Ramkrishna Sen, Soumen Mukherjee, Palashpriya Das, Sivapathasekharan C. 4. Immobilisation of enzymes and biotechnological perspectives/Anil Kumar and Sarika Garg. 5. Application of pectinases in apple juice clarification/Reena Gupta, Sandeep Singh and Akhilesh Thakur. 6. Fungal laccase: a biotechnologically potential enzyme/Mina Mukherjee and Nirmalendu Das. 7. Gastric ulcer model in animals: a technique for studying novel biomarkers/Snehasikta Swarnakar. 8. Liposomal falvonoid in combating age-related cerebral oxidative damage/Nirmalendu Das, Ardhendu K. Mandal, Sibani Sarkar and Aparajita Ghosh. 9. Cancer diagnosis and treatment/Minal Vaish. 10. Sickle cell disorders: biotechnological approach for prevention and cure/Bisnu Prasad Dash. 11. Probiotics: biotechnology in prolongation of life/Rakshak Kumar and S.R. Joshi. 12. Protein biotechnology and its applications/Arshdeep Sidhu and Monica Sundd. 13. The red goldmine : Promises of biotechnological riches/Amit Kumar, Sheetal Uppal and Suman Kundu. 14. Immunology of organ transplantation: recent advances in molecular and therapeutic aspects/Arundhati Panigrahi and Dipendra K. Mitra. 15. Extremophiles as novel cell factories/Chandi C. Rath, H.S. Mohanta and S.K. Dash. 16. Endophytes: a biotechnological goldmine/R.K. Bhagobaty and S.R. Joshi. 17. Metal and mineral recovery through bioleaching/Pradip Kumar Jena, Monalisa Rath and C.S.K. Mishra. 18. Biotechnology applications for sustainable aquaculture/N.V. Prasad and K. Satish Kumar. 19. Soil bioremediation/A.C. Samal, P. Bhattacharya and S.C. Santra. 20. Photonic solutions for biotechnology/M. Acharya, Sujata Mishra and C.S.K. Mishra. Index.
"The book is an excellent compilation of chapters on fruitful applications of biotechnology. The chapters have been authored by eminent scholars from India and abroad working on diverse disciplines related to biotechnology. The book is an invaluable source of information on biosensors, microbial surfactants, enzyme immobilization, disease diagnosis, probiotics, protein biotechnology, bioleaching, photonic applications and other biotechnology applications. The book will be very useful for students, research scholars and faculties in biotechnology, microbiology medical sciences and life sciences."
