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Sustainable Technologies for Recycling Organic Solid Wastes
Sustainable management of organic solid wastes (OSW) within environmental, economic, and social standards is becoming an increasingly important and hot topic. This chapter gives a brief introduction to the typ...
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Enhanced Biological Fixation of CO2 Using Microorganisms
Microbial fixation of carbon dioxide (CO2), represented by photosynthesis, is an important link of the global carbon cycle. It provides the majority of organic chemicals and energy for human consumption. With the...
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Solid-State Anaerobic Digestion for Waste Management and Biogas Production
Solid-state anaerobic digestion (SS-AD) is commonly used to treat feedstocks with high solid content such as municipal solid waste and lignocellulosic biomass. Compared to liquid state anaerobic digestion (LS-...
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Chapter
Microalgae as a Source of Lutein: Chemistry, Biosynthesis, and Carotenogenesis
Microalgae represent a sustainable source of natural products, and over 15,000 novel compounds originated from algal biomass have been identified. This chapter focuses on algae-derived lutein, a group of high-...
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Enabling Technologies to Advance Microbial Isoprenoid Production
Microbial production of isoprenoids provides an attractive alternative to biomass extraction and chemical synthesis. Although widespread research aims for isoprenoid biosynthesis, it is still in its infancy in...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Isolation, Identification, Antibacterial Effects of Antibiotic Drugs, and Chinese Herbal Extracts to the Pathogenic Bacteria of Swollen Abdomen from Scophthalmus maximus in Vitro
The pathogenic bacteria was isolated from Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) with swollen abdomen, and proved to be the pathogenic bacteria by the infection experiment. In this research, VITEK-2 compact system was use...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of the Novel Antitumor Agent 2-benzyl-3, 4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-one and Its Derivatives
Tetrahydroisoquinoline and its derivatives have a wide range of biological activities, such as antitumor, antimicrobial, and analgesic properties and so on. Some tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloid derivatives hav...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Changes in Physicochemical Properties of Lacquer Wax by Physical Adsorption and UV Light
In order to make the dark green pigments fade away and broaden the appliance of lacquer wax, both physical adsorption and ultraviolet (UV) irradiation were optimized and further compared in this paper. The opt...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Application of Kinetic Models and Neural Networks to Predict the Embedding Rate During Storage of Fingered Citron Essential Oil Microcapsules
The aim of this work was to develop kinetic models of the embedding rate during storage of fingered citron essential oil microcapsules and evaluate the performance of artificial neural network to predict the k...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Nedd4 E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Small Molecule Inhibitors
Protein ubiquitination and deubiquitination are closely associated with tumorigenesis. The incidence of most tumorigenesis associated with abnormal expression of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. Nedd4 is ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A New strategy for Quantitative Analysis of Ergothioneine in Fermentation Broth by RP-HPLC
An efficient and sensitive method was established for quantitative analysis of L-Ergothioneine during fermentation analyze by reversed-phase-high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). The method was car...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Determination of Folic Acid in Serum by SPE and High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Photochemical Spectrofluorimetry
This paper described a combined high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) -photochemical spectrofluorimetry/solid-phase extraction (SPE) procedure for determining the concentration of unmetabolized folic a...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Studies on Protein Extraction from Caragana korshinskii Kom. Using Acetone Precipitation Method
Caragana korhinskii Kom is a desert shrub which belongs to genus Caragana. In this work, protein extraction from C. Korshinskii Kom using acetone precipitation method was investigated. Orthogonal...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Telomerase is Significant as an Early Diagnostic Marker and Therapeutic Target
Breast cancer, a hormone-dependence disease, is the most common malignant tumor in women. Breast cancer incidence rates increase with age. Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein that maintains chromosome ends and e...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Purification of Alkaline Pectinase in Engineering Bacillus subtilis
The alkaline pectinase in fermentation liquid of engineering Bacillus subtilis was isolated and purified by using centrifugation, ultrafiltration, ammonium sulfate precipitation, and ion exchange chromatograph...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Design and Synthesis of Novel 20-Substituted Hydroxycamptothecin Derivatives
Camptothecin (CPT) is a potent antitumor alkaloid isolated in 1966 by M.E. Wall. Clinical use of camptothecin in cancer therapy, however, was limited by its poor water solubility. Recently, there is a growing ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of the Novel Antitumor Agent 5-Bromobenzofuran-3(2H)-One and its Derivatives
Aurones and auronols are naturally occurring 2-benzylidenebenzofuranone-3(2H)-one derivatives. Aurones have a limited occurrence in fruits, vegetables, and bright yellow color to flowers such as cosmos and cor...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Stigmasterol from the Flowers of Trollius chinensis
After being extracted with 75 % ethanol, Trollius chinensis extract was obtained by evaporation of its supernatant under vacuum conditions and dissolved with water, followed by extraction with petroleum ether. Th...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effect of Trehlose on Anti-Aging of Steamed Bread
By the method of adding trehalose, mixtures (trehalose with the enzyme preparation) to delay the aging of steamed bread, and using Texture Analyzer with texture analysis to evaluate the quality of steamed brea...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Ultrastructure of Starches in Two Canned-Bean Products Before and After Digestion In Vitro
The changes in physical and chemical structure of starches in bean products pre- and post-digestion in vitro were examined. In comparison with the morphology of starch in food, resistant starch (RS) in digesta...