Function Marine Biology Molecules - Discovery and Application

Author: Chief Editor Tan Renxiang
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Publishing Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book systematically introduces the main research content and development trends of marine active substances. The book is divided into two parts, totaling twenty chapters. The first part introduces the important roles of marine active substances, including their concepts, development prospects, research and development strategies, separation techniques, structural modification, and the application of modern biotechnology. The second part introduces functional molecules discovered from marine organisms such as microorganisms, algae, higher plants, coelenterates, and mollusks, and covers functional foods, biomaterials, polysaccharides and oligosaccharides, enzyme preparations, protein and peptide classes, lead compounds, and coordination compounds, showcasing the new applications of marine active substances in fields such as food, medicine, pesticides, and materials. The content of this book is novel, highly forward-looking and practical, making it suitable as a reference book for professionals and graduate students in the fields of medicine, biology, chemistry, materials science, marine resource science, and food engineering, as well as a teaching reference for specialized courses in marine pharmacology and food chemistry. The book is organized according to the general principles of the discovery and application of functional marine bio-molecules, divided into four parts: Introduction, Theory and Methods, Discovery and Application. It elaborates on the basic concepts and characteristics of functional marine bio-molecules, their development prospects, and research and development strategies. It also discusses the functional evaluation, separation and identification, structural modification, macromolecular analysis, quality control, and the important role of modern biotechnology in this field. Furthermore, it summarizes and synthesizes the functional molecules discovered from various marine organisms, striving to outline the preliminary patterns of the distribution of functional marine bio-molecules based on existing research. Finally, it describes and illustrates the applications of marine bio-molecules in fields closely related to human survival and development, such as food, medicine, pesticides, and materials.