Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 426 g
Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 426 g
ISBN: 978-1-4020-1281-5
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbellose (Invertebrata) Einzeller (Protozoen)
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pharmazie
- Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Kosmetische Technologie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)
Weitere Infos & Material
1. Protozoa as producers of biologically active substances.- 1.1 Trypanosoma cruzi as the source of medications; selection of other species among flagellates.- 1.2 Toxins and detoxification substances.- 1.3 Biologically active substances of soil Protozoa.- 2. Cultivation of flagellates.- 2.1 Media for cultivation of flagellates.- 2.2 Physiological role of main media components in the cultures of flagellates.- 2.3 Conditions for flagellates growth and stimulated biosynthesis of lipids.- 3. Lipids of flagellates.- 3.1 Phospholipids and sterols.- 3.2 Fatty acids and conditions for stimulated biosynthesis.- 3.3 Biosynthesis of lipids by flagellates.- 4. Glycosylated lipids of flagellates.- 4.1 Glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI) and related GIPL, LPG and LPPG.- 4.2 Biological functions of GPI and related glycophospholipids.- 5. Surface membrane glycoproteins of flagellates.- 5.1 Variant surface glycoproteins (VSGs) and their genes rearrangement.- 5.2 Sialic acids and trans-sialidases.- 5.3 Membrane mucins and mucin-like glycoproteins.- 6. Cytokines, eicosanoids and nitric oxide as effector molecules against parasitic flagellates.- 6.1 Cytokines.- 6.2 Eicosanoids.- 6.3 Nitric oxide.- 7. Biologically active substances of selected flagellates.- 7.1 Total lipid fraction: correlation between its composition and biological activity.- 7.2 Astasilid, its composition and biological activity.- 7.3 Membrane glycophospholipid (GPL) and it’s biological activity.- 7.4 Reserve polysaccharide from Astasia longa and it’s biological activity.- Conclusion.- References.