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Echinodermata
Edited by V Matranga
Springer
2005
Hardcover 270 pp ISBN 3540244026
£107.00
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Members of the phylum Echinodermata are among the most familiar marine invertebrates.
Forms such as the sea star have become virtually a symbol of sea life. Used in ancient
oriental medicine as a source of bioactive compounds, sea cucumbers, sea stars and sea urchins
are now used for the extraction and purification of cytotoxic, haemolytic, antiviral, antifungal, antifouling,
antimicrobial and even anti-tumoural activities. In addition, of the five extant classes, sea urchins and sea
cucumbers are important economic resources for current fishery and aquaculture. Molecular and cell
biological techniques described in this book are, on the one hand, indicative of the improvements made
over the years and, on the other, stress the need of their further exploitation for the sustainable production
of bioactive compounds and their application in biomedicine.
Written for scientists in biochemistry and pharmacology; research and development staff in the pharmaceutical
industry
Contents
- Are Echinoderms of Interest to Biotechnology?, C. Petzelt
- Cell Adhesion and Communication: A Lesson from
Echinoderm Embryos for the Exploitation of New Therapeutic Tools , F. Zito, C. Costa, S. Sciarrino, C. Cavalcante,V. Poma,V.Matranga
- Echinoderm Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Production Measured
by Peroxidase, Luminol-Enhanced Chemiluminescence (PLCL)
as an Immunotoxicological Tool , G. Coteur, B. Danis, P.Dubois
- Monitoring Chemical and Physical Stress Using Sea Urchin
Immune Cells ,V.Matranga,A. Pinsino,M. Celi, A.Natoli, R. Bonaventura,
H.C. Schröder,W.E.G. Müller
- DNA Damage and Developmental Defects After Exposure to UV
and Heavy Metals in Sea Urchin Cells and Embryos Compared
to Other Invertebrates, H.C. Schröder,G.Di Bella, N. Janipour, R. Bonaventura, R. Russo,
W.E.G. Müller,V.Matranga
- Echinoderms: Their Culture and Bioactive Compounds ,M.S.Kelly
- Regenerative Response and Endocrine Disrupters
in Crinoid Echinoderms: An Old Experimental Model,
a New Ecotoxicological Test , M.D. Candia Carnevali
- Echinoderm Adhesive Secretions: From Experimental
Characterization to Biotechnological Applications , P. Flammang, R. Santos,D.Haesaerts
- Mutable Collagenous Tissue: Overview and Perspectives , I.C.Wilkie
- Bioresources from Echinoderms, Y.Yokota
Subject Index
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