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FlavinsPhotochemistryPhotobiologyFlavins:PhotochemistryandPhotobiology(ComprehensiveSeriesinPhotochemical&PhotobiologicalSciences)
byEduardoSilva,AnaM.Edwards
ByEduardoSilva,AnaM.Edwards
Publisher:RoyalSocietyofChemistry
NumberOfPages:268
PublicationDate:2006-11-09
ISBN-10/ASIN:0854043314
ISBN-13/EAN:9780854043316
Binding:Hardcover
Flavinsandflavoproteinsareawidelyinvestigatedandhighlyversatilegroupofcompounds.Participationofthesecompoundsinphotochemistryandphotobiologyprocessesareofparticularimportanceinthefieldsofbiology,chemistryandmedicine.Writtenbyleadingexpertsinthefieldeachsectionofthebookincludesahistoricaloverviewofthesubject,stateoftheartdevelopmentsandfutureperspectives.Flavins:PhotochemistryandPhotobiologybeginswiththepropertiesandapplicationsofflavins,includingtheirphotochemistryinaqueousandorganicsolutions.Subsequentsectionsdiscussriboflavinasavisiblelightsensitizerinthephotodegradationofdrugs,antiviralandantibacterialeffects,theroleofflavinsinlightinducedtoxicityandbluelightinitiatedDNArepairbyphotolyase.Finallytherearesectionsontheflavinbasedphotoreceptorsinplants,bacteriaandeukaryoticphotosyntheticflagelettes.Thisbookbringstogetherleadingexpertswithauniqueinterdisciplinaryemphasis,toprovideanauthoritativeresourceonflavinsandtheirroleinphotochemistryandphotobiology.
