Wise, R. R. & Hoober, J. K. ed.
The Structure and Function of Plastids
Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, Vol.23
Springer-Verlag 2006.
575 pp. (H)
ISBN 1-4020-4060-1
40,900円
Contents
Preface.- 1.A Dedication to Pioneers of Research on Chloroplast Structure.- 2.Colour Section.- 3.Plastid Origin and Development: The Diversity of Plastid Form and Function.-4.Chloroplast Development.- 5.Protein Import into Plastids: Who, When and How?.- 6.Origin and Evolution of Plastids: Genomic View on the Unification and Diversity of Plastids .- 7.The Mechanism of Plastid Division: The Structure and Origin of The Plastid Division Apparatus.- 8.The Plastid Genome and its Interaction with the Nuclear Genome: Expression, Prediction and Function of the Thylakoid Proteome in Higher Plants and Green Algae.- 9.The Role of Nucleus- and Chloroplast-Encoded Factors in the Synthesis of the Photosynthetic Apparatus.- 10.Plastid Transcription: Competition, Regulation, and Promotion by Plastid- and Nuclear-Encoded Polymerases.- 11.Plastid-to-Nucleus Signaling.-12.Trace Metal Utilization in Chloroplasts.- 13.Photosynthetic Metabolism in Plastids: Light/Dark Regulation of Chloroplast Metabolism.- 14.Chlororespiratory Pathways and their Physiological Significance.- 15.CO2 Concentrating Mechanisms.- 16.ynthesis, Export, and Partitioning of the End Products of Photosynthesis .-17.Non-Photosynthetic Metabolism in Platids: Chlorophyll Synthesis.- 18.Carotenoids.- 19.Lipid Synthesis, Metabolism and Transport.- 20.Amino Acid Synthesis in Plastids.-21.Sulfur Metabolism in Plastids.-22.Regulation and Role of Ca+ Fluxes in Chloroplasts.- 23.Plastid Differentiation and Response to Environmental Factors: The Role of Plastids in Ripening Fruits.- 24.Fate and Activities of Plastids During Leaf�ASenescence.- 25.The Kleptoplast.- 26.The Apicoplast.-27.The Role of Plastids in Gravitropism.- 28.Plastid Movements in Response to Environmental Signals.- 29.Oxygen Metabolism and Stress Physiology.- Subject Index.- Species Index.- Author Index/
* The Structure and Function of Plastids is Volume 23 in the Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration Series. This volume provides a comprehensive look at the biology of plastids, the multifunctional biosynthetic factories that are unique to plants and algae. Fifty-nine international experts have contributed 28 chapters that cover all aspects of this large and diverse family of plant and algal organelles. *
Davies, K. ed.
Plant Pigments and Their Manipulation
(Annual Plant Reviews Vol.14)
Blackwell Pub. 2004.10
352 pp.(H)
ISBN 1-4051-1737-0
30,300円
Contents
List of Contributors/ Preface/ 1.An Introduction to Plant Pigments in Biology and Commerce/ 2.Chlorophylls/ 3.Carotenoids/ 4.Flavonoids/ 5.Condensed Tannins/ 6.Betalains/ 7.Important Rare Plant Pigments/ 8.Plant Pigments and Human Health/ 9.Plant Pigments and Protection Against UV-B Radiation/ 10.Techniques of Pigment Identification/ Index/ *
Moller, S. G. ed.
Plastids
色素体
(Annula Plant Reviews Vol.13)
Blackwell Pub. 2005.
330 pp.(H)
ISBN 1-4051-1882-2
29,000円
Contents
List of Contributors/ Preface/ 1.The Genomic Era of Chloroplast Research/ 2.Plastid Development and Differentiation/ 3.Plastid Metabolic Pathways/ 4.Plastid Division in Higher Plants/ 5.The Protein Import Pathway Into Chloroplasts: a Single Tune or Variations on a Common Theme?/ 6.Biogenesis of the Thylakoid Membrane/ 7.The Chloroplast Proteolytic Machinery/ 8.Regulation of Nuclear Gene Expression by Plastid Signals/ 9.Chloroplast Avoidance Movement/ 10.Chloroplast Genetic Engineering for Enhanced Agronomic Traits and Expression of Proteins for Medical/Industrial Applications/ Index/ *
Cserh, T.
Liquid Chromatography of Natural Pigments and Synthetic Dyes
Journal of Chromatography Library, Vol. 71
Elsevier Science Ltd. 2006.11
602 pp. (H)
ISBN 0-444-52222-0
33,400円
Contents
1. Theory and practice of liquid chromatography (LC): 1.1. Sample preparation strategies/ 1.2. Thin-layer chromatography/ 1.3. High-performance liquid chromatography/ 1.4. Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC)/ 1.5. Various electrophoretic techniques/ 2. Liquid chromatography of natural pigments: 2.1. Carotenoids/ 2.2. Flavonoids/ 2.3. Anthocyanins/ 2.4. Chlorophylls/ 2.5. Miscellaneous pigments/ 3. Liquid chromatography of synthetic dyes: 3.1. Application of synthetic dyes/ 3.2. Toxicology of synthetic dyes/ 3.3. Environmental impact of synthetic dyes/ 3.4. Thin-layer chromatography/ 3.5. High-performance liquid chromatography / 3.6. Electrophoretic methods/ 4. Electrophoretic methods: 5. Future trends :
* This latest volume in the series entitled Liquid Chromatography of Natural Pigments and Synthetic Dyes presents an overview of the latest developments in the field while critically evaluating this method of analysis and providing comparisons of the various liquid chromatographic separation techniques that are currently available. Natural pigments and synthetic dyes are extensively used in various fields of everyday life including food production, textile industry, paper production, agricultural practice and research and water science and technology. Besides their capacity for increasing the marketability of products, natural pigments have shown advantageous biological activity as antioxidants and anticancer agents. *
Grimm, B. et al. ed.
Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls
クロロフィル
(Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration Vol.25)
Springer-Verlag 2006.9
603 pp. (H)
ISBN 1-4020-4515-8
36,200円
Contents
Preface/ Colour Plates/ 1. Overview/ 2. Synthesis, Reactivity and Structure of Chlorophylls/ 3. Chlorophyll c Pigments: Current Status/ 4. Unusual Tetrapyrrole Pigments of Photosynthetic Antennas and Reaction Centers/ 5. [Heavy Metal]-Chlorophylls formed in vivo during Heavy Metal Stress and Degradation Products formed during Digestion, Extraction and Storage of Plant Material/ 6. Spectroscopy and Structure Determination/ 7. Spectrometric Assays for Plant, Algal and Bacterial Chlorophylls/ 8. Chlorophyll Analysis by New High Performance Liquid Chromatography Methods/ 9. Large Scale Chlorophyll Preparations Using Simple Open-Column Chromatographic Methods/ 10. Chlorophyll Metabolism: an Overview/ 11. Biosynthesis of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid/ 12. Transfer RNA-Dependent Aminolevulinic Acid Formation/ 13. The Pathway from 5-Aminolevulinic Acid to Protochlorophyllide and Protoheme/ 14. Biosynthesis of Chlorophylls a and b: the Last Steps/ 15. Bacteriochlorophyll Biosynthesis in Green Bacteria/ 16. Involvement of Tetrapyrroles in Cellular Regulation/ 17. Chlorophyll Catabolites and the Biochemistry of Chlorophyll Breakdown/ 18. The Evolution of Chlorophylls and Photosynthesis/ 19. The Influence of Protein Interactions on the Properties of the Bacteriochlorophyll Dimer in Reaction Centers/ 20. Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of the Chlorosomes/ 21. Single Molecule Spectroscopy of Pigment Protein Complexes from Purple Bacteria/ 22. Effects of Axial Coordination, Electronic Excitation and Oxidation on Bond Orders in the Bacteriochlorin Macrocycle, and Generation of Radical Cation on Photo-Excitation of in vitro and in vivo Bacteriochlorophyll a Aggregates/ 23. Mapping the Global Ring Currents in Porphyrins and Chlorins/ 24. Bacteriochlorophyll Protein Maquettes/ 25. Molecular Assembly of Bacteriochlorophyll Complexes Using Synthetic Light-Harvesting Model Polypeptides/ 26. Reconstitution and Pigment exchange/ 27. Assembly of Model Bacteriochlorophyll Proteins in the Native Lipid Environment/ 28. Photosynthetic Functions of Chlorophylls/ 29. Excitation Energy Transfer Between (Bacterio) Chlorophylls/ 30. Mechanisms of Carotenoid-to-Bacteriochlorophyll Energy Transfer in the Light Harvesting Antenna Complexes 1 and 2: Dependence on the Conjugation Length of Carotenoids/ 31. Electron Transfer in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers/ 32. Chlorophyll Sensitizers in Photodynamic Therapy/ 33. Bacteriochlorophyll Sensitizers in Photodynamic Therapy/ 34. Metal-Substituted Bacteriochlorophylls/ 35. Chlorophyll Fluorescence as a Reporter on in vivo Electron Transport and Regulation in Plants/ 36. Meeting the Challenge of Monitoring Chlorophyll in the Ocean from Outer Space/ 37. Geochemistry of Chlorophylls/ Index/ *
Nordlund, J. et al. ed.
The Pigmentary System 2nd ed.
Blackwell Pub. 2006.6
1248 pp.(H) * 775 illustrations
ISBN 1-4051-2034-7
48,000円
Contents
1 A History of the Science of Pigmentation/ 2 Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Pigment Cellsin Nonmammalian Tissues/ 3 General Biology of Mammalian Pigmentation/ 4 Extracutaneous Melanocytes/ 5 Regulation of Melanoblast Migration and Differentiation/ 6 Melanoblast Development and Associated Disorders/ 7 Biogenesis of Melanosomes/ 8 Melanosome Trafficking and Transfer/ 9 Melanosome Processing in Keratinocytes/ 10 The Regulation of Melanin Formation/ 11 The Tyrosinase Gene Family/ 12 Molecular Regulation of Melanin Formation: Melanosome Transporter Proteins/ 13 Transcriptional Regulation of Melanocyte Function/ 14 Enzymology of Melanin Formation/ 15 Chemistry of Melanins/ 16 The Physical Properties of Melanins/ 17 Photobiology of Melanins/ 18 Toxicological Aspects of Melanin and Melanogenesis/ 19 Regulation of Pigment Type Switching by Agouti, Melanocortin Signaling, Attractin, and Mahoganoid/ 20 Human Pigmentation: Its Regulation by Ultraviolet Light and by Endocrine, Paracrine, and Autocrine Factors/ 21 Paracrine Interactions of Melanocytes in Pigmentary Disorders/ 22 Growth Factor Receptors and Signal Transduction Regulating the Proliferation and Differentiation of Melanocytes/ 23 Aging and Senescence of Melanocytes/ 24 The Genetics of Melanoma/ 25 The Transformed Phenotype of Melanocytes/ 26 A More Precise Lexicon for Pigmentation, Pigmentary Disorders, and "Chromatic" Abnormalities/ 27 The Normal Color of Human Skin/ 28 Mechanisms that Cause Abnormal Skin Color/ 29 Genetic Hypomelanoses: Disorders Characterized by Congenital White Spotting - Piebaldism, Waardenburg/ Syndrome, and Related Genetic Disorders of Melanocyte Development - Clinical Aspects/ 30 Genetic Hypomelanoses: Acquired Depigmentation/31 Genetic Hypomelanoses: Generalized/ 32 Genetic Hypomelanoses: Localized Hypopigmentation/ 33 Genetic Hypomelanoses: Disorders Characterized by Hypopigmentation of Hair/34 Metabolic, Nutritional, and Endocrine Disorders Metabolic and Nutritional Hypomelanoses/ 35 Chemical, Pharmacologic, and Physical Agents Causing Hypomelanoses Chemical and Pharmacologic Agents/ 36 Infectious Hypomelanoses/ 37 Inflammatory Hypomelanoses/ 38 Hypomelanoses Associated with Melanocytic Neoplasia/ 39 Miscellaneous Hypomelanoses: Depigmentation/ 40 Miscellaneous Hypomelanoses: Hypopigmentation/ 41 Miscellaneous Hypomelanoses: Extracutaneous Loss of Pigmentation/ 42 Hypochromia without Hypomelanosis/ 43 Genetic Epidermal Syndromes: Disorders Characterized/ 44 Genetic Epidermal Syndromes: Disorders Characterized by Reticulated Hyperpigmentation/45 Genetic Epidermal Syndromes with Caf�-au-lait Macules/46 Genetic Epidermal Pigmentation with Lentigines/ 47 Genetic Epidermal Syndromes: Localized Hyperpigmentation/ 48 Genetic Epidermal Syndromes: Disorders of Aging/ 49 Congenital Epidermal Hypermelanoses/ 50 Acquired Epidermal Hypermelanoses/ 51 Hypermelanosis Associated with Gastrointestinal Disorders/ 52 Acquired and Congenital Dermal Hypermelanosis/ 53 Mixed Epidermal and Dermal Hypermelanoses and Hyperchromias/54 Drug-induced or -related Pigmentation/ 55 The Melanocyte System of the Nail and its Disorders/ 56 Pigmentary Abnormalities and Discolorations of then Mucous Membranes/ 57 Common Benign Neoplasms of Melanocytes/ 58 Rare Benign Neoplasms of Melanocytes/ 59 Topical Treatment of Pigmentary Disorders/ 60 Chemophototherapy of Pigmentary Disorders/ 61 UVB Therapy for Pigmentary Disorders/ 62 Sunscreens and Cosmetics/ 63 Surgical Treatments of Pigmentary Disorders/ 64 Laser Treatment of Pigmentary Disorders/ Index/ Plate section/ *
Grotewold, E.
The Science of Flavonoids
フラボノイドの科学
Springer-Verlag 2006.2
273 pp.(H)
ISBN 0-387-28821-x
19,800円
Contents
* 現代遺伝学の基礎を確立する上でフラボノイドおよびその色素が果たした歴史的意義は大きく、二次代謝産物の大グループであるフラボノイドの研究はかつて以上に熱を帯びています。
* 過去の研究は主にフラボノイドの化学と生合成に向けられていましたが、ここ数年はフラボノイドを栄養補助食品や医薬品に利用する研究や、植物内のシグナル分子、植物と他の生物の間におけるシグナル分子としてのフラボノイド研究の役割に着目した研究が増加しています。
* 本書は、フラボノイド研究やフラボノイドの活用法における新興の分野を包括的にまとめたものです。まず、化学物質としてのフラボノイドを紹介し、フラボノイドの解析に現在利用できる手法の概要を示します。
1.The Stereochemistry of Flavonoids/ 2.Isolation and Identification of Flavonoids/ 3.The Biosynthesis of Flavonoids/ 4.The Regulation of Flavonoid Biosynthesis/ 5.Transport of Flavonoids: from Cytosolic Synthesis to Vacuolar Accumulation/ 6.Flavonoid Pigments as Tools in Molecular Genetics/ 7.The Evolution of Flavonoids and Their Genes/ 8.Flavonoids as Nutraceuticals/ 9.Flavonoids as Signal Molecules: Targets of Flavonoid Action/ Index/ *
Berthier, S.
Iridescences
The Physical Colors of Insects
（昆虫の物理的発色）
Springer-New York 2007.1
160 pp. (H)
ISBN 0-387-34119-6
19,000円
Contents
Preface.- 1 Iridescence.- 2 Why Colors?- 3 The Lepidoptera.- 4 The Coleoptera.- 5 Physical and Chemical Colors: Solid-State Optics.- 6 Structures at 1-Dimension: Interferences.- 7 Structures at 2-Dimensions: Interferences and Diffraction.- 8 Structures at 3-Dimensions: Crystalline Diffraction.- 9 Amorphous Structures: Diffusion.- 10 Pigments and Pigment Colors.- 11 Thermoregulation and Spectral Selectivity.- 12 Vision and Colorimetry.- 13 Conclusion References Index. **
* Butterflies and coleoptera are the most beautifully colored insects we can find. This book wants to understand the origin of these brilliant colors from a physics perspective. The different physical phenomena are explained and numerous color illustrations shown. The book is a rich source for optical physicists, biologists, and teachers alike. *
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