This comprehensive resource covers the fundamentals, formulation, and biopharmaceutical issues of lipid-based drug delivery. It presents the principles of lipid absorption and covers formulation issues, such as dissolution testing and stability...
This volume in the Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds series presents a comprehensive review of the quinoxaline literature from 1975 to the present (2002), updating Volumes 5 and 35. It provides an alphabetical table of known simple...
In this manual, the authors compare the range of applications for phosgene with that of the alternative compounds, dealing in detail with the possible uses of diphosgene, triphosgene, carbon dioxide, organic carbonates, oxalylchloride and many...
This first work to be devoted entirely to this increasingly important field, the «Textbook» provides both an in-depth and comprehensive overview of this exciting new area. Edited by Johann Gasteiger and Thomas Engel, the book provides an...
This book addresses all the current, up-to-date developments in this scientific discipline. Liver is the chief metabolizing site in the body, and thus, it is a major target organ for drug and chemical toxicity. Therefore, hepatotoxicity is an...
Toxicogenomics is the integration of genomics to toxicology. This technology is a powerful tool for collecting information from a large number of biological samples simultaneously and thus it is very useful for large-scale screening of potential...
Nanomaterials – substances smaller than 100 nanometers in size – have been added in recent years to an increasing numbers of consumer products used in day-to-day life; in food packaging, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics,...
The demand for flavourings has been constantly increasing over the last years as a result of the dramatic changes caused by a more and more industrialised life-style: The consumer is drawn to interesting, healthy, pleasurable, exciting or...
The demand for flavourings has been constantly increasing over the last years as a result of the dramatic changes caused by a more and more industrialised life-style: The consumer is drawn to interesting, healthy, pleasurable, exciting or...
Expectations of a technological revolution are associated with nanotechnology, and indeed the generation, modification and utilization of objects with tiniest dimensions already permeates science and research in a way that the absence of...
Stirring is one of the most important operations in process technology. No chemical exists that has non been submitted to a mixing process during its synthesis. Furthermore, stirring is important for the pharmaceutical and food industries, too....
This world-famous reference work has been enlarged and updated without tampering with its tried and tested format. Around 500 alphabetically ordered, monographic entries consider the physicochemical properties, production methods and safe...
Finding the new remedy for a certain disease: an inspired goal. QSAR, an invaluable tool in drug design, aids scientists to attain this aim. This book is a long-awaited comprehensive text to QSAR and related approaches. It provides a...
This is the first book to discuss the correlation between the performance of industrial processes and practice-relevant properties, such as strength and optical properties. Interdisciplinary in his approach, the author discusses both the science...
This world-famous work has been enlarged and updated without tampering with its tried and tested format. Around 500 alphabetically ordered, monographic entries consider the physicochemical properties, production methods and safe applications of...
This practice-oriented handbook surveys current knowledge on the prediction and prevention of adverse drug reactions related to off-target activity of small molecule drugs. It is unique in collating the current approaches into a single source,...
Aus Rezensionen voriger Auflagen: Die zehnte Auflage dieses Nachschlagewerkes ist erneut erweitert und aktualisiert worden, das bewahrte Konzept wurde beibehalten. Der Textteil beschreibt ausfuhrlich mehr als 550 Begriffe in alphabetischer...
Entsorgungstechnik – Chemie und Verfahren provides an overview of current methods of waste treatment, exhaust air purification and cleaning up old industrial sites … so that we are not stranded with our rubbish. The chemical fundamentals of the...
Die optimale Beschichtung, der optimale Lack! Nicht nur schon aussehen sollen sie, auch langlebig, strapazierfahig und gut zu verarbeiten sollen sie sein. Das Zunglein an der Waage zum Erzielen dieser Eigenschaften, – obwohl nur in geringen...
Von der Verwertung von Textilresten zum High-Tech Produkt: So la?t sich die Entwicklung der modernen Vliesstoffe beschreiben. Die standige Weiterentwicklung der Vliesbildungs- und Verfestigungsverfahren sowie der Einsatz neuer Fasern, Granulate,...
Viele chemische Stoffe und Verbindungen werden nicht in reiner Form angewandt. Um die beste Entfaltung des Wirkstoffes zu ermoglichen oder die optimalen Handels- oder Verkaufsform zu erreichen, schlie?en sich an die Synthese und Reinigung die...
Molche sind Pa?korper, die einen Rohrinhalt mit Hilfe eines Gases oder einer Flussigkeit durch eine Rohrleitung schieben. Sollen verschiedene Produkte voneinander getrennt gefordert werden, kein Verlust von wertvollen Rohstoffen und...
This world-famous reference work has been enlarged and updated without tampering with its tried and tested format. Around 550 alphabetically ordered, monographic entries consider the physicochemical properties, production methods and safe...
Das Standard-Nachschlagewerk der Makromolekularen Chemie: vollstandig uberarbeitet und aktualisiert! Der Elias – ein Markenname, der fur Qualitat burgt! Das einzigartige Nachschlagewerk der Makromolekularen Chemie liegt nun in der sechsten...
Langst ein Klassiker: Kein anderes deutschsprachiges Werk uber Makromolekule erscheint bereits in der sechsten Auflage! Mit Band 2 liegt nun eine zeitgema?e Behandlung der phsikalischen Eigenschaften von Makromolekulen vor. Er schildert in...
In den letzten Jahren hat sich der Trend zu einer hoheren Komplexitat in der Fertigung industrieller Guter verstarkt. Optische und spektroskopische Methoden zur Prozessanalytik sind sehr schnell, messen beruhrungslos und damit zerstorungsfrei....
Von der Membran zum Verfahren – Der Einsatz von Membranverfahren in der chemischen Industrie weitet sich ungebremst aus. Als saubere und energiesparende Alternative zu herkommlichen Trennverfahren halten die Membranverfahren weiterhin Einzug in...
Mittelpunkt eines jeden chemischen Prozesses ist der Chemiereaktor, in dem chemische Umsetzungen unter technischen und moglichst optimalen Bedingungen durchgefuhrt werden. Unser Buch behandelt die Grundlagen der Chemischen Reaktionstechnik und...
This essential guide to the knowledge and tools in the field includes everything from the basic concepts to modern methods, while also forming a bridge to bioinformatics. The textbook offers a very clear and didactical structure, starting from...
Proteins: Structure and Function is a comprehensive introduction to the study of proteins and their importance to modern biochemistry. Each chapter addresses the structure and function of proteins with a definitive theme designed to enhance...
An international group of researchers addresses basic mechanism involved in the metastatic spread of tumors and considers new methods of prevention and treatment. Compares behavior of normal and abnormal cells, with emphasis on cell surface...
'Homology' as a concept became increasingly elusive during the course of the 20th century. The central debates and controversies concern both fundamental definitions and the nature of the criteria by which homology is judged. Attempts to move...
Integrating classical knowledge of chromosome organisation with recent molecular and functional findings, this book presents an up-to-date view of chromosome organisation and function for advanced undergraduate students studying genetics. The...
The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and...
The use of Epo in medical practice is increasing constantly. It has revolutionized how we think of blood transfusion in medicine and surgery. Moreover, it has become widely known to scientists, physicians, biotech and pharmaceutical executives...
An account of a three-year research program funded by the German government, in which physicists and physical chemists set off together with biologists and physicians to develop new techniques for medical and biological problems and ended up...
This volume contains 23 state-of-the-art papers presented at the Dolomieu Conference on Carbonate Platforms and Dolomitization held in September 1991 in Ortisei, Italy. The conference was co-sponsored by the International Association of...
This book is for students who did not follow mathematics through to the end of their school careers, and graduates and professionals who are looking for a refresher course. This new edition contains many new problems and also has associated...
Sedimentology has seen many significant advances and changes over the past 40 years, ranging from facies modelling to sequence stratigraphy; chemostratigraphy to basin analysis; and the integration of studies of physical, chemical and,...
The Manchester Physics Series General Editors: D. J. Sandiford; F. Mandl; A. C. Phillips Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester Properties of Matter B. H. Flowers and E. Mendoza Optics Second Edition F. G. Smith and J. H....
The first encyclopedic examination of the application of fungi in bioremediation, this book gives an overview of the science today and covers all aspects of this multidisciplinary field. It provides a solid foundation in the fundamentals and...
A counterpoint to biodiversity, geodiversity describes the rocks, sediments, soils, fossils, landforms, and the physical processes that underlie our environment. The first book to focus exclusively on the subject, Geodiversity describes the...
Phytormediation is an exciting new method for controlling and cleaning up hazardous wastes using green plants. This book is the first to compile the state of the science and engineering arts in this rapidly advancing field. Phytormediation:...
Epigenetics pertains to the development of an organism from an undifferential cell, resulting in the successive formation and development of organs and parts that did not pre-exist in the fertilized egg. An exciting and stimulating volume which...
This book draws together contributions from some of the leading investigators in the field of autism to consider specific problem areas in current research. Each contributor brings expertise from a different field, providing a balanced view of...
Through analyses of the complex underlying issues, this interdisciplinary volume frames the agenda for dealing with genetic variation and incorporating pharmacogenomics into health care. The three sections of this book, Research Issues, Clinical...
This work represents the first comprehensive publication in the innovative field of pharmacogenomics, a field which is set to revolutionize pharmaceutical research. In addition to renowned editors, the list of contributors is a «who-is-who» in...
This book is a comprehensive introduction to the application of geoscience to criminal investigations. Clearly structured throughout, the text follows a path from the large-scale application of remote sensing, landforms and geophysics in the...
This is a new and completely rewritten edition of the well-known text Microfossils (first published in 1980) covering all the major microfossil groups, with information on taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology and palaeoecology. particular attention is...
The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and...