1st Edition

Toxins and Biologically Active Compounds from Microalgae, Volume 1

Edited By Gian Paolo Rossini Copyright 2014
    542 Pages 4 Color & 137 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    This book explores the potentiel of stem cells for ameliorating the quality of life of patients with neurological and neurodegenerative diseases. It discusses results of pre-clinical investigations and case studies on the effects of stem cell transplantation on cell death, to promote/stimulate neuroprotection after brain and spinal cord injury through trophic support, cell replacement and remyelination. It covers the maintenance of the balance between stem cells and their progenitors within their niche, both under normal and degenerative processes, ischemic stroke, multiple sclerosis, and brain tumor.

    Toxic microalgae and cyanobacteria
    Harmful algae and their toxins: progress, paradoxes and paradigm shifts
    Micro-algal and cyanobacterial producers of biotoxins
    Detection and identification of toxic microalgae by the use of innovative molecular methodologies
    Factors affecting algal toxicity

    Microalgal toxins: chemistry and detection
    Chemistry and detection of okadaic acid/dinophysistoxins, pectenotoxins and yessotoxins
    Chemistry of brevetoxins
    The chemistry of ciguatoxins: from the first records to current challenges of monitoring programs
    Palytoxins: chemistry and detection
    Chemistry and detection of domoic acid and isomers
    Current knowledge of paralytic shellfish toxin biosynthesis, molecular detection and evolution
    Current understanding and hypotheses on the biosynthesis of microalgal polyether toxins
    Total synthesis of marine polycyclic ether natural products
    Instrumental methods for determination of marine microalgal toxins
    Biological assays for toxin detection: characteristics, potential and critical issues
    Marine toxin detection methods in regulation–from validation to implementation

    Biography

    Rossini, Gian Paolo