Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Chemistry and Biological Activity of Steroid and Terpenoid Compounds of Medicinal Mushrooms
(M. A. Sysoeva, V. R. Khabibrakhmanova, S. A. Kovalenko, E. V. Sysoeva, Food Biotechnology Department, Kazan National Research Technological University, Kazan, Russian Federation)
Chapter 2. Red Algae: Potential Source of Phytohormones
(R. Ukun M. S. Soedjanaatmadja, Safri Ishmayana, Zakiyah Muntari and Saadah D. Rachman, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, Indonesia, and others)
Chapter 3. Analytical Methods for the Determination of Steroid Hormones in Environmental Systems
(Rayco Guedes-Alonso, Zoraida Sosa-Ferrera and José Juan Santana-Rodríguez, Instituto Universitario de Estudios Ambientales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, and others)
Chapter 4. Chemical Thermodynamics and Polymorphism in Steroid Hormones
(Alexander Knyazev, Anastasiya Shipilova, Ekaterina Gusarova, Svetlana Knyazeva and Alexey Amosov, Lobachevsky University, Nizhni Novgorod, Russia)
Chapter 5. “Vitamin” D and Progesterone: Fraternal Twins?
(Giovanni Monastra, Beatrice Orrù, Gianpiero Forte and Vittorio Unfer, Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, and others)
Chapter 6. The Evolution of the Growth Hormone Locus in Primates: A History of Genetic Innovation
(Antonio Alí Pérez Maya, Jesús Antonio Rea Carrillo and Hugo Alberto Barrera Saldaña, Universidad Autoìnoma de Nuevo Leoìn, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Bioquiìmica y Medicina Molecular, Monterrey, Nuevo Leoìn, Meìxico, and others)
Chapter 7. Phytohormones and Animal Steroids in Microalgae Biomass Production: Industrial Application and Wastewaters EDCs Remediation
(Tatiana Kozlova and David Levin, Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology RAS, Moscow, Russia, and Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
Chapter 8. Roles of Brassinosteroids in Plant Growth and Development under Changing Environment
(Husna Siddiqui, Fareen Sami and Shamsul Hayat, Plant Physiology Section, Department of Botany, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India)
Index