Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Section 1: General Introduction
Chapter 1 – Overview of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) (pp. 3-6)
Lin-Ping Wu and Danyang Wang (Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Chapter 2 – Commercial Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) (pp. 7-20)
Chong-bo Chen and Lin-Ping Wu (Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China and others)
Chapter 3 – Unusual Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) (pp. 21-36)
Chong-bo Chen and Lin-Ping Wu (Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China and others)
Chapter 4 – Detection, Quantification and Property Analysis of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (pp. 37-50)
Bin Li and Lin-Ping Wu (Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Chapter 5 – The Applications of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) (pp. 51-66)
Shaoting Cheng and Lin-Ping Wu (Stem Cell Institute for Medical Research, Fujian Medical University, Fujian Province, China and others)
Chapter 6 – Challenge and Future Outlook (pp. 67-72)
Lin-Ping Wu and Danyang Wang (Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Section 2: Biosynthesis
Chapter 7 – Biosynthesis Pathways of PHA (pp. 75-82)
Adrian Douglas Allen, Folahan O. Ayorinde and Broderick E. Eribo (Howard University, DC, US)
Chapter 8 – The Role of Genetic Engineering in PHA Biosynthesis (pp. 83-88)
Adrian Douglas Allen, Folahan O. Ayorinde and Broderick E. Eribo (Howard University, DC, US)
Chapter 9 – Substrates for PHA Biosynthesi (pp. 89-98)
Adrian Douglas Allen, Folahan O. Ayorinde and Broderick E. Eribo (Howard University, DC, US)
Chapter 10 – Biosynthesis of PHA in Wildtype Bacteria (pp. 99-106)
Adrian Douglas Allen, Folahan O. Ayorinde and Broderick E. Eribo (Howard University, DC, US)
Chapter 11 – Biosynthesis of PHA in Higher Organisms (pp. 107-112)
Adrian Douglas Allen, Folahan O. Ayorinde and Broderick E. Eribo (Howard University, DC, US)
Chapter 12 – Biosynthesis of Short-Chain-Length PHA by Halophiles (pp. 113-130)
Jing Han (Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)
Section 3: Industrial Production
Chapter 13 – The Industrial Production of PHA (pp. 133-140)
Rong-Cong Luo, Yun-Long Wu and Mohamed EI-Newehy (Department of Bioengineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore and others)
Chapter 14 – Extraction and Purification of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (pp. 141-152)
Rong-Cong Luo, Yun-Long Wu and Mohamed EI-Newehy (Department of Bioengineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore and others)
Chapter 15 – Industrial Production of PHA: Recent Breakthroughs and Remaining Bottlenecks (pp. 153-168)
Nathalie Berezina and Silvia Maria Martelli (Materia Nova, Ghislenghien, Belgium and others)
Section 4: Applications in Medicine
Chapter 16 – Biodegradation of PHA in Nature (pp. 171-180)
Adrian Douglas Allen, Folahan O. Ayorinde and Broderick E. Eribo (Howard University, DC, US)
Chapter 17 – Chemical Modification of PHAs (pp. 181-218)
Zibiao Li and Lin-Ping Wu (Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Research Link, Singapore and others)
Chapter 18 – Polyhydroxyalkanoates and Their Potential in Controlled-Release Drug Delivery Systems – Biomedical Applications and Factors Affecting the Drug Release (pp. 219-236)
Thiago Caon, Nathalie Berezina, Carol Sze Ki Lin, Farayde Matta Fakhouri and Silvia Maria Martelli (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil and others)
Chapter 19 – PHA-Based Materials at Interfaces Control Biomimetic Crystallization of Bone Minerals (pp. 237-256)
Katarzyna Kita-Tokarczyk, Agnieszka Jagoda and Manfred Zinn (Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Basel, and University of Applied Science Western Switzerland (HES SO Valais), Institute of Life Technologies, Sion, Switzerland)
Chapter 20 – The Cytotoxicity of Polyhydroxyalkanoates As Biomedical Materials (pp. 257-272)
Xiaoyong Guo, Danyang Wang and Lin-Ping Wu (Translational Medicine Research & Development Center, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Shenzhen, China and others)
Chapter 21 – Biomedical Studies of PHAs Produced in the Institute of Biophysics SB RAS and Siberian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk, Russia) (pp. 273-330)
Tatiana Volova and Ekaterina Shishatskaya (Institute of Biophysics SB RAS, and Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia)
Index
