This manual is principally concerned with the relatively complex small molecules produced by plants, which are important as drugs, fine chemicals, fragrances, flavours and biologically-active dietary constituents. In a series of thematic essays, it covers the key aspects of their role in plant ecology, their metabolism in the plant, their discovery, characterization and use and their significance in the diet. Biotechnology, including prospects for the genetic engineering of metabolic pathways, for biotransformations and also for the production of biologically-active proteins, is the focus of...
This manual is principally concerned with the relatively complex small molecules produced by plants, which are important as drugs, fine chemicals, fra...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) needs little introduction. Its visible and contentious involvement in the regional crisis have attracted inordinate media attention both good and bad. On one end of the scale, it has been portrayed as an institutionalized financial messiah, whose mere presence is able to resurrect emaciated economies and restore the public's confidence. However, at the same time it is also regarded by others as a Western-dominated financial bludgeon whose measures are aimed to break open developing economies for foreign pickings.
It is not difficult to find that such...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) needs little introduction. Its visible and contentious involvement in the regional crisis have attracted inordin...
In 1936, at age 31, Carl David Anderson became the youngest Nobel laureate for his discovery of antimatter when he observed positrons in a cloud chamber.
He is responsible for developing rocket power weapons that were used in World War II.
He was born in New York City in 1905 and was educated in Los Angeles. He served for many years as a physics professor at California Institute of Technology. Prior to Oppenheimer, Anderson was offered the job of heading the Los Alamos atomic bomb program but could not assume the role because of family obligations.
He was a pioneer in studying cosmic...
In 1936, at age 31, Carl David Anderson became the youngest Nobel laureate for his discovery of antimatter when he observed positrons in a cloud chamb...
