Biophotonics, Tryptophan and Disease
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Biophotonics, Tryptophan and Disease

  1. 220 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Biophotonics, Tryptophan and Disease

About this book

Biophotonics, Tryptophan and Disease is a comprehensive resource on the key role of tryptophan in wide range of diseases as seen by using optics techniques. It explores the use of fluorescence spectroscopy, Raman, imaging techniques and time-resolved spectroscopy in normal and diseased tissues and shows the reader how light techniques (i.e. spectroscopy and imaging) can be used to detect, distinguish and evaluate diseases. Diseases covered include cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and other age-related diseases. Biophotonics, Tryptophan and Disease offers a clear presentation of techniques and integrates material from different disciplines into one resource. It is a valuable reference for students and interdisciplinary researchers working on the interface between biochemistry and molecular biology, translational medicine, and biophotonics. - Shows the key role of tryptophan in diseases - Emphasizes how optical techniques can be potent means of assessing many diseases - Points to new ways of understanding autism, aging, depression, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases

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Yes, you can access Biophotonics, Tryptophan and Disease by Laura A. Sordillo,Peter P. Sordillo in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Molecular Biology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contributors
  7. About the editors
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. List of Illustrations
  11. List of Tables
  12. Chapter 1 : The physics of key biophotonic techniques
  13. Chapter 2 : Tryptophan analysis using multiphoton microscopy and fluorescence lifetime imaging
  14. Chapter 3 : Deep-ultraviolet microscopy for tryptophan label-free imaging in cells and tissue
  15. Chapter 4 : Tryptophan as a biomarker using terahertz spectroscopy
  16. Chapter 5 : The role of tryptophan in Chagas disease and other trypanosomatid infections
  17. Chapter 6 : Tryptophan fluorescence for early evaluation of cataracts
  18. Chapter 7 : Tryptophan, after inflammatory cytokine stimulation, determines plaque vulnerability and risk of myocardial infarction
  19. Chapter 8 : Tryptophan and metabolites (serotonin and kynurenines) in posttraumatic stress disorder
  20. Chapter 9 : Effects of tryptophan metabolism on the brain: From early development to Alzheimer's disease
  21. Chapter 10 : Excess activity of 3-hydroxykynurenine, quinolinic acid, and other toxic tryptophan metabolites in neurogenerative diseases and other protein misfolding diseases
  22. Chapter 11 : Tryptophan and kynurenine levels in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
  23. Chapter 12 : Fluorescence-based techniques using plasma: A unique biomarker for different cancers
  24. Chapter 13 : Synchronous luminescence spectroscopy of tryptophan in head and neck cancer
  25. Chapter 14 : Tryptophan fluorescence for diagnosis and staging of gastrointestinal cancers
  26. Chapter 15 : Tryptophan fluorescence and machine learning to study the aggressiveness of prostate cancer cell lines: A pilot study
  27. Chapter 16 : The principles of machine learning algorithms: Applications to biophotonics and disease
  28. Index
  29. A