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Contemporary Pediatric Hematology and Oncology covers many aspects of research and patient management within the area of blood disorders and malignant diseases in children. Blood diseases are a distinctive group of inherited and acquired, benign and…

The mechanistic/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), a serine/threonine kinase, is a central regulator for human physiological activity. Deregulated mTOR signaling is implicated in a variety of disorders, such as cancer, obesity, diabetes, and…

This collection of papers describes the recent development of travel health and vaccination services delivered by pharmacists. It is the first dedicated collection of its type and provides a template for the continued growth of pharmacy practice in…

Infogest' (Improving Health Properties of Food by Sharing our Knowledge on the Digestive Process) is an EU COST action/network in the domain of Food and Agriculture. Infogest aims at building an open international network of institutes undertaking…

Mucoadhesion, defined as the ability of materials to stick to mucosal tissues in the human body, has attracted substantial interest of researchers over the past few decades. The applicability of mucoadhesion in the drug delivery has been first…

This book is focused on the challenges to implement sustainability in diverse contexts such as agribusiness, natural resource systems and new technologies. The experiences made by the researchers of the School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and…

Plant alkaloids are critical components of modern medicine and pharmaceuticals.
These compounds are also becoming increasingly important for industrial uses as part of the
green chemistry revolution. This Special Issue will focus on the molecular…

The focus of this SpecialIssueofPharmaceuticalsisonthedesign,synthesis,and molecular mechanism of action of novel antitumor, drugs with a special emphasis on the relationship between the chemical structure and the biological activity of the…

"Alkaloids" is intended for by chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacy, and other medical students, biologists, chemists, biochemists, and other professionals involved in the field of alkaloids. All chapters in this book are written by professionals in the…

Fungal and parasitic diseases affect more than a billion people across the globe, one-sixth of the world’s population, mostly located in developing countries. The lack of effective and safer treatments combined with a deficient diagnosis lead to serious…