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Foreword
I am delighted to introduce Vol. II of “Bioresources
and Bioprocess in Biotechnology: Exploring potential
biomolecules”, edited by Dr. Shiburaj Sugathan, Dr. N
S Pradeep and Dr. Sabu Abdulhameed. In this regard, I
would like to highlight its specific features in the most
possible brief form so that the peers may quickly lay
their hands on the collection of erudite essays with
guiding commentaries and reviews. To be exact, I am
happy to say that the editors have done a commendable
job in an area of several bio-applications. Technically
speaking, there may be other similar edited volumes
very coarsely comparable to the present one produced
in the past. However, the present compilation makes a better composition, considering its scope and the extent of recent and emerging areas in bioresources and bioprocess technology. The salient features of the outstanding collection of reviews are
the much-needed single volume for students, researchers and industrialists in the
field of biotechnology, particularly hitherto apparently neglected areas of knowledge with transformational potential. The present volume will be of use to researchers in the fields of antimicrobials particularly toward mycobacterium, plant-based
alternative medicines, enzymes, anticancer and anti-inflammatory molecules,
medicinal significance of polyphenol-containing fermented products, etc.
The editors must be congratulated for bringing out such an extensive volume
beautifully written for universal appeal. The following areas are dealt with utmost
care and scholarship. They are chemical alterations of compounds (e.g., a drug)
occurring within the body, as by enzymatic activity; plant biosynthetic pathway
assemblies for engineering microbial systems to produce targeted chemical
compounds; biodiversity of plants ensuring resources for new food crops and
medicines; ever nascent ethnopharmacology; etc. No doubt, this volume will be of
great use to one and all in the fields of biological resources and biotechnology and
Foreword
I am delighted to introduce Vol. II of “Bioresources
and Bioprocess in Biotechnology: Exploring potential
biomolecules”, edited by Dr. Shiburaj Sugathan, Dr. N
S Pradeep and Dr. Sabu Abdulhameed. In this regard, I
would like to highlight its specific features in the most
possible brief form so that the peers may quickly lay
their hands on the collection of erudite essays with
guiding commentaries and reviews. To be exact, I am
happy to say that the editors have done a commendable
job in an area of several bio-applications. Technically
speaking, there may be other similar edited volumes
very coarsely comparable to the present one produced
in the past. However, the present compilation makes a better composition, considering its scope and the extent of recent and emerging areas in bioresources and bioprocess technology. The salient features of the outstanding collection of reviews are
the much-needed single volume for students, researchers and industrialists in the
field of biotechnology, particularly hitherto apparently neglected areas of knowledge with transformational potential. The present volume will be of use to researchers in the fields of antimicrobials particularly toward mycobacterium, plant-based
alternative medicines, enzymes, anticancer and anti-inflammatory molecules,
medicinal significance of polyphenol-containing fermented products, etc.
The editors must be congratulated for bringing out such an extensive volume
beautifully written for universal appeal. The following areas are dealt with utmost
care and scholarship. They are chemical alterations of compounds (e.g., a drug)
occurring within the body, as by enzymatic activity; plant biosynthetic pathway
assemblies for engineering microbial systems to produce targeted chemical
compounds; biodiversity of plants ensuring resources for new food crops and
medicines; ever nascent ethnopharmacology; etc. No doubt, this volume will be of
great use to one and all in the fields of biological resources and biotechnology and