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Contents
Part I Enzymes
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Enzymes for Bioenergy ...........................................................................
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Rajeev K. Sukumaran, Amith Abraham, and Anil K. Mathew
2 Therapeutic Enzymes ............................................................................. 45
Swaroop S. Kumar and Sabu Abdulhameed
3 Enzymes for Bioremediation and Biocontrol ....................................... 75
Indu C. Nair and K. Jayachandran
4 Enzymes as Molecular Tools .................................................................. 99
Gayathri Valsala and Shiburaj Sugathan
5 Biotransformation Enzymes................................................................... 129
Sudheesh Sudhakaran, T.M. Archana, and C.N. Aguilar
6 Enzyme Engineering ............................................................................... 151
Soorej M. Basheer and Sreeja Chellappan
Part II Anti Cancer and Anti-inflammatory Molecules
7 Anti Cancer Agents from Microbes ...................................................... 171
Vipin Mohan Dan and Rahul Sanawar
8 Cancer Combating Biomolecules From Plants .................................... 185
Anu Augustine and Geetha S. Pillai
9 Anti-inflammatory Molecules: Enzyme Inhibitors .............................. 201
C.S. Sharanya and Madathilkovilakath Haridas
10 Anti-inflammatory Molecules: Immune System Mediators ............... 235
B.C. Bhavya and Madathilkovilakath Haridas
Part III Antimicrobials
11 Antimicrobial Agents from Plants ......................................................... 271
Reshma Reghu, Pramod Sahadevan, and Shiburaj Sugathan