DETERGENTS: TYPES, COMPONENTS AND USES -- BIOCHEMISTRY RESEARCH TRENDS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- BIOSURFACTANTS AND THEIR USES IN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY AND HYDROCARBON POLLUTION REMEDIATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. BASIC CONCEPTS -- 2.1. Biosurfactant Nature -- 2.2. Surface and Interfacial Tension -- 2.3. Reduction of Surface and Interfacial Tension by Biosurfactants and Critical Micelle Concentration -- 2.4. Solubilization Capability -- 2.5. Emulsion Stabilization -- 3. CLASSIFICATION OF BIOSURFACTANTS -- 3.1. Low-Molecular-Weigh Biosurfactants -- 3.2. High-Molecular-Weigh Biosurfactants -- 4. TOXICITY AND BIODEGRADABILITY OF BIOSURFACTANTS -- 5. APPLICATIONS -- 5.1. Hydrocarbon Pollution Bioremediation -- 5.1.1. Laboratory assays using liquid-biphasic systems -- 5.1.2. Biosurfactants in soil bioremediation -- 5.1.3. Biosurfactants in bioremediation of marine pollution -- 5.2. Pretroleum Industry -- 5.2.1. Biosurfactant application for oil recovery -- 5.2.2. Other uses -- 6. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- DETERGENTS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: DNA EXTRACTION AND PURIFICATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Genomics and Molecular Epidemiology Studies -- DNA Extraction Techniques -- Detergent Based DNA Extraction Techniques -- Downstream Applications of Detergent Extracted DNA's -- Viral DNA Extraction from Peripheral Blood -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CARBOHYDRASES IN DETERGENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- History and Development of Enzyme Usage in Detergents -- Before 1990 -- 1990 Onwards -- The Importance and the Main Characteristics of Detergent Enzymes -- Properties and Functions of Hydrolases -- Proteases -- Carbohydrases -- Lipases -- Carbohydrases : Their Specific Functions in Detergents -- -Amylases -- Catalytic reaction -- Source and production -- Enzyme specificity, biochemical characteristics, and functions.

Enzyme development for desired properties -- A New Highly Alkaline, Thermostable -Amylase Resistant to Surfactant -- Cellulases -- Catalytic reaction -- Source and production -- Enzyme specificity, biochemical characteristics, and functions -- Mannanases -- Catalytic reaction -- Source and production -- Enzyme structure, specificity, biochemical properties and functions -- Enzyme development for desired properties -- Commercial Carbohydrases Used in Detergents -- Future prospects -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THE INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT DETERGENTS ON THE PRESERVATION OF DISCRETE MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS: A COMPARATIVE ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDY ON WHOLE-MOUNTED COLORECTAL CANCER CELLS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Cell Culture -- Chemicals -- Sample Preparation -- Imaging -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- -SULFO FATTY METHYL ESTER SULFONATES (-MES): A NEW ANIONIC SURFACTANT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Φ- MES Sulfonic Acid -- 2. EXPERIMENTAL -- Materials -- Photochemical Reactor and Sulfoxidation Procedure -- Separation Procedure -- 3. RESULTS -- Proposed Reaction Mechanism -- Thermal decomposition: Dark reaction -- Irradiated reaction -- Effect of Wavelength -- Effect of Reaction Time -- Effect of Chain Length -- Analysis -- Performance -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHIES -- ACACIA CAVEN (MOL.) MOLINA POLLEN PROTEASES: APPLICATION TO THE PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS AND TO LAUNDRY DETERGENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Plant Material -- Elution of the Enzyme from the Pollen Wall -- Chemical Reagents -- Proteolytic Activity Assays -- Effect of ph and Temperature on Proteolytic Activity -- Thermostability of Acacia Caven Crude Extract -- Effect of Surfactants on the Proteolytic Activity of Acacia Caven Crude Extract.

Effect of Commercial Detergent on the Proteolityc Activity of Acacia Caven Crude Extract -- Enzymatic Synthesis Reaction Conditions -- Analytical Control of Enzymatic Synthesis -- RP-HPLC -- HPLC-MS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.