Book "Chemistry of Drugs (Facts on File Science Dictionary)"

Drug development and research offer some of the most challenging and exciting research in the field of chemistry. "Chemistry of Drugs" provides an introduction to the most common processes by which chemists design and develop drugs today. It describes the chemical principles on which those processes are based, along with an overview of the applications and hazards associated with a variety of drugs available both legally and illegally. Coverage also includes attempts to find and develop new...

Book "Environmental Biotechnology: Theory and Application"

Biotechnology has come to play an increasingly important role in many aspects of everyday life. Once an expensive and largely unfamiliar option, it has now become a realistic alternative to many established approaches for manufacturing, land remediation, pollution control and waste management. The application of biologically-engineered solutions to environmental problems has become far more readily acceptable in principle and biotechnology, in general, more widely understood, but there remains...

All About Virus

Virus H5N1 Flu Burung disebabkan oleh virus influenza tipe A, dulu hanya menginfeksi unggas, tetapi belakangan ditemukan juga di kuda, babi, kucing dan manusia. Virus ini dapat berkembang dan melintas, pindah dari unggas ke manusia, ada banyak subtipe virus influenza ini karena jenis virus ini mudah sekali bermutasi atau berubah bentuk, tetapi berubahnya tidak langsung total. Secara kasar, misalnya sekarang virus ini bertangan dua, besok dapat berubah bertangan dua setengah. Karena mudah berubah...

Book "Food Chemicals Codex 5th Edition"

Since its first edition in 1966, the Food Chemicals Codex (FCC) has provided the accepted standards for quality and purity in food chemicals, officially referenced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and many agencies in other countries. The Fifth Edition updates the field, incorporating the definitive monographs of previous editions with completely new material. Each monograph provides a physical description of the substance and its use in foods, lists its purity requirements, describes...

Obat Asma Bisa Cegah Penuaan Dini dan Obesitas

Peneliti dari Melbourne Garvan Institute of Medical Research menemukan bahwa obat yang lazim untuk mengobati penyakit asma dan paru-paru ternyata memiliki manfaat lain. Obat ini dapat digunakan untuk membantu membakar lemak tubuh serta mencegah terjadinya penuaan dini sel otot. Menurut studi, formoterol meningkatkan metabolisme dan pembakaran lemak pada orang dewasa saat sedang beristirahat. Menurut pemimpin penulis studi, Dr Paul Lee, studi pada hewan menunjukkan formoterol dapat merangsang...

Book "Soska"

Penyair dan pengamat sastra asal Australia, Ian Campbell, menyebut Soska karya Cecep Syamsul Hari sebagai ficto-criticism . Sedangkan Dr. Sumiyadi, M.Hum., dosen bahasa dan sastra Indonesia di FPBS UPI menyebut Soska sebagai meta-novel. Meskipun banyak yang berpandangan bahwa Soska adalah novel bertendensi politik yang mengusung semangat surealisme dengan latar belakang era Orde Baru, pengarangnya sendiri menganggap Soska adalah novel cinta.  5  Download Novel Sos...