Biophotonics, Tryptophan and Disease is a comprehensive resource on the key role of tryptophan in wide range of diseases as seen by using optics techniques. It explores the use of fluorescence spectroscopy, Raman, imaging techniques and time-resolved spectroscopy in normal and diseased tissues and shows the reader how light techniques (i.e. spectroscopy and imaging) can be used to detect, distinguish and evaluate diseases. Diseases covered include cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and other age-related diseases. Biophotonics, Tryptophan and Disease offers a clear presentation of techniques and integrates material from different disciplines into one resource. It is a valuable reference for students and interdisciplinary researchers working on the interface between biochemistry and molecular biology, translational medicine, and biophotonics. Shows the key role of tryptophan in diseasesEmphasizes how optical techniques can be potent means of assessing many diseasesPoints to new ways of understanding autism, aging, depression, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases INDICE: 1. Light and Biological Systems: Understanding How Photons Interact with Tissue2. Optical Properties of Tryptophan3. Biophotonics to Evaluate Tryptophan in Tissue4. Using the Optical Properties of Tryptophan to Study Normal and Diseased Tissues5. Evaluation of Tryptophan in Breast Cancer using Optical Techniques6. Therapeutic Potential of using Biophotonics and Tryptophan in Breast Cancer7. Evaluation of Tryptophan in Prostate Cancer using Photonics8. Evaluation of Tryptophan in Lung Carcinoma9. Evaluation of Tryptophan in Colon Carcinoma10. Novel Optical Tools to Assess and Detect Cancer11. Biophotonics, Tryptophan and the Brain12. Using Light to Study Tryptophan in Brain Cancers like Glioblastoma and Other Conditions like Traumatic Brain Injury13. Using Light to Study Tryptophan in Parkinson's Disease14. Evaluation of Tryptophan in Autism15. Biophotonics and Tryptophan in Alzheimer's disease16. Biophotonics and Tryptophan Metabolites: The Role of the Kynurenine Pathway in the Brain17. Evaluation of Tryptophan Metabolites in Disease: The Role of Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) in Alzheimer's disease18. Therapeutic Potential of Tryptophan Metabolites in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases: A Result from Our Knowledge of the Optical Properties of Tryptophan19. The Future of Tryptophan Metabolism Research in the Brain
- ISBN: 978-0-12-822790-9
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 225
- Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2021
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés