Wenli Sun, Mohamad Hesam Shahrajabian, Mehdi Khoshkharam

Epidermal Growth Factor and Health Benefits of Collagen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Collagen is the most abundant protein in mammalian systems, and it can be discovered in organs such as kidney, bones, heart, the liver, skin, and teeth. Collagen is defined as a coiled-coil trimer molecule, each of which is included the repeated sequence of amino acids Gly-X-Y, where X and Y are usually found to proline and hydroxyproline amino acids. The utilization of collagen from different sources also related to its thermal stability that may have direct connection with the body temperature and living environment of several species, and the thermal stability of collagen protein is directly connected to the amino acid composition. Fibrillar collagens are collagens I, II, III, V, XI, XIV, and XXVII. Non-fibrillar collagens are collagens IV which is the basement membrane collagen, collagen VII which is anchoring collagen, collagens VI, XXVIII, XXIX which are microfiber building collagens, and collagens VIII and X which are active in forming network systems collagen.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm
• ISBN-13: 9786207805136
• Artikelnr.: 71316625

Autorenporträt

Dr. Wenli Sun is a senior researcher at the Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China. She is working on the topics of rhizosphere microorganism, microbial function, sustainable agriculture, microbial and Biochemical Pharmacy, analysis of medicinal components of Chinese Medicinal materials.