Abstract Methane (CH4), the most abundant hydrocarbon in the atmosphere, originates
largely from biogenic sources linked to an increasing number of organisms occurring in oxic …

Peroxiredoxin 2 (Prdx2) is the third most abundant erythrocyte protein. It was known
previously as calpromotin since its binding to the membrane stimulates the calcium …

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, which likely enabled the evolution of life by keeping
the early Earth warm. Here, we demonstrate routes towards abiotic methane and ethane …

Nine years have elapsed since I wrote the first English edition of this book, and progress in
hair science has made a second edition necessary. Since 1978, at least two new m~ or …

Abstract Gudkov, SV, Shtarkman, IN, Smirnova, VS, Chernikov, AV and Bruskov, VI
Guanosine and Inosine Display Antioxidant Activity, Protect DNA In Vitro from Oxidative …

A 5-min exposure of air-saturated bidistilled water to low-intensity laser infrared radiation at
the wavelength of the electronic transition of dissolved oxygen to the singlet state (3∑ g–→ …

Problems associated with the presence of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in natural
aqueous media and living organisms are considered. The main properties of ROS, which …

Human hair consists of proteins, lipids, water, trace elements and pigments. The
composition of the first four of these components is the focus of this Chapter. About two …

Modern cathodoluminescence detectors coupled to Environmental Scanning Electron
Microscopes (ESEM) with X-ray microanalysis are increasingly sensitive and, nowadays …

Preserving DNA is important for validation of prospective and retrospective analyses,
requiring many expensive types of equipment (eg, freezers and back-up generators) and …