Inositol phosphates : linking agriculture and the environment /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Inositol phosphates > Environmental aspects.; Inositol phosphates.; Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy.; Animal Nutrition (General); Water Resources.; Animal nutrition.; Aquatic environment.; Chemical composition.; Hydrolysis.; Organic compounds.; Soil composition.; Synthesis.; Electronic books.
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This book brings together critical reviews on inositol phosphates in agriculture, ecology, and the environment. It includes 16 chapters covering a diverse range of topics, including the synthesis and hydrolysis of inositol phosphates, their role in animal nutrition, and their fate in soils and aquat...

Table of Contents:

• Nomenclature and Terminology of Inositol Phosphates : Clarification and a Glossary of Terms / Stephen B. Shears and Benjamin L. Turner
• Identification of Inositol Phosphates by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy : Unravelling Structural Diversity / Pushpalatha P.N. Murthy
• High-performance Chromatographic Separations of Inositol Phosphates and Their Detection by Mass Spectrometry / William T. Cooper, Matthew Heerboth and Vincent J.M. Salters
• Origins and Biochemical Transformations of Inositol Stereoisomers and Their Phosphorylated Derivatives in Soil / Michael F. L'Annunziata
• Isolation and Assessment of Microorganisms That Utilize Phytate / Jane E. Hill and Alan E. Richardson
• Phytate-degrading Enzymes : Regulation of Synthesis in Microorganisms and Plants / Ralf Greiner
• Phytases : Attributes, Catalytic Mechanisms and Applications / Edward J. Mullaney and Abul H.J. Ullah
• Seed Phosphorus and the Development of Low-phytate Crops / Victor Raboy
• Phytase and Inositol Phosphates in Animal Nutrition : Dietary Manipulation and Phosphorus Excretion by Animals / Xin Gen Lei and Jesus M. Porres
• Environmental Implications of Inositol Phosphates in Animal Manures / April B. Leytem and Rory O. Maguire
• Ligand Effects on Inositol Phosphate Solubility and Bioavailability in Animal Manures / Thanh H. Dao
• Inositol Phosphates in Soil : Amounts, Forms and Significance of the Phosphorylated Inositol Stereoisomers / Benjamin L. Turner
• Abiotic Reactions of Inositol Phosphates in Soil / Luisella Celi and Elisabetta Barberis
• Interactions Between Phytases and Soil Constituents : Implications for the Hydrolysis of Inositol Phosphates / Timothy S. George, Hervé Quiquampoix, Richard J. Simpson and Alan E. Richardson
• Plant Utilization of Inositol Phosphates / Alan E. Richardson, Timothy S. George, Iver Jakobsen and Richard J. Simpson
• Inositol Phosphates in Aquatic Systems / Ian D. McKelvie.