| ISBN13: | 9781774915523 |
| ISBN10: | 1774915529 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 282 pages |
| Size: | 234x156 mm |
| Weight: | 680 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 1 Illustrations, black & white; 20 Illustrations, color; 14 Halftones, color; 1 Line drawings, black & white; 6 Line drawings, color; 20 Tables, black & white |
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Exploration and Valorization of Natural Resources from Arid Zones
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Discusses the exploration and sustainable valorization of natural resources from the arid zones, focussing on the challenges the industry faces in an era of sustainability. It describes the geographic and climatic characteristics and the natural resources from arid zones of microbiological resources, plants resources and animal resources.
This new book analyzes the exploration and sustainable valorization of natural resources from the arid zones, putting special emphasis on the challenges that the industry faces in an era of sustainable development and ecological conservation programs.
The volume describes the geographic and climatic characteristics as well as the natural resources from arid zones, divided into three main groups: a) microbiological resources as biotechnological tools and change agents to produce and/or obtain compounds with industrial or medicinal applications; b) plants as an important source of principal compounds or subproducts produced by natural adaptation to the extreme environmental conditions; and c) animal resources, which includes insects, animal residues, products or subproducts derived from animal sources, as well as poisons.
The authors focus on the processes or bioprocesses used in the valorization and transformation of these three main groups for research purposes as well as for biotechnological processing to obtain important compounds for use in various industries.
The information provided in this volume, Exploration and Valorization of Natural Resources from Arid Zones, can be used as reference for investigation, training, and education, and also as main tool in under- and postgraduate university education on the sustainable uses of resources from arid zones.
1. Arid Zones Description and Its Biodiversity 2. Geographical Description from Arid Zone in the Chihuahuan Desert 3. Physiological Requirements of Microorganisms for Growth in Extreme Temperatures 4. Potential Applications of Bioactive Compounds from Arid Zone Microorganisms 5. Plant Resources from Arid Environments with Medicinal Applications 6. Plant Resources from Arid Zones with Industrial Applications 7. Agriculture in Arid Zones 8. Potential for the Recovery of Agro-Industrial Waste from Arid Zones: Oregano Wastes as a Prebiotics Source 9. Venomous Animals and Their Toxins in the Arid Zones of Mexico 10. Mexican Chihuahuan Desert Plants: Bioactive Compounds, Biological Properties, and Potential Application in Organic Agriculture 11. Microalgae-Based Feed: A Sustainable Bioproduct for the Livestock Sector in Arid Zones
