Handbook on High Value Fermentation Products, Volume 2

Saurabh Saran, PhD, is a microbiologist and fermentation scientist with over ten years of experience in industrial microbiology, biotechnology and fermentation technology. He received his doctorate from Delhi University, and he has extensive experience in both the academic and industrial worlds, in multiple countries. He is currently Senior Scientist in the Fermentation Technology Division at the Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu. He has three patents and more than 25 international publications in peer reviewed international journals on fermentation technology to his credit. Vikash Babu, PhD, has a doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology and has over ten years of experience in graduate and postgraduate work and teaching. After working at Mangalayatan University and Graphic Era University, he joined the Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine as a scientist. He has been the editor on one book, also available from Wiley-Scrivener. Asha Chaubey, PhD, is Senior Scientist at the Fermentation Technology Division at the Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, India. Her research interests include exploration and exploitation of microbes for bioactives & enzymes production, immobilization of enzymes, biotransformation, kinetic resolution of racemic drug intermediates, development of biosensors for health care and environmental monitoring.

• Foreword xv Acknowledgements xviiPreface xixAbout the Editors xxi1 Challenges and Opportunities for the Production of Industrial Enzymes by Fermentation 1Andrés Illanes 2 Biotechnology of Leather: An Alternative to Conventional Leather Processing 23Saurabh Saran, Shifali Chib and R. K. Saxena3 Enzyme Catalysis: A Workforce to Productivity of Textile Industry 49Sharrel Rebello, Embalil Mathachan Aneesh, Raveendran Sindhu, Parameswaran Binod, Ashok Pandey and Edgard Gnansounou4 Current Trends in the Production of Ligninolytic Enzymes 67Susana Rodríguez-Couto5 Asava-Arishta: A Multi-Advantageous Fermented Product in Ayurveda 89Varun Kumar Singh, Avinash Narwaria and C. K. Katiyar6 Production and Applications of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids 109Sabeela Beevi Ummalyma, Raveendran Sindhu, Parameswaran Binod, Ashok Pandey and Edgard Gnansounou7 Functional Foods and Their Health Benefits 127Rwivoo Baruah, Krishan Kumar and Arun Goyal8 Industrially Important Biomolecules From Cyanobacteria 147Y. P. Reddy, R. K. Yadav, K. N. Tripathi, A. Borah, P. Jaiswal and G. Abraham9 Augmenting Bioactivity of Plant-Based Foods Using Fermentation 165Sonam Chouhan, Kanika Sharma and Sanjay Guleria10 Probiotic Intervention for Human Health and Disease 185Bilqeesa Bhat and Bijender Kumar Bajaj10 Probiotic Intervention for Human Health and Disease 185Bilqeesa Bhat and Bijender Kumar Bajaj12 Bioactive Polysaccharides Produced by Microorganisms:vProduction and Applications 231Gilberto V. de Melo Pereiraa, Susan G. Karp, Luiz A. J. Letti, Maria G. B. Pagnoncelli, Ana M. Finco, Maria R. Machado and Carlos R. Soccol13 Shikimic Acid: A Compound of Industrial Interest with Respect to Swine/Avian Flu 253P. Tripathi14 1,3-Propanediol: From Waste to Wardrobe 281Jasmine Isar, Harshvardhan Joshi and Vidhya Rangaswamy15 Biomedical and Nutraceutical Applications of Chitin and Chitosan 319Manish Kumar, Amandeep Brar, V. Vivekanand and Nidhi Pareek16 Microbial Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Current Status and Future Prospects 351Jyotsana Dalal and Banwari LalList of Contributors 389Index 393