"Carboxylic Acid: Key Role in Life Sciences" ed. by Georgiana-Ileana Badea

This book is an attempt to bring together current knowledge on the role and importance of organic acids in life processes. The chapters in this book include general information on carboxylic acids and their applications in life sciences (use in organic synthesis, nanotechnology, plant physiology, plant nutrition and soil chemistry).

There are lots of compounds based on the chemical nature of this functional group, which makes this class of molecules to be present in our lives starting with the human body (Krebs cycle - the core of cellular metabolism) to the products we currently use (food, medicines and cosmetics). No overall consensus is sought in this book, and the following chapters are authored by dedicated researchers presenting a diversity of applications and hypotheses concerning organic acids.


Contents
1 Introductory Chapter: Carboxylic Acids - Key Role in Life Sciences
2 Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Carboxylic Acid Esters
3 Applications of Carboxylic Acids in Organic Synthesis, Nanotechnology and Polymers
4 The Excretion of Di- and Tricarboxylic Acids by Roots of Higher Plants Can Strongly Improve the Acquisition of Phosphate (P) by Plants in P-Fixing Soils
5 Isolation and GC Analysis of Fatty Acids: Study Case of Stinging Nettle Leaves