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Biomarkers in Environmental and Human Health Biomonitoring

An Integrated Perspective

  • 1st Edition - May 29, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Ritu Mishra, Sughosh Madhav, Rahul Kumar Dhaka, Parveen Garg
  • Language: English

Biomarkers in Environmental and Human Health Biomonitoring: An Integrated Perspective provides a holistic view of the biomonitoring of environmental degradation, accumulat… Read more

Description

Biomarkers in Environmental and Human Health Biomonitoring: An Integrated Perspective provides a holistic view of the biomonitoring of environmental degradation, accumulated toxicity, and associated human health concerns. The book incorporates theoretical and practical aspects of the biomonitoring of environmental pollution and the health surveillance of ecological communities using samples from living organisms which are analyzed for contaminants and toxin levels. In the first half, the book provides a general overview if the different types of biomarkers, their significance as bioindicators for contaminants and detection of toxicity, as well as how they can be utilized in the restoration of degraded ecosystems.

The second half of the book discusses molecular biomarkers and how they are used as diagnostic and prognostic tools for pollution monitoring. It also reviews analytical tools used to validate the biomarkers in the detection and monitoring of pollution and disease. Finally, the book delves into how novel approaches like genetic ecotoxicology; Big Data, and artificial intelligence calculates the potential consequences of environmental pollution on the ecosystems and on human health.

Key features

  • Covers the fundamentals, types, significance, and limitations of biomarkers
  • Examines various types of plants, animals, and secondary metabolites in identifying and monitoring toxicity in different ecosystems and potential impacts on health
  • Reviews biomarker-based and bioinformatic tools in the detection and monitoring of environmental pollution and associated human health

Readership

Researchers in environmental toxicology and environmental science studying the biomonitoring of living organisms for the analysis and detection of accumulated toxicity levels in an ecosystem, its potential impact on environmental and human health

Table of contents

Section-1: Biomarkers: General overview, types, significance, and limitations

Section-2: New trends in biological monitoring: Molecular approaches and challenges

1. Planktons as biomarker of environmental pollution

2. Plants as a biomarker for monitoring environmental pollution

3. Animals as a biomarker of contamination

4. Biomarkers for the detection of water pollution in lakes and river

5. Biomarkers for the detection of marine pollution

6. Biomarkers for the detection of air pollution

7. Biomarkers for the detection of soil pollution

8. Biomarkers for toxicity detection

9. Biomarkers for the biodiversity loss, degradation of pollutants and restoration of degraded ecosystem

10. Case studies of the biomarkers

11. Molecular Biomarkers: Their significance and application in pollution monitoring

12. Multiple biomarker responses (serum biochemistry, oxidative stress, genotoxicity, and histopathology)

13. Microbial biomarkers for detection of environmental pollution

14. Biomarkers for the disease identification

15. Validity and limitations of biomarkers in environmental health studies.

16. Biomarker based tools to assess environmental and chemical stressors in the environment.

17. New trends in biological monitoring: relevance of biomarkers to genetic ecotoxicology

18. Relevance of Big Data in environmental biomonitoring.

19. Artificial intelligence (AI) and its application in environmental biomonitoring

20. Interconnection of environmental biomonitoring and human health monitoring: A holistic insight for ecological management.

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 6, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Ritu Mishra

Dr. Ritu Mishra is currently an Assistant Professor at Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India. She obtained her PhD in Molecular Virology and Neuropathogenesis from the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, India. She pursued her postdoctoral studies at Max Plank Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Muenster, Germany. Her research investigates the molecular mechanisms of vascular pathologies during viral infection and metastasis. She has published multiple research papers, review papers, and chapters on viral neuropathogenesis and soil microbial contamination
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor at Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India

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Sughosh Madhav

Dr. Sughosh Madhav is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Civil Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He has obtained his master’s degree from the Department of Environmental Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He earned his doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has published various research papers, authored book chapters in environmental geochemistry, water pollution, and wastewater, and edited many books related to water resource management with Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley
Affiliations and expertise
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

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Rahul Kumar Dhaka

Dr. Rahul Kumar Dhaka is currently an Assistant Professor at Department of Chemistry, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCS HAU), Hisar, Haryana, India. He previously worked as an Assistant Professor in Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Rahul earned his PhD in Physical and Analytical Chemistry from prestigious IIT Roorkee, India and has more than 10 years of professional research experience in material science, environmental and analytical chemistry. He has contributed numerous book chapters and published more than 40 research/review papers in international journals of repute such as high impact journals like Chemical Reviews, Coordination Chemistry Reviews Factor, and Chemical Engineering Journal.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCS HAU), Department of Chemistry, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, Hisar, Haryana, India

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Parveen Garg

Professor Parveen Garg is currently a Principal and Professor at Swami Shradhanand College, New Delhi, India. He obtained his master’sfrom Pant Nagar Agricultural University, Pant Nagar, Uttarakhand, India. He was awarded a doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He is an expert of biodiversity conservation and stress in plants due to environmental pollution. Professor Garg has published more than 20 research papers, is a regular reviewer of various international journals, and has edited three books on the environment and sustainable development.

Affiliations and expertise
Principal and Professor, Swami Shradhanand College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

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