This book, written by a distinguished scientist in the field, provides a comprehensive
overview of the biochemical aspects of all luminous organisms currently known. It is the first …

The aromatic amino acids (AAAs) phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan are basic protein
units and precursors of diverse specialized metabolites that are essential for plant growth …

Bioluminescence, or the ability of a living organism to generate visible light, occurs as a
result of biochemical reaction where enzyme, known as a luciferase, catalyzes the oxidation …

Conspectus Bioluminescence, the ability of a living organism to produce light through a
chemical reaction, is one of Nature's most amazing phenomena widely spread among …

Even though bioluminescent oligochaetes rarely catch people's eyes due to their secretive
lifestyle, glowing earthworms sighting reports have come from different areas on all …

2-Coumaranones are evolving as a new, efficient, versatile, and synthetically accessible
platform for the next generation chemiluminescent probes. Despite the favorable quantum …

Among all bioluminescent organisms, the firefly is the most famous, with a high luminescent
efficiency of 41%, which is widely used in the fields of biotechnology, biomedicine and so …

Cold extract from bioluminescent earthworm Henlea sp. was studied by HPLC, 1D and 2D
NMR and LC‐HRMS analysis. An abundant structural analog of the luciferin was isolated …

In the course of isolation of fungal luciferin from bioluminescent fungus Neonothopanus
nambi, structures of novel nambiscalarane, Aurisin Z, trans-α-hydroxy-γ …

Low-Molecular-Weight Components of Luminescent Reaction of the Siberian Enchytraeid
Henlea sp. Page 1 212 ISSN 1607-6729, Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2018, Vol …