Optical Spectroscopy and Computational Methods in Biology and Medicine

Part I. Introduction

1. General Overview on Vibrational Spectroscopy Applied in Biology and Medicine
Malgorzata Baranska, Maciej Roman, Katarzyna Majzner

2. Integrating Optical Spectroscopy and Chemometric Methods
Karolina Jagiełło, Anita Sosnowska, Jan Mazerski, Tomasz Puzyn

Part II. New Techniques and Special Applications

3. Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) in Bioscience: A Review of Application
Jolanta Bukowska, Piotr Piotrowski

4. Raman Optical Activity of Biological Samples
Katarzyna Chruszcz-Lipska, Ewan W. Blanch

5. α-Amino Acids In Water: A Review Of VCD And ROA Spectra
Jan Cz. Dobrowolski, P.J.F. Lipinski, Joanna E. Rode, Joanna Sadlej

6. Electronic Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy in Structural Analysis of Biomolecular Systems
Magdalena Pecul, Wojciech Dzwolak

7. Biologically Relevant Molecules Studied in Low Temperature Inert Matrices
Rui Fausto, Nihal Kuş

8. Two-Dimensional Mid-Infrared Correlation Spectroscopy in Protein Research
Bogusława Czarnik-Matusewicz, Young Mee Jung

Part III. Biological Applications

9. Qualitative and Quantitative FT-Raman Analysis of Plants
Hartwig Schulz

10. Chemometric Analysis of Raman and IR Spectra of Natural Dyes
Anna Rygula, Paweł Miskowiec

11. Structural and Spatial Analysis of Carotenoids in a Single Cell Monitored by Raman Spectroscopy
Agnieszka Kaczor, Marta Pilarczyk

Part IV. Biomedical Applications

12. Raman Spectra of Solid Amino Acids: Spectral Correlation Analysis as the First Step Towards Identification by Raman Spectroscopy
Tomasz Roliński, Sylwester Gawinkowski, Agnieszka Kamińska, Jacek Waluk

13. Vibrational Spectroscopy: Disease Diagnostics and Beyond
Hugh J. Byrne, Kamila M. Ostrowska, Haq Nawaz, Jennifer Dorney, Aidan D. Meade, Franck Bonnier, Fiona M. Lyng

14. Quantitative Analysis of Disease Biomarkers Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Spectroscopy
Jaebum Choo, Hyangah Chon

15. FTIR Imaging of Tissues: Techniques and Methods of Analysis
Kamilla Malek, Bayden R. Wood, Keith R. Bambery

16. Fourier Transform Infrared (Ft-Ir) Spectroscopic Imaging for Solid Tumor Histopathology
Sreeradha Biswas, Michael J. Walsh, Rohit Bhargava

17. Vibrational Microspectroscopy for Analysis of Atherosclerotic Arteries
K.M. Marzec, T.P. Wróbel, A. Fedorowicz, Ł. Mateuszuk, E. Maślak, A. Jasztal, S. Chlopicki

Avainsanat: Chemistry, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Medical Biochemistry, Spectroscopy/Spectrometry, Analytical Chemistry