Fish Structural Proteins and its Derivatives: Functionality and Applications

Chapter_1 Introduction to fish proteins.- Chapter_2 Fish structural proteins.- Chapter_3 Extraction, isolation, and characterization techniques of structural proteins.- Chapter_4 Derivatives of structural proteins.- Chapter_5 Bioinformatics and computational tools.- Chapter_6 Food and Biomedical Applications of Fish Proteins.- Chapter_7 Pharmaceutical and hydrogel applications of marine collagen.- Chapter_8 Biomaterials.

Dr. Maya Raman graduated in botany, and received her masters and PhD Degree from School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India in 2006. Her doctoral area of study was fish biochemistry and fish processing technology. She is presently working as an associate professor and Head, Department of Food Science and Technology, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, India. She also worked as a post-doctoral fellow in applied nutrition and food chemistry at Centre for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University. She also worked as a scientist at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. She has 34+ peer-reviewed publications to her credit and has published 3 books and 16+ book chapters. Her area of expertise is fish biochemistry (collagen), fish processing technology, nutrition and health (cancer), nanotechnology, bioactive marine compounds, dietary fibers (cereal, vegetable, marine algae) and colon cancer (in vitro and in vivo), molecular modelling and dynamics, gut simulation techniques, drug encapsulation, hydrogels and antimicrobial biodegradable food wraps. A patent on hydrogel from cyclic beta-glucan for cosmetics/ food applications was granted in 2022. 

 

Dr. Abhilash Sasidharan is currently pursuing his postdoctoral research at the Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. He is also serving as an assistant professor at the Department of Fish Processing Technology, Kerala University of Fisheries & Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kerala, India. He did his masters degree in industrial fisheries from Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT), Kerala, India in 2003 and PhD under the Faculty of Marine Sciences, CUSAT in 2014. His PhD work focused on seafood side stream management and valorization aspects. He has developed a foliar fertilizer from seafood side