Overview
- Editors:
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Ajit Kumar Shasany
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Department of Plant Biotechnology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Research (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow, India
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Chittaranjan Kole
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Raja Ramanna Fellow, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, Kalyani, Nadia, India
- Presents the evolution, occurrence, and diversity of Ocimum species around the globe
- Highlights the importance of different chemotypes and varieties to harvest various commercially important chemicals
- Describes important biosynthetic pathways and genes in addition to the genome
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xvii
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- R. K. Srivastava, Sanjay Kumar, R. S. Sharma
Pages 1-7
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- Aakanksha Pant, Rakesh Pandey
Pages 9-24
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- Vishnu Sharma, Debabrata Chanda
Pages 25-36
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- A. Gandhimathi, Nitish Sathyanarayanan, Meenakshi Iyer, Rachit Gupta, R. Sowdhamini
Pages 37-60
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- Amit Kumar, Ashutosh K. Shukla, Ajit Kumar Shasany, Velusamy Sundaresan
Pages 61-72
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- Soni Gupta, Abhilasha Srivastava, Ajit Kumar Shasany, Anil Kumar Gupta
Pages 73-87
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- R. K. Lal, Pankhuri Gupta, C. S. Chanotiya, Sougata Sarkar
Pages 89-98
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- Saumya Shah, Shubhra Rastogi, Ajit Kumar Shasany
Pages 99-110
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- Shubhra Rastogi, Ajit Kumar Shasany
Pages 127-148
About this book
This book provides an overview of the Ocimum genus from its genetic diversity to genome sequences, metabolites and their therapeutic utilities. Tulasi, Ocimum tenuiflorum, as a member of the family Lamiaceae, is a sacred plant in India. The plants of this genus Ocimum are collectively referred to as Basil and holy basil is worshipped in the Hindu religion. Basils are reservoirs of diverse terpenoids, phenylpropanoids and flavonoids, in addition to commercially important aromatic essential oils. In 2016, two working groups in India published the genome sequence in two different genotypes of Ocimum tenuiflorum. To help the readers understand the complexities of the genus and different chemotypes, this book accumulates all the available information on this medicinal plant including the genome. The complete knowledge may enable researchers to generate specific chemotypes in basil either through conventional breeding or development of transgenic lines. It also makes it possible to investigate the medicinal nature of holy basil compared to different species of the same genus.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Plant Biotechnology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Research (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow, India
Ajit Kumar Shasany
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Raja Ramanna Fellow, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, Kalyani, Nadia, India
Chittaranjan Kole
