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It will have chapters related to successful cases in secondary metabolites production and molecular farming using in vitro plant cell cultures
It will be a review of the latest news related to Plant Biotechnology including molecular farming, secondary metabolism, mathematical modelling, etc
Focus will be in the in vitro platform for their advantages related to biosafety and controlled conditions of work that overcomes the disadvantages of plant growing in the field
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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CONICET/School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Universidad Maimónides, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maria Alejandra Alvarez
About the author
Dr MarÃa Alejandra Alvarez completed her studies at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. She graduated in Biochemistry in 1981, and Pharmacy in 1995, obtained a MS on Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology in 1986 and a PhD on Plant Biotechnology in 1994. She was lecturer in grade and post grade courses of Botany, Pharmacobotany, Biotechnology, Food Biotechnology and Galenic Pharmacy at Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and Universidad Maimónides. Dr Alvarez started working on the production of compounds of pharmaceutical interest in in vitro plant cultures in 1986, being the author of numerous scientific articles. Her research interests include chemotaxonomy, medicinal plants, production of secondary metabolites and molecular farming. Currently, she is a member of the National Council of Research and Technology (CONICET) from Argentina, Professor of Pharmacobotany and Pharmacognoscy and director of the Plant Biotechnology Group at Universidad Maimónides and Professor of Biology at Colegio Divino Corazón.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Plant Biotechnology for Health
Book Subtitle: From Secondary Metabolites to Molecular Farming
Authors: Maria Alejandra Alvarez
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05771-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-05770-5Published: 26 September 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35813-0Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-05771-2Published: 15 September 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 161
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biotechnology, Plant Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology