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- Latest advances in the use of plants to produce medicinal drugs
- Internationally reputed and well known authors
- For researchers in plant biology, biotechnology, medical sciences, pharmaceutical biotechnology and pharmacology
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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About this book
Plant-based medicines play an important role in all cultures, and have been indispensable in maintaining health and combating diseases. The identification of active principles and their molecular targets from traditional medicine provides an enormous opportunity for drug development. Using modern biotechnology, plants with specific chemical compositions can be mass propagated and genetically improved for the extraction of bulk active pharmaceuticals. Although there has been significant progress in the use of biotechnology, using tissue cultures and genetic transformation to investigate and alter pathways for the biosynthesis of target metabolites, there are many challenges involved in bringing plants from the laboratory to successful commercial cultivation. This book presents the latest advances in the development of medicinal drugs, including topics such as plant tissue cultures, secondary metabolite production, metabolomics, metabolic engineering, bioinformatics and future biotechnological directions.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biotechnology for Medicinal Plants
Book Subtitle: Micropropagation and Improvement
Editors: Suman Chandra, HEMANT LATA, Ajit Varma
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29974-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-29973-5Published: 10 August 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43054-1Published: 20 September 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-29974-2Published: 10 August 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 464
Topics: Plant Physiology, Cell Culture, Biotechnology, Pharmacology/Toxicology