Overview
- Provides a review of the tools used in enhancement of bioactive compounds in medicinal and aromatic plants
- Presents a systematic overview of techniques such as Omics, Crisper /Cas9 and RNAi
- Studies the role of induced mutation, biotic and abiotic stress to increase the bioactive contents in plants
Part of the book series: Food Bioactive Ingredients (FBC)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Plant bioactive compounds are plant-based natural products that display a variety of pharmacological applications. These bioactive compounds are important as medicines, pigments and flavorings since most of the pharmaceutical industries are highly dependent on medicinal plants and their extraction. The types and concentrations of bioactive compounds produced by plants are determined by the species, genotype, physiology, developmental stage and environmental factors during growth, determining the physiological adaptive responses employed by various plant taxonomic groups in coping with the stress and defensive stimuli. In the past two decades there has been a renewed interest in the study of conventional aspects such as elicitors and biotic and abiotic stress factors that influence secondary metabolism during in vitro and in vivo growth of plants. the application of molecular biology tools and techniques are facilitating increased understanding of the signaling processes and pathwaysinvolved in the bioactive compounds production in subcellular, cellular, organ and whole plant systems during in vivo and in vitro growth, with application in the metabolic engineering of biosynthetic pathways intermediates.
Biosynthesis and Manipulation of Bioactive compounds in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants provides a comprehensive introduction and review of the state-of-the-art biotechnological tools used in enhancement of bioactive compounds in medicinal and aromatic plants. Readers will find a systematic overview of techniques such as Omics, Crisper /Cas9 and RNAi to enhance plant bioactive contents including various in vitro techniques, hairy root culture and transgenic technology to enhance plant bioactive contents using plant tissue culture approaches. The chapters provide an overview of the role of induced mutation, biotic and abiotic stress to increase the bioactive contents in plants, plus the role of endophytes to enhance the contents of plant bioactive compounds and standard operating procedures using hydroponics system of cultivation for significant enhancement of bioactive compounds.
This book serves as a single source for researchers working in plant secondary metabolites and the pharmaceutical industry.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Nitish Kumar is Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, India
Dr. Ravi S. Singh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics at Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bihar, India
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biosynthesis of Bioactive Compounds in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Book Subtitle: Manipulation by Conventional and Biotechnological Approaches
Editors: Nitish Kumar, Ravi S. Singh
Series Title: Food Bioactive Ingredients
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35221-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-35220-1Published: 12 August 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-35223-2Due: 12 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-35221-8Published: 11 August 2023
Series ISSN: 2661-8958
Series E-ISSN: 2661-8966
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 431
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 55 illustrations in colour
Topics: Life Sciences, general