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Plant Biotechnology and Medicinal Plants

Periwinkle, Milk Thistle and Foxglove

  • Comprehensive description of in vitro cultures and hairy root cultures of medicinal plants
  • Special emphasis on elicitation strategy for increasing production of bioactive compounds of C. roseus L., S. marianum and Digitalis species
  • Valuable resource for those who work on medicinal plants, phytochemistry and pharmaceutical industry

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Table of contents (3 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Plant Biotechnology and Periwinkle

    • Mohamed Ramadan Rady
    Pages 1-96
  3. Plant Biotechnology and Milk Thistle

    • Mohamed Ramadan Rady
    Pages 97-147
  4. Plant Biotechnology and Foxglove

    • Mohamed Ramadan Rady
    Pages 149-197
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 199-202

About this book

Plant tissue culture and advanced biotechnologies have proven to be influential tools that complement conventional breeding and accelerate development of many medicinal plants.  Various approaches, such as pathway engineering, precursor feeding, transformation, elicitation with biotic and abiotic elicitors and scaling up in bioreactors, have been explored to improve the production of secondary metabolites from different medicinal plants. This book provides a comprehensive description of various studies, carried out on in vitro culture and hairy root cultures of Catharanthus roseus, Silybum marianum and Digitalis species which have been considered as alternative sources for the production of anti-tumour compounds, flavonolignans and cardenolides. Specific focus is on elicitation strategy for increasing production of bioactive compounds of C. roseus L., S. marianum and Digitalis species to overcome the constrains of conventional propagation. This book is valuable for researchers or students working on medicinal plants, phytochemistry, and plant tissue culture. It also serves as a reference for the pharmaceutical industry. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Plant Biotechnology, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

    Mohamed Ramadan Rady

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Plant Biotechnology and Medicinal Plants

  • Book Subtitle: Periwinkle, Milk Thistle and Foxglove

  • Authors: Mohamed Ramadan Rady

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22929-0

  • 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 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-22928-3Published: 05 August 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-22931-3Published: 14 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-22929-0Published: 16 July 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 202

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology, Plant Physiology, Genetic Engineering

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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