Biotechnology for Medicinal Plants
Micropropagation and Improvement
Editors: Chandra, Suman, Lata, Hemant, Varma, Ajit (Eds.)
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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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Downstream Processes for Plant Cell and Tissue Culture
Pages 1-27
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Agrobacterium rhizogenes-Mediated Transformation in Medicinal Plants: Prospects and Challenges
Pages 29-68
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Scutellaria: Biotechnology, Phytochemistry and Its Potential as a Commercial Medicinal Crop
Pages 69-99
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Microbial Endophytes: Progress and Challenges
Pages 101-121
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The Role of Biotechnology in Cannabis sativa Propagation for the Production of Phytocannabinoids
Pages 123-148
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Biotechnology for Medicinal Plants
- Book Subtitle
- Micropropagation and Improvement
- Editors
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- Suman Chandra
- Hemant Lata
- Ajit Varma
- Copyright
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Distribution Rights
- Distribution rights for India: CBS Publishers, New Delhi, India
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-642-29974-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-642-29974-2
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-642-29973-5
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-642-43054-1
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVI, 464
- Topics
