Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants , Vol 4: Biotechnology and Genetics Engineering
Description
This volume deals with one of the most important areas of biotechnology research vis-à-vis medicinal plants. Exploitation of medicinal plant wealth demands rational utilization without destroying biodiversity and implementation of measures of conserve the natural resources. Biotechnological techniques offer uncommon opportunities to improve quality and quantity of pharmaceutical compounds in plants and novel methods to extract active principles, which are described in detail. The volume also contains articles on the techniques of micro propagation and in vitro conservation of medicinal plants, efficient procedures for the production of secondary metabolites, expression of recombinant antibodies and edible vaccines and production of anticancer drugs. Other interesting articles include reviews on application of biotechnology tools in the traditional forms of medicine such as Ayurveda and Unani.
Table of Contents
Biotechnology and Conservation of Medicinal Plants in India (India); Use of Molecular Markers and Transformation in the Improvement of Medicinal Plants (India); Use of Medicinal Plants Cell Cultures in Biotechnology: Problems and Prospects (India); Biotechnological Applications in Anticancer Medicinal Plants (India); In vitro Cultures of Ginkgo biloba L. (Slovak Republic); Biotechnology Towards Enhanced Production of Phytopharmaceuticals (India); Biotechnological Applications in Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants (India); New Approaches in the Production and Biological Evaluation of Foeniculum (Hungary); World Tendencies, Aims and Results of Poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) Breeding (Hungary); Molecular Approaches to Enhance Artemisinin Content in Artemisia annua L (India); Biological Activities of Oxoisoaporphines Isolated from Menispermum dauricum Root Cultures (Japan); Biology of Karwinskia spp., Experimental Cultivation and Secondary Metabolites Production (Mexico); In vitro Cultures of Hypericum perforatum: Secondary Metabolite Production (USA); Production of Secondary Metabolites of Medicinal Value From Plants Using a Two-Stage Programmable Photobioreactor (USA); Application of Cell Culture on Production of Secondary Metabolites: A Review (India); Inhibition of Hepato-Carcinogenesis by Medicinal Plants (India); Inhibition of Metastasis by Plant Derived Products (India); Genetic Engineering of Plants for Therapeutic Purposes (India); Transient Expression Systems for the Production of Recombinant Antibodies in Plants (Belgium); In vitro Studies of Ginger: A Review of Recent Progress (India); Role of Growth Regulators on Micropropagation of Medicinal Plants: A Review (India); In vitro Conservation of Germplasm of Medicinal Plants (India); Conservation Strategies for Plants Used in Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy (India); In vitro Propagation of Selected Medicinal Plants (India); Genetic and Biotechnological Approaches for Enhanced Indole Alkaloid Production in Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) (India); In vitro Application to Improve Alkaloid Yield in Catharanthus roseus (India); Biotechnology Potential of Hairy Root Culture (Heidelberg); Biotechnology for Enhanced Production of Morphinane Alkaloids in Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum) (India); Biotechnological Applications in Medicinal Plants (India); Index