Medicinal plant biotechnology
There have been rapid advances in the field of plant biotechnology in recent years, increasing the potential for medical application. Covering the latest advances in the use of plants to produce medicinal drugs and vaccines, this volume examines topics including plant tissue culture, secondary metab...
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Wallingford, U. K.; Cambridge, Massachusetts :
CAB International ,
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Emerging trends in medicinal plant biotechnology
- 2. Medicinal compounds produced in plant cell factories
- 3. Biotechnological characterization of different populations of an endangered medicinal herb- Podophyllum hexandrum Royle
- 4. Traditional and biotechnological strategies for conservation of Podophyllum hexandrum Royle : a case stud
- 5. Microsatellite markers : potential and opportunities in medicinal plant
- 6. In vitro-propagation of medicinal plants for conservation and quality assurance
- 7. Propagation of elite Cannabis sativa L. for the production of 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) using biotechnological tools
- 8. In vitro saponin production in plant cell and tissue culture
- 9. Podophyllotoxin and related lignans: biotechnological production by in vitro plant cell cultures
- 10. Hairy root culture: copying nature in new bioprocesses
- 11. Genetic transformation of Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don. for augmenting secondary metabolite production
- 11. Podophyllum endophytic fungi
- 13. Biotechnology of Himalayan Vinca major and Vinca minor
- 14. Analytical platforms and databases ranging from plant transcriptomics to metabolomics
- 15. Docking-based virtual screening of anticancer drugs
- 16. Population structure and molecular characterization of Podophyllum hexandrum of the northwestern Himalayas
- 17. Plant virus vector systems for the production and delivery of biopharmaceuticals
- 18. Novel medicinal plants for the production and delivery of vaccines
- 19. Noscapinoids : a new class of anti-cancer drugs demand biotechnological intervention
- 20. Recent developments in biotechnology and chemistry of Podophyllum
- 21. Plant-derived recombinant Griffithsin : a protein with potent broad spectrum inhibitory effects against enveloped viruses
- 22. Camptothecins : SAR, QSAR, and biotechnology