Biotechnology for Medicinal Plants: Micropropagation and Improvement

By Suman Chandra

Book Overview

Downstream Processes for Plant Cell and Tissue Culture.- Agrobacterium rhizogenes mediated transformation in medicinal plants: Prospects and challenges.- Scutellaria: Biotechnology, Phytochemistry and its Potential as a Commercial Medicinal Crop.- Microbial Endophytes: Progress and Challenges.- Cannabis sativa L.: Propagation for phytocannabinoids and biotechnology.- Epilobium Sp. (Willow Herb): Micropropagation and Production of Secondary Metabolites.- Photoelicitation of bioactive secondary metabolites by ultraviolet radiation: mechanisms, strategies and applications.- Advances in Microspore culture technology: A biotechnological tool for the improvement of medicinal plants.- Implication of Cellular Heterogeneity on Plant Cell Culture Performance.- Biosynthetic Potential of hairy roots for production of new natural products.- Molecular biology and biotechnology of quinolizidine alkaloid biosynthesis in Leguminosae plants.- Metabolomics in medicinal plant research.- Antioxidants in Medicinal plants.- Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology for the Production of Isoquinoline Alkaloids.- Jasmonate-responsive transcription factors: new tools for metabolic engineering and gene discovery.- Metabolic Engineering of Plant Cellular Metabolism: Methodologies, Advances and Future Directions.- Use of Metabolomics and Transcriptomics to Gain Insights into the Regulation and Biosynthesis of Medicinal Compounds: Hypericum as a Model.- Multivariate Analysis of Analytical Chemistry Data and Utility of the KNApSAcK Family Database to Understand Metabolic Diversity in Medicinal Plants.- Genomic and Transcriptomic Profiling: Tools for the Quality Production of Plant-Based Medicines.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642430546
• ISBN13: 9783642430541
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"