Medicinal plant biotechnology /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Arora, Rajesh (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2010.
Subjects:	Medicinal plants > Biotechnology. Cell, Tissue and Embryo Manipulation, (New June 2002) Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002) Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000) In vitro Culture of Plant Material. Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002) Plant Breeding and Genetics. Plant Propagation. Biodiversity. Bioinformatics. Biotechnology. Conservation. Genetic diversity. Genetic engineering. Genetically engineered organisms. Hairy root cultures. In vitro culture. In vitro production. Medicinal plants. Metabolomics. Micropropagation. Molecular farming. Plants. Quality controls. Resource management. Secondary metabolites. Transgenic plants. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Emerging trends in medicinal plant biotechnology / Rajesh Arora, Archana Mathur and Ajay K. Mathur
Medicinal compounds produced in plant cell factories / Suvi T. Häkkinen and Anneli Ritala
Biotechnological characterization of different populations of an endangered medicinal herb- Podophyllum hexandrum Royle / Hemant Lata and Suman Chandra
Traditional and biotechnological strategies for conservation of Podophyllum hexandrum Royle : a case study / Amit C. Kharkwal, Dharam Singh, Om Prakash, Deepshikha Pande Katare, Ajit Varma, Amita Bhattacharaya and Paramvir Singh Ahuja
Microsatellite markers : potential and opportunities in medicinal plants / Atul Grover, Ankit Jain and P.C. Sharma
In vitro-propagation of medicinal plants for conservation and quality assurance / Chris Wawrosch
Propagation of elite Cannabis sativa L. for the production of 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) using biotechnological tools / Suman Chandra, Hemant Lata, Ikhlas A. Khan and Mahmoud A. ElSohly
In vitro saponin production in plant cell and tissue cultures / Archana Mathur and Ajay K. Mathur
Podophyllotoxin and related lignans : biotechnological production by in vitro plant cell cultures / Iliana Ionkova
Hairy root culture : copying nature in new bioprocesses / M. Georgiev, Jutta Ludwig-Müller and Thomas Bley
Genetic transformation of Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don. for augmenting secondary metabolite production / Rajesh Arora, Archana Mathur, Ajay K. Mathur and C.M. Govil
Podophyllum endophytic fungi / John R. Porter
Biotechnology of Himalayan Vinca major and V. minor / Rajesh Arora, Ajay K. Mathur, Archana Mathur and C.M. Govil
Analytical platforms and databases ranging from plant transcriptomics to metabolomics / Tetsuya Sakurai, Kenji Akiyama and Kazuki Saito
Docking-based virtual screening of anticancer drugs / Feroz Khan, Abha Meena and Ashok Sharma
Population structure and molecular characterization of Podophyllum hexandrum of the northwestern Himalayas / Pradeep K. Naik, Shri Ram and Harvinder Singh
Plant virus vector systems for the production and delivery of biopharmaceuticals / Rofina Yasmin Othman and Noor Hasima Nagoor
Novel medicinal plants for the production and delivery of vaccines / Simone Reichwein and H. Warzecha
Noscapinoids : a new class of anti-cancer drugs demand biotechnological intervention / Harish C. Joshi, Asmita Salil, Usha Bughani and Pradeep K. Naik
Recent developments in biotechnology and chemistry of Podophyllum / Abha Chaudhary, Bikram Singh and Paramvir Singh Ahuja
Plant-derived recombinant Griffithsin : a protein with potent broad spectrum inhibitory effects against enveloped viruses / J. Calvin Kouokam and Kenneth E. Palmer
Camptothecins : SAR, QSAR, and biotechnology / Rajeshwar P. Verma.