Plant-derived pharmaceuticals : principles and applications for developing countries /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Hefferon, Kathleen L. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2014.
Series:	CABI biotechnology series ; 2.
Subjects:	Materia medica, Vegetable > Developing countries. Medicinal plants > Biotechnology > Developing countries. Monoclonal antibodies > Biotechnology > Developing countries. Pharmaceutical biotechnology > Developing countries. Vaccines > Biotechnology > Developing countries. Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products. Pesticides and Drugs; Chemistry and Formulation, (New March 2000) Pesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000) Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans, (New March 2000) Research. Human diseases. Infectious diseases. Medicinal plants. Plant proteins. Vaccines. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction, and the Promise of a Plant-derived Vaccine for Hepatitis B Virus / Kathleen L. Hefferon
Protein Body-inducing Fusions for Recombinant Protein Production in Plants / Sonia Gutiérrez and Rima Menassa
Expression of Recombinant Proteins in Plant Cell Culture / Somen Nandi and Karen A. McDonald
Plant-derived Monoclonal Antibodies as Human Biologics for Infectious Disease and Cancer / Qiang Chen and Huafang Lai
Plant-produced Virus-like Particles / Ann E. Meyers, Edward P. Rybicki and Inga I. Hitzeroth
Expression of the Capsid Protein of Human Papillomavirus in Plants as an Alternative for the Production of Vaccines / José Francisco Castillo Esparza, Alberto Monroy García and Miguel Angel Gómez Lim
Patenting of Plant-made Recombinant Pharmaceuticals and Access in the Developing World / Pascal M.W. Drake, Sonia Sadone and Harry Thangaraj
Case Study 1 : Rabies / Elizabeth Loza-Rubio and Edith Rojas-Anaya
Case Study 2 : Plant-made HIV Vaccines and Neutralizing Antibodies / Carla Marusic and Marcello Donini
Case Study 3 : The Search for a Plant-made Vaccine for Pandemic Influenza Virus / Kathleen L. Hefferon.