Medicinal plant biotechnology [[electronic resource] /] / editor, Rajesh Arora

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : CABI, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (386 p.)
• Disciplina: 615/.32
• Soggetto topico: Medicinal plants - Biotechnology
• Altri autori: AroraRajesh
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Emerging trends in medicinal plant biotechnology / Rajesh Arora -- 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 / Amit C. Kharkwal ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- Podophyllum endophytic fungi / John R. Porter -- Biotechnology of Vinca major and Vinca minor / Rajesh Arora ... [et al.] -- Analytical platforms and databases ranging from plant transcriptomics to metabolomics / Tetsuya Sakurai, Kenji Akiyama and Kazuki Saito -- Docking-based virtual screening of anticancer drugs / Feroze 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, 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 ... [et al.] -- Recent developments in chemistry and biotechnology 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 metabolite production, metabolomics and metabolic engineering, bioinformatics, molecular farming and future biotechnological directions, with contributors from key researchers in the field.
• Titolo autorizzato: Medicinal plant biotechnology
• ISBN: 1-282-90632-1; 9786612906329; 1-84593-692-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910446319003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II