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Biotechnology for Medicinal Plants : Micropropagation and Improvement by Ozlem Yesil-Celiktas, Fazilet Vardar-Sukan (auth.), Suman Chandra, HEMANT LATA, Ajit Varma (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Biotechnology for Medicinal Plants : Micropropagation and Improvement about?

Plant-based medicines play an important role in all cultures, and have been indispensable in maintaining health and combating diseases. The identification of active principles and their molecular targets from traditional medicine provides an enormous opportunity for drug development. Using modern biotechnology, plants with specific chemical compositions can be mass propagated and genetically improved for the extraction of bulk active pharmaceuticals. Although there has been significant progress in the use of biotechnology, using tissue cultures and genetic transformation to investigate and alter pathways for the biosynthesis of target metabolites, there are many challenges involved in bringing plants from the laboratory to successful commercial cultivation. This book presents the latest advances in the development of medicinal drugs, including topics such as plant tissue cultures, secondary metabolite production, metabolomics, metabolic engineering, bioinformatics and future biotechnological directions.

Who reads Biotechnology for Medicinal Plants : Micropropagation and Improvement?

Author

Ozlem Yesil-Celiktas, Fazilet Vardar-Sukan (auth.), Suman Chandra, HEMANT LATA, Ajit Varma (eds.)

Publisher

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9783642299742

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Technology, Medical