Medicinal and Aromatic Plants I

von Y. P. S. Bajaj

576 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Section I Micropropagation, Immobilization, Cryopreservation, Bioreactors, Production of Secondary Metabolites and Its Impact on Pharmacy.- I.1 Medicinal, Aromatic, and Industrial Materials from Plants.- I.2 Formation of Secondary Metabolites in Cultured Plant Cells and Its Impact on Pharmacy.- I.3 Biotechnology of the Micropropagation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.- I.4 Bioreactors for the Large-Scale Culture of Plant Cells.- I.5 Enhanced Production of Secondary Substances: Addition of Artificial Accumulation Sites to Cultures.- I.6 Immobilization of Higher Plant Cells.- I.7 Nonfrozen Storage of Plant Cell Cultures and Its Effect on Metabolites.- I.8 Cryopreservation and the Retention of Biosynthetic Potential in Cell Cultures of Medicinal and Alkaloid-Producing Plants.- Section II Production of Medicinal and Aromatic Compounds by Plant Cell Cultures.- II.1 Antitumor Compounds: Production by Plant Cell Cultures.- II.2 L-DOPA Production in Plant Cell Cultures.- II.3 Shikonin: Production by Plant (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) Cell Cultures.- II.4 Anthraquinone: Production by Plant Cell Culture.- II.5 Morphinan Alkaloids: Biosynthesis in Plant (Papaver spp.) Tissue Cultures.- II.6 Caffeine: Production by Plant (Coffea spp.) Cell Cultures.- II.7 Berberine: Production Through Plant (Thalictrum spp.) Cell Cultures.- II.8 Valepotriates: Production by Plant Cell Cultures.- II.9 Rosmarinic Acid: Production in Plant Cell Cultures.- Section III Biotechnology of Medicinal Plants.- III.1 Cannabis sativa: In Vitro Production of Cannabinoids.- III.2 Centaurium erythraea Rafn: Micropropagation and the Production of Secoiridoid Glucosides.- III.3 Cinchona spp.: Micropropagation, and the In Vitro Production of Quinine and Quinidine.- III.4 Digitalis spp.: In Vitro Culture, Regeneration, and the Production of Cardenolides and Other Secondary Products.- III.5 Duboisia spp.: In Vitro Regeneration, and the Production of Tropane and Pyridine Alkaloids.- III.6 Hypoxis spp.: Micropropagation and In Vitro Production of Hypoxoside.- III.7 Ochrosia spp.: In Vitro Production of Ellipticine, an Antitumor Agent.- III.8 Paeonia spp.: In Vitro Culture and the Production of Paeoniflorin.- III.9 Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer: Micropropagation and the In Vitro Production of Saponins.- III.10 Rehmannia glutinosa: Tissue Culture and Its Potential for Improvement.- III.11 Rhamnus spp.: In Vitro Production of Anthraquinones, Anthrones, and Dianthrones.- III.12 Rhazya stricta Decaisne: In Vitro Culture, and the Production of Indole Alkaloids.

• Reihe: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry
• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Biologie, Biowissenschaften Botanik und Pflanzenwissenschaften
• ISBN: 9783642730283
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 03.12.2011
• Größe: 244 x 170 mm
• Verlag: Springer Vieweg