This book covers the current knowledge in the subject of medicinal plant biotechnology and discusses the various facets in the light of contemporary developments. The book is organized into 10 major sections: (1) plant biotechnology and medicine; (2) natural resource management (biodiversity conservation and genetic diversity screening); (3) micropropagation (quality assurance and quality control); (4) in vitro secondary metabolite production; (5) harnessing the potential of hairy root cultures and plant-microbe interactions; (6) metabolomics and metabolic engineering; (7) bioinformatics: interfacing biotechnology and bioinformatics; (8) molecular characterization of medicinal plants; (9) molecular farming; and (10) leads from chemistry, nanotechnology and pharmacology for future biotechnological interventions.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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