Biotechnology : secondary metabolites : plants and microbes / editors, K.G. Ramawat, J.M. Merillon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ramawat, K. G.

Mérillon, J. M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plant metabolites--Biotechnology.

Plant metabolites.

Physical Description:

xx, 565 p. : ill.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Enfield, N.H. : Science Publishers, c2007.

Summary:

This book provides new information relating recent advances made in the field of plant secondary products. Besides the updation of chapters this edition also includes chapters on secondary metabolites of microorganisms (fungi and lichen).

Contents:

Front Cover

Contents

Preface

List of Contributors

1. Biotechnology for Medicinal Plants: Research Need

2. Secondary Plant Products in Nature

3. Factors Affecting the Production of Secondary Metabolites

4. Production of Food Additives

5. Production of Insecticides

6. Production of Antitumour Compounds

7. Production of Alkaloids

8. Production of Steroids and Saponins

9. Understanding the Regulatory Mechanism of Secondary Metabolite Production

10. Production of Secondary Metabolites by Bioconversion

11. Genetic Transformation for Production of Secondary Metabolites

12. Large-scale Production in Bioreactors

13. Production of Ergot Alkaloids from Claviceps

14. Lichen Products

15. Chinese Herbal Drug Industry: Past, Present and Future

16. Secondary Metabolites in in vitro Cultures of Ruta graveolens L. and Ruta graveolens ssp. divaricata (Tenore) Gams

17. Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Activity of Extracts and Secondary Metabolites Obtained from Plants and Lichens of Patagonia Austral.

18. Tools and Techniques for the Study of Plant Tissue Culture

19. Practicals.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-000-73830-2

0-429-19552-4

1-281-82764-9

9786611827649

1-57808-597-7

9780429195525

OCLC:

815736994