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Preface | |
Foreword | |
List of Contributors | |
Color Plates | |
Linking Plants, Genes, and Biotechnology | |
The Engineering of Medicinal Plants: Prospects and Limitations of Medicinal Plant Biotechnology | |
Introduction | |
Genetic Transformation and Production of Transgenic Plants | |
Pathway Engineering and Combinatorial Biosynthesis | |
Bioprocessing | |
Plant Propagation | |
Bioanalytics and Metabolomics | |
Future Prospects.References. | |
Metabolomics | |
Introduction | |
Analytical Methods | |
Data Handling | |
The General Set-Up of a Metabolomics Project | |
Applications | |
Conclusions | |
References | |
HPLC-NMR Techniques for Plant Extract Analysis | |
Introduction | |
Hyphenation of Separation Techniques and Spectroscopic Methods | |
Direct HPLC-NMR Methods | |
Indirect HPLC-NMR Methods. | |
HPLC-SPE-NMR | |
Cryogenically Cooled NMR Probes | |
Miniaturization | |
Conclusions | |
References | |
Plant-Associated Microorganisms (Endophytes) as a New Source of Bioactive Natural Products | |
Abstract | |
Introduction | |
Why Are There Needs for New Medicines? | |
Natural Products in Medicine | |
Endophytic Microbes | |
Rationale for Plant Selection | |
Endophytes and Biodiversity | |
Endophytes and Natural Products | |
Surprising Results from Molecular Biology Studies on Pestalotiopsis microspora | |
Concluding Statements | |
Acknowledgments | |
References | |
DNA Profiling of Plants | |
Introduction | |
Methodology of Plant DNA Profiling | |
Applications | |
Conclusions | |
References | |
Bioprospecting: The Search for Bioactive Lead Structures from Nature | |
Abstract | |
Introduction | |
The Function of Secondary Metabolites | |
Modes of Action | |
The Utilization of Secondary Metabolites in Medicine | |
Conclusions | |
Key references | |
Biotechnological Approaches for the Production of some Promising Plant-Based Chemotherapeutics | |
Abstract | |
Introduction | |
Production by Plant Cell Cultures | |
Biotechnological Approaches for Production | |
Future Prospects | |
References | |
Genetic Modifications, Transgenic Plants and Potential of Medicinal Plants in Genetechnology and Biotechnology | |
In-Vitro Culturing Techniques of Medicinal Plants | |
Introduction | |
Basic Methods and Techniques | |
Protoplast Technology | |
Special Techniqu | |
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