Phytopharmaceuticals and Biotechnology of Herbal Plants

Description

Plant-based drugs play an important role in all cultures and have been crucial in maintaining health and fighting diseases, and by using contemporary methods of biotechnology, plants with explicit chemical compositions are propagated and genetically upgraded for the mining of pharmaceuticals. Phytopharmaceuticals and Biotechnology of Herbal Plants presents the latest advances in the development of transgenic plants, covering phototherapeutics, secondary metabolite production, metabolomics, metabolic engineering, bioinformatics, quality control of herbal plant products, crop improvement using various breeding techniques, tissue culture techniques, and the future of phytopharmaceuticals. Features Describes developments and applications of phytopharmaceuticals of herbal plants. Highlights the importance of phytopharmaceutical of plants and potential applications in the food and pharma industries. Provides an overview of research on key anticancer drugs to elucidate the biotechnological approaches for their production in cell cultures. Places special emphasis on the biosynthetic pathway mapping and metabolic engineering. Phytopharmaceuticals and Biotechnology of Herbal Plants will be an invaluable resource to academics and researchers associated with plant science, herbal drug manufacturers, and phytochemists. Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Contents Preface Editor Biographies Contributors Chapter 1 Overview on Phytopharmaceuticals and Biotechnology of Herbal Plants Chapter 2 Indian Spices: Treasure of Active Pharmaceutical Compounds Chapter 3 Trends in Breeding Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Challenges and Prospects Chapter 4 Controlled Environment Agriculture: An Opportunity for Customizing Secondary Metabolite Production Chapter 5 Advances in Micropropagation of Pharmaceutically Important Fruit Crops Chapter 6 Exploring the Diversity of Plant Alkaloids through a Multiomics Approach Chapter 7 Recent Investigations on Protective Mechanisms of Flavonoids against Sarcopenia Chapter 8 Herbal Medicinal Compounds and Their Anti–Breast Cancer Actions: A Mechanistic Perspective Chapter 9 Aromatic Plants as a Source of Natural Antioxidants and Their Potential to Reduce Disease Risk Chapter 10 Phytopharmaceuticals of Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Common Illnesses Chapter 11 A Disease-Driven Approach to Medicinal Natural Products Chapter 12 Recent Insights into Cannabinoids: Functions, Mechanisms, Clinical Trials, and Technological Advancement in Cancer and Neurological Diseases Chapter 13 Anti-Cancer Phytopharmaceuticals: A Green Approach Towards Treating Cancer Chapter 14 Synergism between Anticancer Drugs and Seaweed Metabolites for Cancer Treatment Chapter 15 Recent Perspectives on the Medicinal Potential of Plant-Based Adaptogens Chapter 16 Workflow and Methods of In Silico Analysis of Compounds Isolated from Medicinal Plants: An Overview Chapter 17 Basics of Photobiology and Clinical Indications for Phototherapy in Anti-Aging Chapter 18 Role of Nanotechnology in the Field of Phytopharmaceuticals for the Delivery of Herbal Drugs Chapter 19 Phytonanotechnology: Plant-Mediated Green Construction of MNPs and Their Biomedical Implementation against MDR Bacteria Chapter 20 Past, Present, and Future of Aromatic Plants Index