ENGLISH

Medicinal and Aromatic Plants IV

By Professor Dr. Y. P. S. Bajaj (eds.) , H. Ekiert (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1993
ISBN
978-3-642-77006-7, 978-3-642-77004-3
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-77004-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
20 MB (21455689 bytes)
Series
Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry 21
Edition
1
Pages
443\461
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Agriculture; Forestry; Biotechnology; Pharmacology

Description

This volume contains 28 chapters on biotechnology of medicinal and aromatic plants, and deals with the distribution, economic importance, conventional propagation, micropropagation, review of tissue culture work, and the in vitro production of pharmaceutical compounds in various species of Ammi, Bergenia, Canavalia, Capsicum, Cassia, Cephaelis, Cornus, Cucurbita, Elettaria, Eupatorium, Genipa, Gentiana, Gypsophila, Hygrophila, Leontopodium, Nerium, Picrasma, Polygonum, Ptelea, Rheum, Scopolia, Silene, Solanum, Strophanthus, Tagetes, Thymus, and Uncaria. The potential role of biotechnology for industrial production is pointed out. This book is tailored to the need of advanced students, teachers and the research scientists in the area of plant biotechnology and bioengineering, pharmacy, botany and tissue culture.

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