ENGLISH

Transgenic Medicinal Plants

By Professor Dr. Y. P. S. Bajaj (eds.) , Y. P. S. Bajaj , K. Ishimaru (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1999
ISBN
978-3-642-63595-3, 978-3-642-58439-8
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-58439-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11090464 bytes)
Series
Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry 45
Edition
1
Pages
372\389
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Plant Sciences; Biotechnology; Pharmacology/Toxico

Description

Comprising 26 chapters, this volume deals with the genetic transformation of medicinal plants. It describes methods to obtain plants resistant to insects, diseases, herbicides, and plants with an increased production of compounds of medicinal and pharmaceutical importance. The plant species included are Ajuga reptans, Anthemis nobilis, Astragalus spp., Atropabelladonna, Catharanthus roseus, Datura spp., Duboisialeichhardtii, Fagopyrum spp., Glycyrrhizauralensis, Lobelia spp., Papaversomniferum, Panaxginseng, Peganumhamala, Perezia spp., Pimpinellaanisum, Phyllanthusniruri, Salviamiltiorrhiza, Scoparia dulcis, Scutellariabaicalesis, Serratulatinctoria, Solanum aculeatissimum, Solanum commersonii, Swainsona galegifolia, tobacco, and Vinca minor. The book is of special interest to advanced students, teachers, and researchers in the fields of pharmacy, plant tissue culture, phytochemistry, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, and plant biotechnology in general.

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