This book is a compilation of articles on various aspects of bioresources and the processes employed for its judicious utilization. Biodiversity and conservation, food security, gene banks and repositories, laws governing biodiversity, bioprospecting, bioresources in traditional medicine and biodiversity mining are some of the important topics covered in the book. The unique contents of the book make it an important source of information for conservation scientists, academics, activists and to those who are actively involved in product oriented research from bioresources.
This book is a compilation of articles on various aspects of bioresources and the processes employed for its judicious utilization. Biodiversity and conservation, food security, gene banks and repositories, laws governing biodiversity, bioprospecting, bioresources in traditional medicine and biodiversity mining are some of the important topics covered in the book. The unique contents of the book make it an important source of information for conservation scientists, academics, activists and to those who are actively involved in product oriented research from bioresources.
Dr. Sabu Abdulhameed is teaching Biotechnology at the Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Kannur University, Kerala, India He earned his PhD in Biotechnology from Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), India. Prior to joining Kannur University, he was a scientist at the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR). Dr Sabu has published several research papers in reputed Indian and International journals and owns three patents to his credit. He has already published three other books on various aspects of biotechnology. He was a visiting fellow at University of Georgia, USA, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary, University of Debrecen, Hungary, University of Paul Cezanne, France University of Mediterranean, Marseille, France and Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico. His current research interest includes production, purification and charecterisation of industrial enzymes and characterization of bioactive molecules. Dr Sabu also serves as a member in the editorial board of many research journals and is an expert member in many academic and scientific bodies.Dr. Sugathan Shiburaj is currently working as Senior Scientist at the Division of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. He has more than 20 years of experience in the area of microbial biotechnology and molecular microbiology and has published several papers in reputed national and international journals. He obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Kerala, India and did his Postdoctoral studies with the fellowship from Kerala Biotechnology Commission at Genetic Engineering Research Unit, School of Biotechnology, MKU under the mentor ship of Prof. K. Dharmalingam from 2004 to 2007. He was awarded the BOYCAST fellowship of the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India and worked at Tom MacRae's lab, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada from 2011 to 2012. He is a life member of Association of Microbiologists of India, Proteomics Society of India and Indian Mycological Society and Member of Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society.
Inhaltsangabe
Part 1. Bioresources.- Chapter 1. Bioresources: Current status.- Chapter 2. Conservation of Bioresources.- Chapter 3. Biodiversity and the Processes of Law.- Chapter 4. Bioresources for food and nutrition security: the case of wild edibles of Western Ghats.- Chapter 5. Climate change and biodiversity.- Chapter 6. Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights.- Chapter 7. Educating Biodiversity.- Chapter 8. Trends in Biodiversity Documentation and Assessment.- Chapter 9. Biopiracy.- Part 2. Strategies for sustainable utilization.- Chapter 10. Biodiversity mining through transcriptome analysis.- Chapter 11. High-throughput and in-silico screening in drug discovery.- Chapter 12. Metagenomic Approaches for Novel Active Metabolites.- Chapter 13. Ethnic Knowledge in Classification and Conservation: A Case Study of wild yam in Western Ghats.- Part 3. Bioprospecting.- Chapter 14. Prospecting extreme niches.- Chapter 15. Microbial repositories in bioprospecting.- Chapter 15. Gene banks and bioprospecting.- Chapter 16. Bioprospecting traditional medicine.- Chapter 17. Medicinal Plants of India: implications in modern medicine.
Part 1. Bioresources.- Chapter 1. Bioresources: Current status.- Chapter 2. Conservation of Bioresources.- Chapter 3. Biodiversity and the Processes of Law.- Chapter 4. Bioresources for food and nutrition security: the case of wild edibles of Western Ghats.- Chapter 5. Climate change and biodiversity.- Chapter 6. Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights.- Chapter 7. Educating Biodiversity.- Chapter 8. Trends in Biodiversity Documentation and Assessment.- Chapter 9. Biopiracy.- Part 2. Strategies for sustainable utilization.- Chapter 10. Biodiversity mining through transcriptome analysis.- Chapter 11. High-throughput and in-silico screening in drug discovery.- Chapter 12. Metagenomic Approaches for Novel Active Metabolites.- Chapter 13. Ethnic Knowledge in Classification and Conservation: A Case Study of wild yam in Western Ghats.- Part 3. Bioprospecting.- Chapter 14. Prospecting extreme niches.- Chapter 15. Microbial repositories in bioprospecting.- Chapter 15. Gene banks and bioprospecting.- Chapter 16. Bioprospecting traditional medicine.- Chapter 17. Medicinal Plants of India: implications in modern medicine.
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