Exploring Plant Cells for the Production of Compounds of Interest (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Malik, Sonia

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Natural compounds obtained from plants represent a tremendous global market due to their use as food additives, cosmetics, in agriculture and in pharmaceuticals. This book provides up-to-date information on various strategies and methods for producing compounds of interest. Leading researchers discuss the latest advances in environmentally friendly natural compound production from plants, making the book a valuable resource for biotechnologists, pharmacists, food technologists and researchers working in the medical and healthcare industries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 353
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030582715
• Artikelnr.: 61457072

Autorenporträt

Dr Malik obtained her doctoral degree in Plant Biotechnology from the CSIR - Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, India in 2009. She completed her Masters (Gold Medalist) in Honours Botany at Guru Nanak Dev University, India, in 2001. Her basic area of research is plant secondary metabolites and genetic manipulation in several medicinal plants. After spending several years at research/academic positions in Brazil, the Czech Republic and United Kingdom, in 2015 Dr Malik became a Professor of Biology at the Biological and Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Maranhao (UFMA), Brazil. Currently she is an active member of the UFMA's post-graduate research program. She was awarded a FAPEMA Junior Researcher grant in 2015, and serves as an editorial board member and reviewer for various international scientific journals.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Secondary Metabolite Production in Plant Cell Culture: A New Epigenetic Frontier.- 2. Plant Cell Biofactories as in vitro production platforms of the anti-cancer drug Camptothecin.- 3. Not One for All: The Interwoven Relationship Between Morphophysiology and Secondary Metabolite Production in Plant Cell Cultures.- 4. Anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins as Anti-cancer agents.- 5. Duckweeds for the production of therapeutic proteins.- 6. Essential oils from plants: Industrial applications and Biotechnological production.- 7. Biotechnological production of antistress compounds: Current status and future prospects.- 8. Elicitors as a biotechnological tool for in vitro production of bioactive phenolic compounds.- 9. Immobilization and Application of Industrial Enzymes on Plant Based New Generation Polymers.- 10. Recent advances towards development plant cell culture process for sustainable production of lignans and its health benefits.- 11. Physiology of camptothecin synthesis in plants and root organ cultures of Ophiorrhiza mungos L. and its production in root fermenters.- 12. In vitro culture of Haloxylon recurvum and Haloxylon salicornicum: valuable source of food additives, pharmaceutical and nutritional components from extreme arid zone.