Biotechnology

Secondary Metabolites
2. New Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-57808-428-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 390 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1134 g

This book provides new information relating recent advances made in the field of plant secondary products. Besides the updation of chapters this edition also includes chapters on secondary metabolites of microorganisms (fungi and lichen).

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ramawat, K.G

Merillon, J.M.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Biotechnology for Medicinal Plants: Research Need; Secondary Plant Products in Nature; Factors Affecting the Production of Secondary Metabolites; Production of Food Additives; Production of Insecticides; Production of Antitumour Compounds; Production of Alkaloids; Production of Steroids and Saponins; Understanding the Regulatory Mechanism of Secondary Metabolite Production; Production of Secondary Metabolites by Bioconversion; Genetic Transformation for Production of Secondary Metabolites; Large-scale Production in Bioreactors; Microbial Secondary Metabolites for Drug Discovery; Lichen Products; Chinese Herbal Drug Industry: Past Present and Future; Secondary Metabolites in in vitro Cultures of Ruta graveolens L. and Ruta graveolens ssp. divaricata (Tenore) Gams; Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Activity of Extracts and Secondary Metabolites Obtained from Plants and Lichens of Patagonia Austral; Production of Ergot Alkaloids from Claviceps; Tools and Techniques for the Study of Plant Tissue Culture; Practicals

Über Autor(innen)

K.G Ramawat, J.M. Merillon