This book provides a comprehensive introduction and review of state-of-the-art biotechnological tools in enhancement of bioactive compounds in medicinal and aromatic plants. Plant bioactive compounds are plant-based natural products that display a variety of pharmacological applications. These bioactive compounds are important as medicines, pigments, flavorings and drugs because most of the pharmaceutical industries are highly dependent on medicinal plants and their extraction. The book introduces a systematic overview of state-of-the-art biotechnological techniques such as Omics, Crisper /Cas9 and RNAi to enhance the plant bioactive contents as well as enlists various in vitro techniques, hairy root culture and transgenic technology to enhance plant bioactive contents using plant tissue culture approaches. The book also provides an overview of the role of induced mutation, biotic and abiotic stress to increase the bioactive contents in plants and discusses the significant role of endophytes to enhance the contents of plant bioactive compound. The book also opens discussions related to standard operating procedures using hydroponics system of cultivation for significant enhancement of bioactive compound(s) and much more. This book serves as an excellent reference book for the researchers working in the field of plant secondary metabolites and pharmaceutical industries at global level.
Chapter 1 Genetic Manipulation in medicinal plants for enhancement of
secondary metabolites.
Chapter
2. RNA Interference (RNAi): A Genetic Tool to
Manipulate Plant Secondary Metabolite Pathways.
Chapter
3. CRISPR/ Cas 9:
Novel Techniques for Enhancing Bioactive Compound Production in Plants.-
Chapter
4. Exploring endophytes for in vitro synthesis of secondary
metabolites in medicinal and aromatic plants.
Chapter
5. Omics approaches to
study the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites in Medicinal and Aromatic
Plant.
Chapter
6. Phytochemical diversity and biological activity of basil
(Ocimum L.) : Secondary metabolites produced in vitro.
Chapter
7. In silico
screening An effective option in exploring Plant metabolites as
Biopharmaceutics.
Chapter 8 Extreme water-stress on metabolite and elemental
accumulation in Plectranthus amboinicus, an aroma-medicinal plant.
Chapter
9. New insights for the production of medicinal plant materials: Ex vitro and
in vitro propagation.
Chapter10. Conventional approaches toward production
of secondary plant metabolites.
Chapter
11. Novel secondary metabolites in
tea and their biological role in communicable and non communicable human
diseases.
Chapter
12. Regulation of Photochemical properties of Hawthorn: a
Crataegus species..
Chapter
13. Hairy Root CulturesA Versatile Tool of
Secondary Metabolites Production.
Chapter
14. Herbosomes: An advanced
delivery system for phytoconstituents.
Chapter
15. Medicinal flora of the
trans Himalayan cold deserts of Ladakh, India.
Chapter
16. The medicinal
potential and application of in vitro techniques in the improvement of Galega
officinalis: An overview.
Chapter
17. Influence of biotic and abiotic
elicitors on bioactive compounds production in medicinal plants
Dr. Ravi Singh
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India
Dr. Nitish Kumar
Department of Biotechnology, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, India
