Full Description
27 chapter cover the distribution, economic importance,conventional propagation, micropropagation, tissue culture,and in vitro production of important medicinal andpharmaceutical compounds in various species of Ajuga,Allium, Ambrosia, Artemisia, Aspilia, Atractylodes,Callitris, Choisya, Cinnamomum, Coluria, Cucumis, Drosera,Daucus, Eustoma, Fagopyrum, Hibiscus, Levisticum,Onobrychis, Orthosiphon, Quercus, Sanguinaria, Solanum,Sophora, Stauntonia, Tanecetum, Vetiveria, and Vitis.Like the previous volumes 4, 7, 15, and 21 in theMedicinal and Aromatic Plants series, the volume istailored to the need of advanced students, teachers,and research scientists in the area of plant biotechnologyandbioengineering, pharmacy, botany and biochemistry.
Contents
I Ajuga reptans (Bugle): In Vitro Production of Anthocyanins (With 12 Figures).- II Allium cepa L. (Onion): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Flavor (With 7 Figures).- III Ambrosia tenuifolia Spreng (Altamisa): In. Vitro Culture and the Production of Psilostachyinolides (With 5 Figures).- IV Aspilia mossambicensis: In Vitro Propagation and Production of Antibiotic Polyacetylenes by Root Cultures (With 4 Figures).- V Artemisia annua (Quing-Hao): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Artemisinin (With 5 Figures).- VI Atractylodes spp.: In Vitro Culture and the Evaluation of Micropropagated Plants for Sesquiterpenes and Acetylenic Compounds (With 7 Figures).- VII Callitris spp. (Cypress Pine): In Vivo and In Vitro Accumulation of Podophyllotoxin and Other Secondary Metabolites (With 5 Figures).- VIII Choisya ternata (Mexican Orange): In Vitro Culture and the Production af Alkaloids (With 5 Figures).- IX Cinnamomum cassia Blume (Cinnamon): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Condensed Tannins (With 6 Figures).- X Coluria geoides Ledeb.: Micropropagation, Root Culture, and the Production of Eugenol (With 8 Figures).- XI Cucumis sativus L. (Cucumber): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Ascorbate Oxidase (With 8 Figures).- XII Drosera spp. (Sundew): Micropropagation and the In Vitro Production of Plumbagin (With 7 Figures).- XIII Daucus carota L. (Carrot): In Vitro Production of Carotenoids and Phytoalexins (With 6 Figures).- XIV Eustoma grandiflorum Shinn (Texas Bluebell): Callus Culture, Micropropagation, and the Production of Gentiopicroside and Other Secondary Metabolites (With 6 Figures).- XV Fagopyrum esculentum Moench. (Buckwheat): In Vitro Culture, and the Production of Rutin (With 5 Figures).- XVI Hibiscus sabdariffa L. (Roselle): In Vitro Culture and theProduction of Anthocyanins (With 8 Figures).- XVII Levisticum officinale Koch. (Garden Lovage): Micropropagation and the Production of Essential Oils (With 10 Figures).- XVIII Melissa officinalis L. (Lemon Balm): In Vitro Culture and the Production and Analysis of Volatile Compounds (With 8 Figures).- XIX Onobrychis viciifolia Scop. (Sainfoin): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Condensed Tannins (With 4 Figures).- XX Orthosiphon aristatus (Java Tea): In Vitro Culture and Elicitation of Rosmarinic Acid in Cell Suspensions (With 8 Figures).- XXI Quercus spp. (Oak): In Vitro Culture and Production of Tannins (With 2 Figures).- XXII Sanguinaria canadensis (Sanguinarius): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Benzophenanthridine Alkaloids (With 9 Figures).- XXIII Solanum aculeatissimum Jacq: In Vitro Culture and the Production of Secondary Metabolites (With 8 Figures).- XXIV Sophora flavescens (Kurara): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Lupin Alkaloids (With 4 Figures).- XXV Stauntonia hexaphylla: In Vitro Culture and the Production of Triterpenes (With 5 Figures).- XXVI Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz Bip. (Feverfew): In Vitro Culture and Prospects for the Production of Parthenolide (With 4 Figures).- XXVII Vitis vinifera L. (Grapevine): In Vitro Production of Anthocyanins (With 5 Figures).
