Description
Biofabrication and Synthetic Biology in Medicinal Plants: Advances in Biotechnology and Breeding presents recent technological advances for enhancing medicinal plants as sources of plant-based biopharmaceuticals. It covers biofabrication, synthetic biology, modern biotechnological tools, and innovative breeding strategies tailored for medicinal plant improvement. While these technologies are well established in crop plants, their application in medicinal plants remains underexplored. Medicinal plants are rich sources of therapeutic compounds traditionally used across cultures to treat a wide range of diseases and health conditions. These plants produce diverse bioactive molecules, including terpenoids, flavonoids, alkaloids, and phenolics, many of which exhibit significant pharmacological potential. For centuries, medicinal and aromatic plants have played a vital role in human healthcare and continue to be valued globally. Recent advances in synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, and biotechnology promise to enhance the production, quality, and efficacy of these bioactive compounds, addressing unmet medical needs and contributing to sustainable healthcare. This book compiles insights from leading experts, offering a comprehensive reference for researchers, early-career scientists, students, and professionals working in medicinal plant biotechnology and breeding.• Explores topics from plant extraction and bioactive compound identification to genetic engineering applications in plant-based medicine• Highlights scientific validation of traditional remedies and the use of synthetic biology to improve compound production and efficacy• Includes case studies illustrating real-world applications of synthetic biology in medicinal plants• Identifies opportunities and challenges in applying biotechnology and breeding to lesser-known medicinal and aromatic species
Table of Contents
1 Medicinal plants: Ancient practice for eradication of global diseases2 Bioactive compounds of medicinal plants and their role in preventing infectious diseases3 Conservation of medicinal and aromatic plants: Current efforts, challenges and future perspectives4 Biofabrication of nanoparticles from medicinal plants: Challenges and future perspectives5 Intellectual property right law and traditional knowledge of medicinal plants6 Biotechnological production of phytoconstituents to pure molecules7 Conventional and advanced methods of phyto-constituent recovery8 Green synthesis of nanoparticles and technological advances in analysis of biofabricated nanoparticles9 Combinatorial approaches of MAPs and nanotechnology and its applications10 In silico prediction tools of plant-based precision medicine11 Biotechnological paradigms for augmenting secondary metabolite biosynthesis in medicinal flora12 Genetic innovations shaping medicinal plant research: Advancements in genomic variability and architecture13 Advances in plant tissue culture techniques for rapid propagation and conservation of medicinally valuable plant species14 Manipulating biosynthetic pathways for controlled secondary metabolite production15 Perspectives, problems, and possible solutions in Nutriomics and Ayurgenomics of medicinal plants with case studies16 Utilization of computational resources for genomic data mining and integration in medicinal plant breeding initiatives17 Bioengineering of plant natural products: Concepts and processes in synthetic biology18 Role of synthetic biology in biodrug production and human wellness19 Synthetic biology based production systems of bioactive compounds20 Synthetic biology based reconstruction of pathway21 Next-generation sequencing (NGS) techniques in improvement of medicinal plants
