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OverviewThe book focuses on interesting topics in plant biotechnology and its applications. The first section covers a number of specific medicinal plants and their secondary metabolites using genetic and metabolic engineering. The pharmaceutical uses of these plant bioactive compounds and their applications in treating a variety of diseases including cancer, as well as recent works on in silico and bioinformatic analysis are described. The second section deals with innovative plant molecular pharming approaches and reviews the potential for using various plant host systems to design and produce effective new drugs to treat different illnesses and diseases such as HIV, infectious diseases, and other human and livestock diseases. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Abdullah Makhzoum (Dept. of Biological Sciences & Biotechnology, BIUST) , Kathleen HefferonPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: CRC Press Weight: 0.780kg ISBN: 9780367344467ISBN 10: 0367344467 Pages: 356 Publication Date: 23 December 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationProfessor Abdullah Makhzoum received his PhD from the University of Tours in France, and completed his postdoctoral fellowship as well visitor Scientist at Western University in Ontario, Canada. Abdullah has published numerous research papers, chapters and reviews, and he is now working as an associate professor in the department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology at BIUST University. His research interests include most aspects of plant biotechnology and its applications such as plant secondary metabolites, plant molecular pharming, phytoremediation and Plant Bioinformatics. Professor Kathleen Hefferon received her PhD from the Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Cornell University. Kathleen has published several research papers, chapters and reviews, and has written three books. Kathleen is the Fulbright Canada Research Chair of Global Food Security and has been a visiting professor at the University of Toronto over the past year. Her research interests include virus expression vectors, food security agricultural biotechnology and global health. Kathleen lives in New York with her husband and two children. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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