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Natural compounds obtained from plants represent a tremendous global market due to their use as food additives, cosmetics, in agriculture and in pharmaceuticals. This book provides up-to-date information on various strategies and methods for producing compounds of interest. Leading researchers discuss the latest advances in environmentally friendly natural compound production from plants, making the book a valuable resource for biotechnologists, pharmacists, food technologists and researchers working in the medical and healthcare industries.

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Author:   Sonia Malik
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.557kg
ISBN:  

9783030582739

ISBN 10:   3030582736
Pages:   353
Publication Date:   12 April 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

​Table of Content1. Secondary Metabolite Production in Plant Cell Culture: A New Epigenetic Frontier By Cassandra M. Brzycki, Eric M. Young and Susan C. Roberts   2. Plant Cell Biofactories as in vitro production platforms of the anti-cancer drug Camptothecin By Sarayu M, Hemalatha R, Smita Srivastava   3. Not One for All: The Interwoven Relationship Between Morphophysiology and Secondary Metabolite Production in Plant Cell Cultures By Winnie Yap Soo Ping, Melissa Kam Yit Yee   4. Anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins as Anti-cancer agents By Bharat Bhushan, Bahadur Singh Jat, Manesh Chander Dagla, Sumit Kumar Aggarwal and Sujay Rakshit   5. Duckweeds for the production of therapeutic proteins By Pavel Khvatkov, Alexsey Firsov, Tatyana Mitiouchkina, Mariya Chernobrovkina, Sergey Dolgov   6. Essential oils from plants: Industrial applications and Biotechnological production By Mariana Andrade, Regiane Ribeiro Santos, Ana Sanches Silva   7. Biotechnological production of antistress compounds: Current status and future prospects By Sanghamitra Nayak, Asit Ray, Ambika Sahoo, Sudipta Jena, Jeetendranath Patnaik   8. Elicitors as a biotechnological tool for in vitro production of bioactive phenolic compounds By Ana Hortência Fonseca Castro, Mairon César Coimbra, Caroline Rocha Neves Crema, Rodrigo Michelini de Oliveira Thomasi and Viviana Rodrigues Cardoso   9. Immobilization and Application of Industrial Enzymes on Plant Based New Generation Polymers By Hayrunnisa NADAROGLU   10. Recent advances towards development plant cell culture process for sustainable production of lignans and its health benefits By Ahmed M.M. Gabr, Hoda B. Mabrok, Oksana Sytar, Iryna Smetanska   11. Physiology of camptothecin synthesis in plants and root organ cultures of Ophiorrhiza mungos L. and its production in root fermenters By Bernhard Wetterauer, Eric Hummel, Steffen Walczak, Melanie Distl, Markus Langhans, Pille Wetterauer, Frank Sporer, Eckhart Wildi and Michael Wink   12. In vitro culture of Haloxylon recurvum and Haloxylon salicornicum: valuable source of food additives, pharmaceutical and nutritional components from extreme arid zone By Deepmala Goswami and Harchand R Dagla

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Dr Malik obtained her doctoral degree in Plant Biotechnology from the CSIR - Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, India in 2009. She completed her Masters (Gold Medalist) in Honours Botany at Guru Nanak Dev University, India, in 2001. Her basic area of research is plant secondary metabolites and genetic manipulation in several medicinal plants. After spending several years at research/academic positions in Brazil, the Czech Republic and United Kingdom, in 2015 Dr Malik became a Professor of Biology at the Biological and Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Maranhao (UFMA), Brazil. Currently she is an active member of the UFMA’s post-graduate research program. She was awarded a FAPEMA Junior Researcher grant in 2015, and serves as an editorial board member and reviewer for various international scientific journals.

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