Two aspects of the biotechnology of medicinal and aromatic plants
are of immediate application. (1) Micropropagation under controlled
germ- free conditions which enables their fast multiplication and
availability throughout the year irrespective of external
environment - this is specially useful for elite and rare plants.
(2) A large-scale culture and low-temperature storage of cells
enables retention of their biosynthetic potential for the
production of important secondary metabolites, med- icines,
flavours and other pharmaceutical products. This book has been
compiled with a view to bringing together information and
literature on the biotechnology and the present state of the art of
plant cell cultures for their potential use in the pharmaceutical
industry. This volume comprises 29 chapters on the biotechnology of
med- icinal and aromatic plants grouped into three sections, (1)
microprop- agation, immobilization, cryopreservation, bioreactors,
production of secondary metabolites and their impact in pharmacy,
(2) production through cell cultures of antitumour compounds,
lrDopa, shikonin, an- thraquinone, morphinan alkaloids, caffeine,
berberine, valeoptriates, rosmarinic acid, quinine, tropanes,
hypoxoside, ellipticine, paeoniflorin, saponins, cardenolides etc,
and (3) distribution, economic importance, conventional
propagation, review of the tissue culture work on micropropagation
and the in vitro production of compounds of medicinal and
pharmaceutical interest in various species of Cannabis, Centaurium,
Cinchona, Digitalis, Duboisia, Hypoxia, Lithospermum, Ochrosia,
Paeonia, Panax, Papavar, Rehmannia, Rhamnus and Rhaza.
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