Transgenic Medicinal Plants (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999)

Comprising 26 chapters, this volume deals with the genetic transformation of medicinal plants. It describes methods to obtain plants resistant to insects, diseases, herbicides, and plants with an increased production of compounds of medicinal and pharmaceutical importance. The plant species included are "Ajuga reptans," "Anthemis nobilis," "Astragalus" spp., "Atropa" "belladonna," "Catharanthus roseus," "Datura" spp., "Duboisia" species, "Fagopyrum" spp., "Glycyrrhiza" "uralensis," "Lobelia" spp., "Papaver" "somniferum," "Panax" "ginseng," "Peganum" "harmala," "Perezia" spp., "Pimpinella" "anisum," "Phyllanthus" "niruri," "Salvia" "miltiorrhiza," "Scoparia dulcis," "Scutellaria" "baicalesis," "Serratula" "tinctoria," "Solanum aculeatissimum," "Solanum " "commersonii," "Swainsona galegifolia," tobacco, and "Vinca minor."
This book is of special interest to advanced students, teachers, and researchers in the field of pharmacy, plant tissue culture, phytochemistry, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, and plant biotechnology in general.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, 45
Release date:	October 2012
First published:	1999
Editors:	Y.P.S. Bajaj
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	372
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-63595-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Pharmacy / dispensing Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Agricultural science Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Pharmacology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > General Books > Professional & Technical > Biochemical engineering > Biotechnology > General Promotions
LSN:	3-642-63595-4
Barcode:	9783642635953

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