Main description:

Medicinal and Aromatic Plants XII comprises 18 chapters. It deals with the distribution, importance, conventional propagation, micropropagation, tissue culture studies, and the in vitro production of important medicinal and pharmaceutical compounds in the following plants: Artemisia annua, Coriandrum sativum, Crataegus, Dionaea muscipula, Hyoscyamus reticulatus, Hypericum canariense, Leguminosae, Malva, Ocimum, Pergularia tomentosa, Phellodendron amurense, Sempervivum, Solanum aculeatissimum, S. chrysotrichum, S. kasianum, Stephania, Trigonella, and Vaccinium. It is tailored to the needs of advanced students, teachers, and research scientists in the fields of pharmacy, plant tissue culture, phytochemistry, biomedical engineering, and plant biotechnology in general.

Contents:

1 Production of Artemisinin from in Vitro Cultures of Artemisia annua L.- 2 In Vitro Culture and the Production of Secondary Metabolites in Coriandrum sativum L. (Coriander).- 3 Polyphenol Production in Crataegus Tissue Cultures (Hawthorn).- 4 Dionaea muscipula Ellis (Venus Flytrap): In Vitro Cultures and in Vitro Production of Secondary Metabolites.- 5 In Vitro Culture and the Production of Secondary Metabolites in Hyoscyamus reticulatus L.- 6 Micropropagation of Hypericum canariense L. for the Production of Hypericin.- 7 Production of Quinolizidine Alkaloids in in Vitro Cultures of Legumes.- 8 Malva sp. (Mallow): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Secondary Metabolites.- 9 In Vitro Culture and the Production of Polyphenol and Volatile Compounds in Ocimum.- 10 Pergularia tomentosa in Vitro Culture and the Production of Cardenolides and Other Secondary Metabolites.- 11 Indolopyridoquinazolin, Furoquinoline, Canthinone and Protoberbenine-Type Alkaloids from Phellodendron amurense Callus Tissues.- 12 In Vitro Culture and the Production of Secondary Metabolites by Sempervivum spp. (Houseleek).- 13 In Vitro Culture and the Production of Steroidal Saponin in Solanum aculeatissimum Jacq.- 14 Solanum chrysotrichum (Schdl.): Distribution, Identification of Antifungal SC-1 Saponin, In Vitro Propagation, Cell Suspension Cultures, Large-Scale Production of SC-1.- 15 In Vitro Culture and the Production of Secondary Metabolites in Solanum kasianum.- 16 In Vitro Culture and the Production of Secondary Metabolites in Stephania.- 17 Trigonella Species: In Vitro Culture and Production of Secondary Metabolites.- 18 Vaccinium Species (Small-Fruited Berries): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Food Colorants and Phytochemicals.