Manu Pant - Böcker

Orchids are fascinating ornamental flowers with a huge market both as cut flowers and potted plants, but they are also used in the traditional medicine system as they can be rich in phytochemicals with exceptional medicinal properties. This book, Exploring Medicinal Orchids, is a comprehensive guide for medicinally important orchids, their diversity, and their use in traditional and folk medicines. It presents information on secondary metabolites of medicinally active orchid species, pharmaceutical and medicinal applications, and describes advanced techniques of biotechnology in the conservation of medicinal orchids.FeaturesDedicated chapters discuss phytochemical constituents and medicinal properties of orchidsEnriches the understanding of secondary metabolites of medicinal orchids and their pharmaceutical applicationElaborates the botanical, ethnomedicinal, and pharmacological aspects of various medicinal orchidsDemonstrates tissue culture systems for the conservation of medicinal orchidsA volume in the Exploring Medicinal Plants series, this book is a resource for academics, researchers, professors, and students working in the fields of medicinal plants and flowers, biodiversity conservation, herbal medicine, and plant biotechnology.

Nature is the most potent source of cure and care. With the advent of the ‘herbal renaissance,’ the dependence on medicinal plants has increased in all spheres ranging from their use as raw material for medicinal, nutraceutical, cosmetic preparations, and food. The tissue culture technique has proven to be extremely advantageous not only for large-scale propagation of medicinal plants in a limited space and time, but also for conservation, storage for prolonged use, genetic improvement, and metabolite production. This book describes in detail the different methods of plant tissue culture that have been employed for the mass production of medicinal plants. The chapters on methods of organogenesis, embryogenesis, haploid plant production, virus-free medicinal plant production, and so forth will be of interest to a wide range of readers. Dedicated chapters on the tissue culture of high-altitude medicinal plants, cannabis and so on are some of the book's highlights. The book also discusses the implementation of advanced biotechnological interventions such as the production of phytochemicals, cryopreservation, nanotechnology, and bioinformatics in medicinal plant studies. With contributions from world-leading specialists in plant tissue culture, the knowledge presented in this book will aid in the translation of plant tissue culture techniques for the production and improvement of medicinal plants. The information presented has the potential to be utilized for commercial production and formulations.Key features:Comprehensive guide for tissue culture systems as potential methods for the production of clones, new varieties, improved germplasms, haploids, and in vitro preservation of medicinal plantsElaborates on standardization of in vitro systems for propagation and transplantation of important medicinal plants and enhanced secondary metabolite productionEnriches the understanding of advanced technologies like cryopreservation, bioinformatics, and nanotechnology in medicinal plants tissue culture

Therapeutic properties of bamboo have been known since ancient times as a part of several traditional systems of medicine and folk remedies in different parts of the world. Bamboo contains several active phytochemicals and minerals known for antioxidative and cardioprotective properties. This book is a comprehensive guide on botanical, ethnomedicinal, and pharmacological aspects of several medicinally active bamboo species.Exploring Medicinal Bamboos focuses on phytochemically active ingredients of bamboos imparting therapeutic potentials to each species. There are dedicated chapters on species such as Bambusa spp., Lophatherum gracile, Sasa senanensis, Melocanna baccifera, and Phyllostachys spp., providing a deep understanding of the medicinal potential of these plants. The book also expands knowledge on bamboos as medicinally active plants, including their distribution, propagation, and utilization.A volume in the Exploring Medicinal Plants series, this book is useful to academicians, researchers, and students involved with non-timber forest products, bamboo, and medicinal plants. Additionally, botanists, ecologists, phytochemists, and professionals in herbal drug and nutraceutical formulations will find the topics valuable.

This book explores the most recent advances in medicinal plant conservation and improvement through genetic transformation. It presents a compendium of topics related to conservation for sustainable utilization of important medicinal and aromatic plants, plant tissue culture interventions, genetic engineering tools for plant transformation, and transgenics for improved traits in the medicinally active plant species. Advancements in the areas of medicinal plants’ nuclear and chloroplast engineering, stress tolerance, metabolite production, DNA barcoding, etc. have been carefully intertwined to offer novelty for the readers. The book caters to the interests of plant biologists, biotechnologists, ecologists, chemists, and pharmacologists and will be helpful to researchers, academicians, and students in the areas of medicinal plants’ conservation, propagation and genetic improvement. Salient Features: 1. Provides a detailed and up-to-date account of the role of in vitro methods in the sustainable conservation of medicinally important plants. 2. Serves as a comprehensive guide for different methods of genetic engineering of medicinal plants. 3. Demonstrates application of genetic transformation strategies for improved characters, bioactive production, and stress tolerance in medicinal plant species. 4. Elaborates the conservation and genetic engineering methods for priority medicinal plants. 5. Discusses the application of advanced techniques like bioinformatics, genomics, and DNA banks for medicinal plant conservation and improvement.