Medicinal plants Biotechnology; Vol. II

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oliver Kayser [ editor ]
Other Authors: Wim J Quax
Format: Printed Book
Published: Weinheim Wiley-VCH 2007
Subjects:
Medicinal plants > Biotechnology.
Table of Contents:
  • 12 Plant Cell Cultures: Production of Biologically Important Secondary Metabolites from Medicinal Plants of Taiwan / Mulabagal Vanisree and Hsin-Sheng Tsay
  • Abstract
  • 12.1 Introduction
  • 12.2 Cell Culture Protocols for Biologically Important Secondary Metabolites
  • 12.3 Conclusions and Future Perspectives
  • References
  • 13 Exploring and Accessing Plant Natural Product Biosynthesis in Engineered Microbial Hosts / Erin K. Marasco and Claudia Schmidt-Dannert
  • 13.1 Introduction
  • 13.2 Heterologous Expression of Plant Natural Product Genes and Pathways
  • 13.3 Alkaloids
  • 13.4 Isoprenoids
  • 13.5 Flavonoids
  • 13.6 Conclusions
  • References
  • 14 Production of Therapeutic Antibodies in Plants / Richard M. Twyman, Stefan Schillberg, and Rainer Fischer
  • 14.1 Introduction
  • 14.2 The Evolution of Recombinant Antibody Technology
  • 14.3 Production of Recombinant Antibodies in Plants
  • 14.4 Current Objectives in the Field
  • 14.5 Plant-Derived Antibodies in Clinical Trials
  • 14.6 Regulatory Considerations
  • 14.7 Summary
  • References. 15 Glycosylation of Recombinant Proteins in Plants / Gilbert Gorr and Friedrich Altmann
  • 15.1 Introduction
  • 15.2 A Word on Names
  • 15.3 General Aspects of Glycosylation
  • 15.4 Why Antibodies?
  • 15.5 "Humanization" of N-Glycans in Plants
  • 15.6 Trust is Good, Control is Better: A Structural Analysis
  • 15.7 Conclusions and Outlook
  • References
  • 16 Frontiers in Transgenic Medicinal Plants Research / Ya'akov Tadmor and Efraim Lewinsohn
  • 16.1 Introduction
  • 16.2 Sources of Key Genes that Affect the Biosynthesis of Plant Natural Products
  • 16.3 Genomic Approaches Applied to Medicinal Plants Research
  • 16.4 Generation of Transgenic Medicinal Plants
  • 16.5 Metabolically Engineered Medicinal Plants
  • 16.6 Conclusions
  • References
  • Part 3 Plants as Drug Factories
  • 17 Intellectual Property Protection of Plant Biotechnology / Konrad Sechley and Clare Salisbury
  • 17.1 Introduction
  • 17.2 Protection of Plant Biotechnology in Europe
  • 17.3 North America
  • 17.4 Conclusion
  • References. 18 Breeding of Medicinal Plants / Friedrich Pank
  • 18.1 Introduction
  • 18.2 Demands on MAP Cultivars
  • 18.3 Specifics of MAP Breeding
  • 18.4 Genetic Resources
  • 18.5 Breeding Methods
  • 18.6 Improvement of Selection Response by Specific Techniques
  • 18.7 Outlook
  • References
  • 19 Camptothecin Production in Cell Cultures of Ophiorrhiza Species / Takashi Asano [and others]
  • 19.1 Introduction
  • 19.2 Tissue Cultures
  • 19.3 Camptothecin Biosynthesis Studies with O. pumila Hairy Root
  • 19.4 Summary and Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 20 Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Flavor Compounds and Essential Oils / Dinesh A. Nagegowda and Natalia Dudareva
  • 20.1 Introduction
  • 20.2 Biosynthesis of Flavors/Essential Oils
  • 20.3 Regulation of Essential Oil Accumulation
  • 20.4 Practical Applications
  • 20.5 Metabolic Engineering
  • 20.6 Conclusions. Acknowledgments
  • References. 21 Ginkgo biloba and Production of Secondary Metabolites / Christine Sohier and Didier Courtois
  • 21.1 Introduction
  • 21.2 Biosynthesis and Accumulation of Ginkgolides and Bilobalide
  • 21.3 Biosynthesis of Flavonoids
  • 21.4 Selection of Plants for Terpene Content and Propagation
  • 21.5 Tissue cultures
  • 21.6 Genetic Transformation and Organ Cultures
  • 21.7 Conclusions
  • References
  • 22 Production of Paclitaxel in Plant Cell Cultures / Homare Tabata
  • Abstract
  • 22.1 Introduction
  • 22.2 Plant Cell Culture Technology for Paclitaxel Production
  • 22.3 Paclitaxel Biosynthetic Pathway and Related Genes
  • 22.4 Genetic Modification of Taxus Cells
  • 22.5 Future Technology for the Production of Useful Compounds
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 23 Biological Production of Artemisinin for Malaria Therapy / Yan Zhao and Chunzhao Liu
  • 23.1 Introduction
  • 23.2 The Biosynthesis of Artemisinin
  • 23.3 The Biological Production of Artemisinin
  • 23.4 Outlook
  • References
  • Subject Index.

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