Medicinal Plant Biotechnology: From Basic Research to Industrial Applications

Medicinal Plant Biotechnology: From Basic Research to Industrial Applications

Book Detail 

Hardcover: 576 pages

Publisher: Wiley-VCH; 1 edition (December 25, 2006)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 3527314431

ISBN-13: 978-3527314430

File Size : 6.8 Mb | File Format : PDF

Book Description

This unique overview of plants and transgenic techniques of great scientific, medicinal and economic value for both industry and academia covers the whole spectrum from cell culture techniques, via genetic engineering and secondary product metabolism right up to the use of transgenic plants for the production of bioactive compounds. Practical examples are given throughout, including the production of cancer therapeutics, functional food, and flavor compounds in plants.
Of particular interest to the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries, as well as medicinal chemists, biochemists, and molecular biologists.

Review

"…this impeccably organized two-volume reference…[is] a cogent and purposeful treatise that has value in both the professional and academic worlds." (Electric Review, May 2007)
‘This book is an ideal reference providing comprehensive and up-to-date information…’ (Anticancer Research, 2007)

About the Author

Prof. Oliver Kayser studied pharmacy at the University M?nster. He received his PhD and his postdoctoral qualification (Habilitation) from the Free University Berlin in 1997 and 2003. In 2004 he was appointed Assistant Professor at the University Groningen for Pharmaceutical Biology. His research interests are phytochemstry, combinatorial biosynthesis and plant biotechnology. He has published more than 100 peer reviewed papers and proceedings and has authored and edited 5 books.

Professor Wim Quax is head of the laboratory of pharmaceutical biology in the Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy in the Netherlands. He has published more than 70 peer reviewed papers, and is member of numerous scientific organisations and committees.

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