Biotechnology; secondary metabolites; plants and microbes, 2d ed.9781578084289 Biotechnology; secondary metabolites; plants and microbes, 2d ed. Ed. by K.G. Ramawat and J.M. Merillon. Science Publishers, Inc. 2007 565 pages $65.00 Hardcover TP248 Botany and medicine were components of the same discipline until about 500 years ago, and these 19 articles show there is still a distinct correlation. This edition, which reflects new research and includes information on fungi and lichen opens by explaining the opportunities for new research. Subsequent articles cover secondary plant products in nature such as alkaloids alkaloids, n alkaline phytochemicals that contain nitrogen in a heterocyclic ring structure. They can have powerful pharmacological effects and are more often used in traditional medicine than in herbal treatments. and other metabolites, factors affecting the production of secondary metabolites, production of food additives and insecticides, and production of antitumor compounds, alkaloids, steroids, saponins saponins, n.pl glycosides from plants that foam in aqueous solutions. They contain adaptogenic, antiinflammatory, mucoprotective characteristics and can induce hemolysis. Also called sapogenins. , secondary metabolites by bioconversion bi·o·con·ver·sion n. The conversion of organic materials, such as plant or animal waste, into usable products or energy sources by biological processes or agents, such as certain microorganisms. , genetic transformation, large-scale production in bioreactors and production of ergot ergot (ûr`gət), disease of rye and other cereals caused by the fungus Claviceps purpurea. The cottony, matlike body, or mycelium, of the fungus develops in the ovaries of the host plant; it eventually turns into a hard pink or purple alkaloids. Very interesting chapters include those on lichen products, the Chinese herbal drug industry and secondary metabolites investigated in a variety of cultures, and the collection concludes with information on tools and techniques for the study of plant tissue culture Plant Tissue Culture, also called micropropagation, is a practice used to propagate plants under sterile conditions, often to produce clones of a plant. Different techniques in plant tissue culture may offer certain advantages over traditional methods of propagation, including; ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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