Biotechnological Production of Bioactive Phytochemicals of Medicinal Value: A Comprehensive Treatise covers a broad variety of methods for secondary metabolites production (both pharmaceuticals and cosmeceuticals), compiling state-of-the-art material about the current knowledge of in vitro production for a large number of bioactive phytochemicals. Plants are a source of bioactive compounds and specialty chemicals such as ginsenosides; paclitaxel, artemisinin, veregen and nutraceuticals. Biopharmaceuticals are important in human healthcare, and herbal actives are gaining importance all over the world. With natural resources dwindling, in vitro production of secondary compounds on a commercial scale is being more and more required. Besides providing an alternative technology to bypass difficulties, the plant tissue culture (used in a broad sense to include cell, tissue, and organ culture) offers many advantages. In vitro technology also facilitates novel means of conserving the genetic diversity of the germplasm of medicinal plants through cryopreservation, production of novel compounds through biotransformation, somatic hybridization, and selective gene transfer through recombinant DNA technology for enhancing metabolite production.

Compiles state-of-the-art material about in vitro production for several bioactive phytochemicals
Incorporates the most recent developments in the field
Covers a broad variety of secondary metabolites

Table of Contents:

VOLUME 1 1. Introduction 2. Accumulation of colchicine, an anti-gout molecule in callus cultures of Gloriosa superba 3. Factors affecting accumulation of plumbagin from hairy root cultures of Plumbago rosea 4. -Radiation mutagenesis and enhancement in the production of plant secondary metabolites 5. High-value secondary metabolites from in vitro cultures of St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) 6. Phytoecdysteroids from Sesuvium sp.: production and potential applications 7. In vitro production of alkaloids from Rauwolfia serpentina 8. Potentially bioactive secondary metabolites from underutilized wild Elaeagnus plant 9. Bacosides Neurotropic Molecules production by tissue cultures 10. Tropane Alkaloids in Vitro production, current status and perspectives 11. In vitro production of Rutin 12. Anthraquinones : Production in Plant Cell Culture from medicinal plants 13. In vitro production of asiaticoside and its derivatives from Centella and Hydrocotyle. 14. Plant suspension cell cultures: A novel bioreactor platform for industrial production of pharmaceutical proteins 15. Production of secondary metabolites by Thymus genus 16. Nanoparticle mediated elicitation of plant secondary metabolites, in vitro and in-vivo 17. Biotechnological methods of accumulation and production of vanillin flavour for food and pharmaceutical importance 18. Opportunities and challenges to large-scale production of secondary metabolites in vitro 19. Piperine production from in-vitro plant tissue culture methods 20. Production of bioactive metabolites in in vitro cultures of saffron (Crocus sativus L.): a review. 21. A non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug Boswellic acid from Boswellia serrata 22. Cardiotonic glycosides in Digitalis. Nikam TD and Nitnaware KM 23. Biosynthesis of Polyphenols and their antioxidant potential 24. In vitro production and cheminformatic analysis of the vital compound taraxerol with their active role in living systems: a comprehensive view 25: In vitro production of phytochemicals from Bacopa monnieri with their active Principles for pharmacological activities 26. Biotechnological routes to enhance the production of the anti-cancer drug Camptothecin: Current state of the art Experimental strategies to enhance in vitro production of plant secondary metabolites VOLUME 2 28. In vitro cultures of some Asclepiadaceae members: A source for the production of secondary metabolites 29. Secondary metabolites of Brassica species 30. In vitro production of therapeutic compounds from Caralluma Species 31. In vitro production of secondary metabolites in Cathranthus roseus 32. Production of secondary metabolite from Morinda citrifolia (Noni) plant by elicitation methods 33. Hepatoprotective lignan production in Phyllanthus 34. Antipsychotic and medicinally important harmala alkaloid production in tissue culture of Tribulus and Peganum 35. Phytochemical prospecting and biological evaluation of leaves, stem and root of in vitro propagation of Libidibia ferrea (Fabaceae) 36. Quality of LED light on the callogenesis and somatic embryogenesis of Libidibia ferrea (Fabaceae) as an alternative source for the production of secondary metabolites 37. Morphogenic potential of nodal segments of ironwood (Libidibia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) L. P. Queiroz var. ferrea) cultivated in vitro aiming at maximizing the biotechnological production of secondary metabolites 38. Biotechnological Exploitation of Bioresource for Enhanced Production of Paclitaxel 39. In vitro production, medical applications and antimicrobial activity of 1,8 cineole. 1-Evrim 40: Rhinacanthins: Sources, Properties and Biotechnological Production 41: Stevia rebaudiana - A comprehensive review on in vitro culture studies for phytochemical production 42: In vitro propagation of medicinal plants of Ethiopia 44. In vitro production of Bioactive phytochemicals in Datura metel 45 Phytochemical Constituents and Pharmacological Activities of Dioscorea bulbifera: An endangered medicinal plant in Africa 46. Production of anti-cancerous bioactive compounds using hairy root cultures of Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don 47. In vitro Production of bio active phytochemicals of medicinal value of some medicinal plants in Sri Lanka 48. In vitro production of anthocyanins 49. Adoption of biotechnologies for Withania somnifera for sustainable utilization 50. Application of different tissue culture techniques for in vitro production of gymnemic acid: factors, approaches, and challenges to achieving higher yield 51. In vitro Production of bio active phytochemicals of medicinal value of medicinal plants in Sri Lanka: Aloe vera (Aloaceae), Munronia pinnata (Meliaceae), Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae), Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae), Gyrinops walla (Thymelaeaceae) 52. Piperine production in vitro and elcitation from Piper species 53. In vitro cultures and production of bioactive compounds of black cumin Nigella sativa L 54. In vitro studies and hairy root development with reference to secondary metabolite production in a rare and threatened medicinal species Solanum erianthum D.Don