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Transgenic Medicinal Plants, Paperback / softback Book

Transgenic Medicinal Plants Paperback / softback

Edited by Y.P.S. Bajaj

Part of the Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry series

Paperback / softback

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Comprising 26 chapters, this volume deals with the genetic transformation of medicinal plants.

It describes methods to obtain plants resistant to insects, diseases, herbicides, and plants with an increased production of compounds of medicinal and pharmaceutical importance.

The plant species included are Ajuga reptans, Anthemis nobilis, Astragalus spp., Atropa belladonna, Catharanthus roseus, Datura spp., Duboisia species, Fagopyrum spp., Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Lobelia spp., Papaver somniferum, Panax ginseng, Peganum harmala, Perezia spp., Pimpinella anisum, Phyllanthus niruri, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Scoparia dulcis, Scutellaria baicalesis, Serratula tinctoria, Solanum aculeatissimum, Solanum commersonii, Swainsona galegifolia, tobacco, and Vinca minor. This book is of special interest to advanced students, teachers, and researchers in the field of pharmacy, plant tissue culture, phytochemistry, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, and plant biotechnology in general.

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