1. Secondary Metabolite Production in Plant Cell Culture: A New Epigenetic Frontier
By Cassandra M. Brzycki, Eric M. Young and Susan C. Roberts
2. Plant Cell Biofactories as in vitro production platforms of the anti-cancer drug Camptothecin
By Sarayu M, Hemalatha R, Smita Srivastava
3. Not One for All: The Interwoven Relationship Between Morphophysiology and Secondary Metabolite Production in Plant Cell Cultures
By Winnie Yap Soo Ping, Melissa Kam Yit Yee
4. Anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins as Anti-cancer agents
By Bharat Bhushan, Bahadur Singh Jat, Manesh Chander Dagla, Sumit Kumar Aggarwal and Sujay Rakshit
5. Duckweeds for the production of therapeutic proteins
By Pavel Khvatkov, Alexsey Firsov, Tatyana Mitiouchkina, Mariya Chernobrovkina, Sergey Dolgov
6. Essential oils from plants: Industrial applications and Biotechnological production
By Mariana Andrade, Regiane Ribeiro Santos, Ana Sanches Silva
7. Biotechnological production of antistress compounds: Current status and future prospects
By Sanghamitra Nayak, Asit Ray, Ambika Sahoo, Sudipta Jena, Jeetendranath Patnaik
8. Elicitors as a biotechnological tool for in vitro production of bioactive phenolic compounds
By Ana Hortência Fonseca Castro, Mairon César Coimbra, Caroline Rocha Neves Crema, Rodrigo Michelini de Oliveira Thomasi and Viviana Rodrigues Cardoso
9. Immobilization and Application of Industrial Enzymes on Plant Based New Generation Polymers
By Hayrunnisa NADAROGLU
10. Recent advances towards development plant cell culture process for sustainable production of lignans and its health benefits
By Ahmed M.M. Gabr, Hoda B. Mabrok, Oksana Sytar, Iryna Smetanska
11. Physiology of camptothecin synthesis in plants and root organ cultures of Ophiorrhiza mungos L. and its production in root fermenters
By Bernhard Wetterauer, Eric Hummel, Steffen Walczak, Melanie Distl, Markus Langhans, Pille Wetterauer, Frank Sporer, Eckhart Wildi and Michael Wink
12. In vitro culture of Haloxylon recurvum and Haloxylon salicornicum: valuable source of food additives, pharmaceutical and nutritional components from extreme arid zone
By Deepmala Goswami and Harchand R Dagla
Dr Malik obtained her doctoral degree in Plant Biotechnology from the CSIR - Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, India in 2009. She completed her Masters (Gold Medalist) in Honours Botany at Guru Nanak Dev University, India, in 2001. Her basic area of research is plant secondary metabolites and genetic manipulation in several medicinal plants. After spending several years at research/academic positions in Brazil, the Czech Republic and United Kingdom, in 2015 Dr Malik became a Professor of Biology at the Biological and Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Maranhao (UFMA), Brazil. Currently she is an active member of the UFMA’s post-graduate research program. She was awarded a FAPEMA Junior Researcher grant in 2015, and serves as an editorial board member and reviewer for various international scientific journals.
Natural compounds obtained from plants represent a tremendous global market due to their use as food additives, cosmetics, in agriculture and in pharmaceuticals. This book provides up-to-date information on various strategies and methods for producing compounds of interest. Leading researchers discuss the latest advances in environmentally friendly natural compound production from plants, making the book a valuable resource for biotechnologists, pharmacists, food technologists and researchers working in the medical and healthcare industries.