In vitro studies of Bacopa, Centella, Hemidesmus and Rubia

ISBN-13: 9783659942884 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 172 str.

Madhura Shrotri; Usha Mukundan; Himanshu Dawda

Opis

The use of plants to cure human ailments is as old as mankind itself. Collection of medicinal plants from the wild raises concerns about the conservation of biodiversity as well as about the purity and efficacy of the collected material. Micropropagation of medicinal plants provides a means to circumvent these concerns. This book contains protocols for the micropropagation of four plants that are medicinally important - especially in India - Bacopa monneri, Centalla asiatca, Hemidesmus indicus and Rubia cordifolia. The effects of different factors, such as media plant growth regulators, culture vessel etc., on growth have been studied and analysed for these selected plants. This book would be particularly useful for both, students and plant tissue culture professionals because of its detailed nature. The book also contains an estimate of the number of plantlets that can be generated, from a single explant, for each of the medicinal plants.

O autorze

Dr. Madhura Shrotri was awarded a Ph.D. in Botany by the University of Mumbai in 2004. Dr. Usha Mukundan is the Head of Institution, RJ College, Mumbai with over 36 years of research experience in the field of plant sciences. Dr. Himanshu Dawda is an Associate Professor of Botany at RJ College, with a specialization in plant physiology.