Medicinal Biotechnology
Methods and Applications
- 1st Edition - November 6, 2024
- Latest edition
- Editors: Dev Bukhsh Singh, Santosh Kumar Upadhyay
- Language: English
Medicinal Biotechnology: Methods and Applications covers a wide range of topics from traditional herbal medicine to recent plant and animal biotechnology approaches used for the p… Read more
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Description
Description
Medicinal Biotechnology: Methods and Applications covers a wide range of topics from traditional herbal medicine to recent plant and animal biotechnology approaches used for the production of vaccines, hormones, enzymes, edible medicinal products, herbal therapeutics, and other secondary metabolites. The book opens with a historical perspective of medicinal biotechnology which includes a discussion of successive development in the field of medicine, starting from early civilization up to current and advanced approaches and strategies.
The book also provides a wide range of topics that include: a discussion engineering approaches in medicinal biotechnology, metabolomics, extraction of metabolites, personalization approaches, and strategies for the effective use of medicinal product and drugs; explanation of engineering approaches in medicinal biotechnology, metabolomics, extraction of metabolites, personalization approaches, and strategies for the effective use of medicinal product and drug; and coverage of specific knowledge on the production and use in vaccines, antibodies, and hormones.
Key features
Key features
- Provides a discussion of the traditional medicine system and the role of herbs
- Discusses plant and animal tissues culture/engineering approaches used to produce medicinal products such as vaccines, antibiotics, and hormones
- Highlights the discussion of topics related to DNA profiling, genome editing, synthetic biology, bioprospecting, metabolomics, personalized medicine, and intellectual property rights in relation to the medicinal product
- Emphasizes the therapeutic potential of edible plant products and herbal therapeutics for chronic disease management
Readership
Readership
Graduate, post-graduate, and researchers in biotechnology, biochemistry, applied biology and therapeutics, pharmacology, and medicine, researchers and industry professionals working in the field of pharmaceutical sciences, and herbal and metabolite production
Table of contents
Table of contents
2. Genetic Diagnosis and Gene Therapy Approaches: Current Status and Limitations
3. Traditional Medicinal System: Significance and Future
4. Transgenic Animals and Plants: Application and Future Scope
5. The Engineering of Medicinal Plants: Prospects and Limitations of Medicinal Biotechnology
6. Metabolomics: Biomedical Research and Personalized Medicine
7. Techniques for Metabolite Extract Analysis
8. Microorganisms as a Source of Bioactive Natural Products
9. DNA Profiling and Synthetic Biology
10. Bioprospecting: The Search for Bioactive Lead Structures from Nature
11. Biotechnological Approaches for the Production of Chemotherapeutics
12. Plant Cell Cultures: Production of Biologically Important Secondary Metabolites
13. Natural Product Biosynthesis in Engineered Microbial Hosts
14. Production of Therapeutic Vaccines, Antibiotics, And Hormones
15. Biological Production and Application of Secondary Metabolites and Other Medicinal Products
16. Intellectual Property Right of Medicinal Products
17. Application of Hairy Root Culture in Therapeutics
18. Therapeutic Potential of Commonly Used Edible Plant Products
19. Herbal Therapeutics for Chronic Disease Management
20. Genome Editing for Value Addition in Medicinal Plants
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: November 6, 2024
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
DS
Dev Bukhsh Singh
SU
Santosh Kumar Upadhyay
Dr. Upadhyay is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He has been working in the field of Plant Biotechnology for more than 16 years. He is currently working in the area of functional genomics. His research group at PU has characterized numerous important defence-related protein families such as receptor-like kinases, anti-oxidant enzymes, calcium transporters, chitinases, lectins, etc. They are also characterizing long non-coding RNAs related to the abiotic and biotic stress response. He has authored more than 110 publications including
research papers in leading journals of international repute, national and international patents, book chapters and books. In recognition of his strong credentials and contributions, he has been awarded the NAAS Young scientist award (2017-18) and NAAS-Associate (2018) from the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India, INSA-Associate Fellowship (2023), and INSA Medal for Young Scientist (2013) from the Indian National Science Academy, India, NASI- Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award (2012) from the National Academy of Sciences, India, and Altech Young Scientist Award (2011). He has also been the recipient of the prestigious DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship (2012), and SERB-Early Career Research Award, (2016) from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, and several research grants from various funding agencies like SERB, DBT, CSIR etc. Dr. Upadhyay also serves as a member of the editorial board and reviewer of a number of peer-reviewed international journals.