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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

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

  • 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

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

1. An Overview of Medicinal Biotechnology: A Historical Perspective

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

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 6, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Dev Bukhsh Singh

Dr. Dev Bukhsh Singh is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Siddharth University, Kapilvastu, Siddharth Nagar, India since 2021. He also served as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, India from 2009-2021. He received BSc (Biology) and MSc from the University of Allahabad, an MTech from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Prayagraj India, and a PhD in Biotechnology from Gautam Buddha University, India. He has been actively involved in teaching BSc and MSc Biotechnology students since 2009. His areas of research are medicinal biology, lead compound search, and drug design. He published three edited books: Frontiers in Protein Structure, Function, and Dynamics Computer-Aided Drug Design and Bioinformatics: Methods and Applications. He is a member of various national and international academic bodies and is a reviewer for several international journals.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Biotechnology, Siddharth University, Siddharth Nagar, India

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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.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Panjab University, India

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