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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

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

Dev Bukhsh Singh

Editor
Dr. Dev Bukhsh Singh is Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Siddharth University, Kapilvastu, India, a position he has held since 2021. Previously, he served as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, India, from 2009 to 2021. His research focuses on medicinal biology, lead compound discovery, and drug design. He has been involved in teaching and mentoring undergraduate and postgraduate students in biotechnology since 2009. Dr. Singh has edited books in the areas of protein structure and function, computer-aided drug design, Protein-based therapeutics, medicinal biotechnology, genomics, and bioinformatics. He is a member of professional academic organizations and serves as a reviewer for scholarly journals. His academic interests include applying computational and biotechnological approaches to drug discovery and related life science research.
Affiliations and expertise
Siddharth University, Siddharth Nagar, India

Santosh Kumar Upadhyay

Editor
Santosh Kumar Upadhyay is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany at Panjab University, India, with over 16 years of experience in Plant Science. His research focuses on green synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, and key defense-related proteins, as well as long non-coding RNAs involved in stress responses. He has made significant contributions to plant defense and genome editing research. Dr. Upadhyay has received prestigious awards including the INSA Associate Fellowship and the INSA Medal for Young Scientist.

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

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