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This unique overview of plants and transgenic techniques of great scientific, medicinal and economic value for both industry and academia covers the whole spectrum from cell culture techniques, via genetic engineering and secondary product metabolism right up to the use of transgenic plants for the production of bioactive compounds. Practical examples are given throughout, including the production of cancer therapeutics, functional food, and flavor compounds in plants. Of particular interest to the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries, as well as medicinal chemists, biochemists, and molecular biologists.

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Author:   Oliver Kayser (Technical University Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany) ,  Wim J. Quax (Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Publisher:   Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Imprint:   Blackwell Verlag GmbH
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.510kg
ISBN:  

9783527314430

ISBN 10:   3527314431
Pages:   618
Publication Date:   03 November 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

LINKING PLANTS, GENES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY Tracks and traits of medical plant biotechnolonogy Metabolomics in plant biotechnology HPLC-NMR techniques for plant extract analysis Plant associated microorganisms (endophytes) as a new source of bioacative natural products DNA profiling of plants Bioprospection - search for bioactive lead structures from nature Biotechnological production of anticancer drugs GENETIC MODIFICATIONS, TRANSGENIC PLANTS AND POTENTIAL OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN GENETECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY Plant biotechnology Biotechnological methods for selection of hifg yield cell lines and production of secondary metabolites in medicinal plants Impact of whole genome and EST database on the study of plant metabolism Biotechnology of Solanaceae alkaloids - a model or an industrial perspective? Plant cell cultures of plants from Taiwan Combinatorial biosynthesis Plantibodies Glycosilation of recombinant proteins in Plants Medicinally used transgenic plants PLANTS AS DRUG FACTORIES Intellectual property protection of plant biotechnology Breeding of medicinal plants Camptothecin production in cell cultures of O. species Plant biochemistry and biotechnology of flavour compounds and essential oils Gingko biloba and production of secondary metabolites Paclitaxel production in plant cell cultures Production of artemisinin in a bioreactor

Reviews

...this impeccably organized two-volume reference...[is] a cogent and purposeful treatise that has value in both the professional and academic worlds. (Electric Review, May 2007) 'This book is an ideal reference providing comprehensive and up-to-date information...' (Anticancer Research, 2007)

...this impeccably organized two-volume reference...[is] a cogent and purposeful treatise that has value in both the professional and academic worlds. (Electric Review, May 2007) 'This book is an ideal reference providing comprehensive and up-to-date information...' (Anticancer Research, 2007)

this impeccably organized two-volume reference [is] a cogent and purposeful treatise that has value in both the professional and academic worlds. ( Electric Review, May 2007) This book is an ideal reference providing comprehensive and up-to-date information (Anticancer Research, 2007)

Author Information

Prof. Oliver Kayser studied pharmacy at the University Munster. He received his PhD and his postdoctoral qualification (Habilitation) from the Free University Berlin in 1997 and 2003. In 2004 he was appointed Assistant Professor at the University Groningen for Pharmaceutical Biology. His research interests are phytochemstry, combinatorial biosynthesis and plant biotechnology. He has published more than 100 peer reviewed papers and proceedings and has authored and edited 5 books. Professor Wim Quax is head of the laboratory of pharmaceutical biology in the Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy in the Netherlands. He has published more than 70 peer reviewed papers, and is member of numerous scientific organisations and committees.

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