Modern applications of plant biotechnology in pharmaceutical sciences / lead author, Saurabh Bhatia, PDM College of Pharmacy, Bahadurgarh, Haryana, India ; co-authors: Kiran Sharma, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India, Randhir Dahiya, Department of Pharmacology, Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Pharmacy, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India, Tanmoy Bera, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Author/creator Bhatia, Saurabh
Other author Sharma, Kiran.
Other author Dahiya, Randhir.
Other author Bera, Tanmoy.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAmsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/AP, Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, [2015]
Descriptionxii, 439 pages illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBook - Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2015 [EBCPTPS15]
Subjects
Plant biotechnology.
Plant tissue culture.
Pharmaceutical biotechnology.
Materia medica, Vegetable.

Portion of title Plant biotechnology in pharmaceutical sciences
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; About the Lead Author; Preface; Chapter 1 -- History and Scope of Plant Biotechnology; 1.1 -- Introduction; 1.2 -- History of plant biotechnology; 1.2.1 -- Cell Theory; 1.2.2 -- Concept of In Vitro Cell Culture; 1.2.2.1 -- Totipotency of Plant Cells; 1.2.2.2 -- Improvement in Quality of Media; 1.2.2.3 -- Development of Plant Growth Regulators; 1.2.2.4 -- Emergence of Certain Standard Synthetic Media; 1.2.2.5 -- Cell Suspension Culture and Plating Technique; 1.2.2.6 -- Somatic Hybrid and Somatic Embryos; 1.2.2.7 -- Test Tube Fertilization
Contents 1.2.2.8 -- Period Between the 1940s and the 1960s1.2.2.9 -- From the 1970s to the 1980s; 1.2.2.10 -- Historical Research on Tobacco; 1.2.2.11 -- After the 1990s; 1.3 -- Scope and importance of biotechnology; 1.3.1 -- Biotechnology in Pharmaceutical Sciences; 1.3.2 -- Industrial Biotechnology; 1.3.3 -- Biotechnology and the Environment; 1.3.4 -- Biotechnology and Agriculture; 1.3.5 -- Educational Scope; References; Chapter 2 -- Plant Tissue Culture; 2.1 -- Introduction; 2.2 -- Types of tissue culture; 2.2.1 -- Cultures of Organized Structures; 2.2.1.1 -- Culture of Determinate Organs
Contents 2.2.1.1.1 -- Leaf culture or primordial culture2.2.1.1.2 -- Fruits culture; 2.2.1.1.3 -- Stamens culture; 2.2.1.1.4 -- Flower culture; Flower buds; Ovaries and ovules (which develop and grow into embryos); 2.2.1.1.5 -- Nucellus culture; 2.2.1.2 -- Culture of Indeterminate Organs; 2.2.1.2.1 -- Meristem culture; 2.2.1.2.2 -- Meristem and shoot culture; 2.2.1.2.3 -- Shoot or shoot tip culture; 2.2.1.2.4 -- Embryo culture; 2.2.1.2.5 -- Seed culture; 2.2.1.2.6 -- Endosperm culture; 2.2.1.2.7 -- Isolated root culture; 2.2.2 -- Culture of Unorganized Cells; 2.2.2.1 -- Callus Cultures
Contents 2.2.2.1.1 -- Morphological features of callus2.2.2.1.2 -- Induction of callus; 2.2.2.1.3 -- Maintainace of callus; 2.2.2.1.4 -- Applications of callus culture; 2.2.2.2 -- Cell Suspension Cultures; 2.2.2.2.1 -- Batch cultures; 2.2.2.2.2 -- Continuous cultures; 2.2.2.2.3 -- Suspension culture techniques; 2.2.2.2.4 -- Pattern of growth; 2.2.2.2.5 -- Application of cell culture; 2.2.2.3 -- Protoplast Culture; 2.2.2.3.1 -- Methods for isolation of protoplast; 2.2.2.3.2 -- Protoplast fusion and somatic hybridization; 2.2.2.3.3 -- Techniques of protoplast fusion; 2.2.2.3.4 -- Applications
Contents 2.2.2.4 -- Immobilized Cell Cultures2.3 -- Plant tissue culture media; 2.3.1 -- Types of Media; 2.3.2 -- Functions of Plant Tissue Culture Media; 2.3.3 -- Components of Tissue Culture Medium; 2.3.3.1 -- Inorganic Nutrients; 2.3.3.2 -- Carbon Source; 2.3.3.3 -- Organic Supplements; 2.3.3.3.1 -- Vitamins; 2.3.3.3.2 -- Amino acids; 2.3.3.3.3 -- Complex organics; 2.3.3.4 -- Plant Growth Regulators (PGRs); 2.3.3.5 -- Solidifying Agents; 2.3.3.6 -- pH; 2.4 -- Selection of a suitable new medium; 2.5 -- Preparation of media; 2.6 -- Callus induction, subculture, and maintenance; 2.6.1 -- Selection of Plant Material
Contents 2.6.2 -- Surface Sterilization of Explants
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formOnline edition: Bhatia, Saurabh. Modern applications of plant biotechnology in pharmaceutical sciences. London, UK : Academic Press, 2015 9780128024980
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