Catharanthus roseus Current Research and Future Prospects /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Naeem, M. (Editor), Aftab, Tariq (Editor), Khan, M. Masroor A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Pharmaceutical technology.; Biomedical engineering.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant genetics.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology.; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.

This book studies the production of indole alkaloids in the important medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don, commonly known as periwinkle. The anticancer alkaloids, viz. vinblastine and vincristine, are mainly present in the leaves of C. roseus and inhibit the growth of cancer cells by hin...