Biotechnology and Production of Anti-Cancer Compounds

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Malik, Sonia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Cancer research.; Pharmacology.; Cell culture.; Plant breeding.; Natural resources.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Cell Culture.; Natural Resources.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Cancer Research.

This book discusses cancers and the resurgence of public interest in plant-based and herbal drugs. It also describes ways of obtaining anti-cancer drugs from plants and improving their production using biotechnological techniques. It presents methods such as cell culture, shoot and root culture, hai...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Medicinal Plants: Ethno-Uses to Biotechnology Era
• Chapter 2 How Plants Can Contribute to the Supply of Anti-Cancer Compounds
• Chapter 3 Cancer and Biotechnology: A Matchup that Should Never Slowdown
• Chapter 4 Plant Derived Compounds with Anti-Cancer Properties: From Folklore to Practice
• Chapter 5 Anticancer Drugs from Plants
• Chapter 6 Cambial Meristematic Cells: A Sustainable Platform for the Production of Plant-Derived Anti-Cancer Crugs
• Chapter 7 Family Fabaceae: A Boon for Cancer Therapy
• Chapter 8 Small Cells For Big Ideas: The Cytotoxic Podophyllotoxin And The Long Journey In Discovering Its Biosynthetic Pathway
• Chapter 9 Hairy Root Culture for the Production of Useful Secondary Metabolites
• Chapter 10 Edible Mushrooms and Their In Vitro Culture as a Source of Anticancer Compounds
• Chapter 11 Genomics and Artificial Intelligence Working Together in Drugs Discovery and Repositioning: The Advent of Adaptive Pharmacogenomics in Glioblastoma and Chronic Arterial Inflammation Therapies
• Chapter 12 A Multiscale Haemorheological Computer-based Model of Chronic Inflammation: an in-Depth Investigation of Erythrocytes-driven Flow Characteristics in Atheroma Development.