BookDilfuza Egamberdieva, Antonio Tiezzi, editors.
Summary: This book provides insights into various aspects of medicinal plant-associated microbes, known to be a unique source of biological active compounds, including their biotechnological uses and their potential in pharmaceutical, agricultural and industrial applications. Featuring review papers and original research by leading experts in the field, it discusses medicinal plants and their interactions with the environment; medicinal plants as a source of biologically active compounds; medicinal plant-associated microbes (diversity and metabolites); their pharmaceutical, agricultural and industrial applications as well as their potential applications as plant growth stimulators and biocontrol agents. As such the book offers a valuable, up-to-date overview of the current research on medicinal plants, their ecology, biochemistry and associated biomes.
Contents:
Chapter 1. Ethno-botanical aspects of some traditional medicinal plants
Chapter 2. Medicinal plant
environment interaction and mitigation to abiotic stress
Chapter 3. Antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral properties of medical plants
Chapter 4. Biologically active components of the Western Ghats medicinal fern Diplazium esculentum
Chapter 5. Medicinal plants as a source of alkaloids
Chapter 6. Nutraceutical and bioactive significance of ferns with emphasis on the medicinal fern Diplazium
Chapter 7. Studies on the production of secondary metabolites from medicinal plants by plant tissue cultures
Chapter 8. Endophytic bacteria associated with medicinal plants: the treasure trove of antimicrobial compounds
Chapter 9. The importance of endophytic fungi from the medicinal plant: Diversity, natural bioactive compounds, and control of plant pathogens
Chapter 10. Medicinal plant associated microbes as a source of protection and production of crops
Chapter 11. Endophytic microbial diversity in the halophytic medicinal plant Ferula, and their bioapplicable traits
Chapter 12. Endophytic bacteria mediated regulation of Secondary metabolites for the growth induction in Hyptis suaveolens under stress
Chapter 13. Bioactive potentials of novel molecules from the endophytes of medicinal plants.