BookVikas Srivastava, Shakti Mehrotra, Sonal Mishra, editors.
Summary: This book covers the current research on the plant-based tropane alkaloids (TA) and TA-bearing plants. The first part includes an overview of "tropane alkaloids in context to diversity, biosynthesis and significance. The second part covers aspects of in-vitro and allied interventions in these alkaloids. TAs belong to one of the world's oldest phytomedicines with their valuable ethno-pharmacological applications. The book compiles scientific ideas, perspectives and challenges in this area. Further, the book attempts to investigate the loopholes in existing methodologies, challenges and possible solutions through well thought-out scientific discussions from various eminent research groups. This book is of high interest to students and researchers in biotechnology, plant biology and pharmacology. As the TAs are of high commercial medicinal value, this book is also a relevant collection of articles for industry experts Publisher description
Contents:
Part 1. Tropane Alkaloids: Diversity, Biosynthesis and Significance. Plant Tropane Alkaloids (TAs): Chemotaxonomic Significance, Biogenesis and Biotechnological interventions ; Structure and Function of Enzymes Involved in the Biosynthesis of Tropane Alkaloids ; Plant tropane alkaloids: Commercial stature and production developments
Part 2. Tropane Alkaloids: In vitro and allied interventions. Involvement of various biotechnological contrivances for tropane alkaloids biosynthesis and applications of tropane alkaloid bearing in vitro cultures ; Hairy root cultures and plant tropane alkaloids: production matrix and product in biotechnological perspective ; Production of Tropane Alkaloids (TAs) in plants and in vitro cultures of different ploidy levels ; Current Progress in Tropane Alkaloids Production by Transgenic and Heterologous gene Expression Approaches ; Tropane Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Plants: Insights from Transcriptome Analysis ; Transcription Factor and MicroRNA-mediated Manipulation of the Tropane Alkaloids Biosynthesis.