Editor: T. Pullaiah

Series Title: Micropropagation of Medicinal Plants

Micropropagation of Medicinal Plants - Volume 2

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ISBN: 978-981-5238-31-0 (Print)
ISBN: 978-981-5238-30-3 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2024
DOI: 10.2174/97898152383031240201

Introduction

This volume presents information about protocols for micropropagation of more than 40 species of medicinal plants. The contents combine knowledge about the scientific principles of micropropagation with state of the art updates in tissue culture techniques presented by plant scientists.

The readers will learn about techniques required to grow plants in challenging conditions that aim to reduce the impacts of injudicious harvesting, deforestation, climate change, pollution, urbanization and other factors that limit the ability to meet current demand. General topics such as biotization and pharmaceutical investigation are also included to guide readers about the significance of these plants in research and development for new medicines.

The book provides protocols for micropropagation of important medicinal plants like Rauvolfia serpentina, Catharanthus roseus, Withania somnifera, Tylophora indica, Bacopa monnieri, Aloe vera, Phyllanthus amarus, Allium sativum, Moringa oleifera, Operculina turpethum, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Pterocarpus marsupium, Vetiver grass, Ruta graveolens, Tinospora cordifolia, Kaempferia, Hedychium, Decalepis hamiltonii, Saraca asoca, Wrightia tinctoria, Wrightia arborea, Artemisia absinthium, Aegle marmelos, Atropa acuminata, Atropa belladonna, Alpinia species, Hedychium species, and Cissus species.

This book is a handy reference for medicinal chemists, horticulturists and pharmacists who want to learn about the growth and conservation of important medicinal herbs and plants.

Readership

Medicinal chemists, horticulturists and pharmacists.

Preface

Micropropagation of medicinal plants has become vital in providing high yielding elite genotypes for pharmaceutical purposes, as well as in producing high quality plantlets for conservation. Due to excess demand and injudicious harvesting, deforestation, climate change, pollution, urbanization, and natural calamities, many medicinal plants are under threat in their natural habitat. Variations in different biotic and abiotic environmental conditions severely limit the conventional method of propagation. As a result, micropropagation techniques may provide a better alternative and make it possible for the rapid multiplication of medicinal plants. It plays a significant role in increasing the production of disease-free plants, regardless of the season, with the goal of restoring these plants in their natural habitat and conserving them. These plants also serve as another source of raw materials used for commercial purposes, reducing the stress on plants growing in natural habitats. Tissue culture protocols for a wide variety of medicinal plants have been developed over the years. It also allows the modification and regulation of their genetic information with the goal of producing valuable phytoconstituents in greater quantities or with better properties, or both.

The present book gives the protocols for micropropagation of more than 40 species of medicinal plants. This book smartly combines the scientific principles with the state of the art in tissue culture techniques presented by experienced and authors. I wish to express my gratitude to all the authors who contributed to the review chapters and research papers. I thank them for their cooperation and erudition. I hope that this will be a source book for the cultivation and improvement of medicinal plants. I request that readers give their suggestions to improve in future editions.

T. Pullaiah
Department of Botany
Sri Krishnadevaraya University
Anantapur 515003
Andhra Pradesh
India