Medicinal and Aromatic Plants VII, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994 Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry Series, Vol. 28

This volume surveys the distribution, economic importance, conventional propagation, micropropagation, tissue culture and in vitro production of important medicinal and pharmaceutical compounds in various species of aromatic plants.

I Aesculus hippocastanum L. (Horse Chestnut): In Vitro Culture and Production of Aescin.- II Althaea officinalis L. (Marshmallow): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Biologically Active Compounds.- III Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R. Brown: Micropropagation, In Vitro Culture and Production in Direction of Pharmaceutically Used Root Biomass.- IV Berberis Species: In Vitro Culture and the Production of Protoberberine and Other Alkaloids.- V Beta vulgaris L. (Sugar Beet): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Glucosidases.- VI Bowiea volubilis Harv. ex Hook.f. (Sea Onion): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Cardiac Glycosides.- VII Camptotheca acuminata Decne: In Vitro Culture and the Production of Camptothecin.- VIII Chrysanthellum americanum: Micropropagation and Flavonoid Production.- IX Citrus paradisi Macf. (Grapefruit): In Vitro Culture and the Bioproduction of Sesquiterpenes Nootkatone, Valencene, and Other Secondary Metabolites.- X Claviceps purpurea (Ergot): Culture and Bioproduction of Ergot Alkaloids.- XI Coleonéma album: In Vitro Culture and Production of Essential Oils.- XII Dianthus Species (Carnation): In Vitro Culture and the Biosynthesis of Dianthalexin and Other Secondary Metabolites.- XIII Dunaliella tertiolecta (Green Microalga): Culture and Biotransformation of Terpenoids and Related Compounds.- XIV Epimedium diphyllum Morr. et Decne. (Baika-ikariso): In Vitro Cultures and the Production of Isoprenylflavonol Glycosides.- XV Euphorbia characias L.: In Vitro Culture and the Production of Sterols, Triterpenols, and Hydrocarbon-Like Compounds.- XVI Forsythia Species: In Vitro Culture and the Production of Lignans and Other Secondary Metabolites.- XVII Gomphrena Species (Globe Amaranth): In Vitro Culture and Production of Secondary Metabolites.- XVIII Larix leptolepis (Japanese Larch): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Secondary Metabolites.- XIX Lobelia inflata L. (Lobelia): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Lobeline and Other Related Secondary Metabolites.- XX Medicago Species (Alfalfa): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Secondary Metabolites.- XXI Papaver bracteatum Lindley (Giant Scarlet Poppy): In Vitro Production of Benzophenanthridine Alkaloids.- XXII Phytolacca americana L. (Pokeweed): In Vitro Production of Betacyanins and Medicinal Compounds.- XXIII Pueraria lobata (Kudzu Vine): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Isoflavonoids.- XXIV Santalum album L. (Sandalwood): In Vitro Culture and the Bioreactor Production of Secondary Metabolites.- XXV Santolina chamaecyparissus L. (Cotton Lavender): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Lower Terpenoids.- XXVI Sapium sebiferum (Chinese Tallow): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Tannins and Other Phenolic Compounds.- XXVII Tabebuia avellanedae Lorentz ex Griseb. (Taheebo): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Naphthoquinones.- XXVIII Tripterygium wilfordii:In Vitro Culture and the Production of the Anticancer Compounds Tripdiolide and Triptolide.

Twenty-eight chapters cover the distribution, economic importance, conventional propagation, micropropagation, tissue culture studies, and in vitro production of important medicinal and other pharmaceutical compounds in various species of Aesculus, Althaea, Baptisia, Berberis, Beta, Bowiea, Camptotheca, Chrysanthellum, Citrus, Claviceps, Dunaliella, Epimedium, Euphorbia, Forsythia, Gomphrena, Larix, Lobelia, Medicago, Papaver, Phytolacca, Pueraria, Santalum, Santolina, Sapium, Tabeuia, and Tripterygium.