Biotechnology and Production of Anti-Cancer Compounds

Sonia Malik editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG

Published:8th Aug '18

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Biotechnology and Production of Anti-Cancer Compounds cover

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, hairy root culture, purification of plant raw materials, genetic engineering, optimization of culture conditions as well as metabolic engineering with examples of successes like taxol, shikonin, ingenol mebutate and podophylotoxin. In addition, it describes the applications and limitations of large-scale production of anti-cancer compounds using biotechnological means. Lastly, it discusses future economical and eco-friendly strategies for obtaining anti-cancer compounds using biotechnology. 

ISBN: 9783319852645

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 528g

328 pages

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017