Biofabrication and Synthetic Biology in Medicinal Plants: Advances in Biotechnology and Breeding introduces readers to the technological advances in medicinal plants for improving plant-based bio drugs. Chapters cover various aspects of bio fabrication, synthetic biology as well as advance biotechnology- based breeding in medicinal plants. These technologies are very well explored in crop plants but not well studied in medicinal plants. Medicinal plants have enormous therapeutic compounds traditionally used in various cultures for the treatment of many diseases and health conditions. These plants produce a wide range of bioactive compounds including terpenoids, flavonoids, alkaloids and phenolic compounds which exhibit pharmacological effects on the human body. Medicinal and aromatic plant-based medicines have been used for centuries and continue to play a significant role in human healthcare. Advances in this area recently hold promise for addressing unmet medical needs, improving healthcare outcomes, and promoting sustainable approach to health and wellness of human population worldwide. Biofabrication and Synthetic Biology in Medicinal Plants: Advances in Biotechnology and Breeding is written by international experts in the field for a diverse audience of scientific researchers, early career professionals, students and experts working in the field of synthetic biology of medicinal plants.
Part A: Medicinal Plants
1. Medicinal Plants: Ancient Practice for Eradication of Global Diseases
2. Ayurveda Research: Emerging Trends, Issues and Future Perspectives
3. Bioactive Compounds of Medicinal Plants and their Role in Preventing
Infectious Diseases
4. Conservation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Current Efforts, Challenges
and Future Perspectives
5. Intellectual Property Right Law and Traditional Knowledge
Part B: Biofabrication
6. Biofabricationof Medicinal Plants: Challenges and Future Perspectives
7. Biotechnological Production of Phytoconstituents to Pure Molecules
8. Classical and Advanced Recovery Methods of Phytoconstituents
9. Downstream Processing Approches of Enhanced Production of
Phyoconstituents
10. Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Technological Advances in Analysis
of Biofabricated Nanoparticles
11. Combinatorial Approches of MAPs and Nanotechnology and its Applications
12. In silico Prediction Tools of Plant-based Precision Medicine
Part C: Biotechnology-based Breeding
13. Biotecnological Paradigms for Augmenting Secondary Metabolite
Biosynthesis in Medicinal Flora
14. Cutting-edge Genetic Tools for Evaluating Genetic Variability and Genomic
Architecture
15. Advances in Plant Tissue Culture Techniques for Rapid Propagation and
Conservation of Medicinally Valuable Plant Species
16. Metabolic Flux Engineering: Manipulating Biosynthetic Pathways for
Controlled Secondary Metabolic Production
17. Integrative Multi-omic Strategies for Comprehensive Enhancement of
Medicinal Plant Phenotypes
18. Utilization of Computational Resources for Genomic Data Mining and
Integration in Medicinal Plant Breeding Initiatives
Part D: Synthetic Biology
19. Bioengineering of Plant Natural Products: Concepts and Processes of
Synthetic Biology
20. Role of Synthetic Biology in Drug Production and Human Wellness
21. Synthetic Biology-based Production Systems of Bioactive Compounds
22. Computational Approaches of Pathway Elucidation of Natural Products
23. Synthetic Biology-based Reconstruction of Pathway
24. Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Techniques in Improvement of Medicinal
Plants
25. Advances in CRISPR Cas9 Technology for Synthetic Biology
26. Enzyme Engineering in Medicinal Plants: Enhancements in the Yield of
Secondary Metabolites
27. Network Pharmacology Approach for Medicinal Plants
28. Biosafety Concerns and Ethical Aspects of Synthetic Biology
29. Pharmacological Potential of Engineered Medicinal Flora: Case Studies and
Future Perspectives
Dr. Eti Sharma is currently working as Assistant Professor, School of Biotechnology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, India. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Molecular Biology & Biotechnology from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar. She established herself in the field of bioprospecting and metabolomics of medicinal plants. She has expertise in medicinal plants research, biofabrication and her current research interest lies in plant-microbe interactions in medicinal plants. She is also working on more edited book proposals. She has authored many research papers, book chapters and popular articles in nationally and internationally reputed journals.
Dr. Gunjan Tiwari is working as Scientist C in the Division of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resource Conservation, CSIR-CIMAP-Lucknow, India. She has completed her Ph.D. (Genetics and Plant Breeding) from GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. She has significantly contributed to the field of Population Genetics and Breeding, where she characterized the structure of breeding populations of various field and horticultural crops using second and third-generation molecular markers. She is actively involved in understanding the genetics of economic traits of medicinal and aromatic plants of global significance and using various selection methods to maximize genetic gain. She has authored many research articles in internationally reputed journals.
Dr. Deepali Singh serves as Assistant Professor, School of Biotechnology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, India. She achieved her doctoral degree from Delhi University, India. She did her postdoctoral work at The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA. She was trained in studying RNA-protein interactions of RNAse P. She also studied the RNA structure of the retroviral post-transcriptional element and its role in regulating viral transcription and translation. She has extensive training and experience of more than two decades of working in plant molecular biology and biotechnology. Her current research interests lie in the field of genomics and genome engineering for studying plant-pathogen interactions. She has authored several research papers in internationally reputed journals.
