Medicinal and Aromatic Plants I [Paperback]

Section I Micropropagation, Immobilization, Cryopreservation, Bioreactors, Production of Secondary Metabolites and Its Impact on Pharmacy.- I.1 Medicinal, Aromatic, and Industrial Materials from Plants.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Secondary Metabolites.- 3. Future Prospects for Discovering New and Useful Bioactive Compounds from Plants.- 4. Plant Cell Tissue Cultures as New Alternative Sources of Secondary Natural Products.- 5. Summary and Conclusions.- References.- I.2 Formation of Secondary Metabolites in Cultured Plant Cells and Its Impact on Pharmacy.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Establishment of Productive Cell Culture Systems.- 3. De-Novo Synthesis of Known Drugs by Cell Cultures.- 4. Plant Cell Cultures as a Source of Novel Active Compounds.- 5. The Use of the Enzymatic Potential of Plant Cell Culture.- 6. Outlook.- 7. Summary and Conclusion.- References.- I.3 Biotechnology of the Micropropagation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.- 1. Medicinal Plant Biotechnology.- 2. In Vitro Propagation of Plants.- 3. Conclusions and Prospects of Medicinal Plant Biotechnology.- References.- I.4 Bioreactors for the Large-Scale Culture of Plant Cells.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Design of Culture Plant.- 3. Batch Culture.- 4. Semi-Continuous Culture.- 5. Continuous Culture.- 6. Application of Large-Scale Production to Obtain Useful Materials.- References.- I.5 Enhanced Production of Secondary Substances: Addition of Artificial Accumulation Sites to Cultures.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Two-Phase Batch Culture.- 3. Cell Strain Selection by Means of Second Phases.- References.- I.6 Immobilization of Higher Plant Cells.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Techniques for Plant Cell Immobilization.- 3. The Employment of Immobilized Cell Systems for the Production of Plant Metabolites.- 4. Other Uses of Immobilized Cells.- 5. Concluding Remarks.- References.- I.7 Nonfrozen Storage of Plant Cell Cultures and Its Effect on Metabolites.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Viability of Cells After Nonfrozen Storage.- 3. Morphogenetic Abl��