Covers the structurally diverse secondary metabolites of medicinal plants, including their ethnopharmacological properties, biological activity, and production strategiesSecondary metabolites of plants are a treasure trove of novel compounds with potential pharmaceutical applications. Consequently, the nature of these metabolites as well as strategies for the targeted expression and/or purification is of high interest. Regarding their biological and pharmacological activity and ethnopharmacological properties, this book offers a comprehensive treatment of 100 plant species, including Abutilon, Aloe, Cannabis, Capsicum, Jasminum, Malva, Phyllanthus, Stellaria, Thymus, Vitis, Zingiber, and more. It also discusses the cell culture conditions and various strategies used for enhancing the production of targeted metabolites in plant cell cultures. Secondary Metabolites of Medicinal Plants: Ethnopharmacological Properties, Biological Activity and Production Strategies is presented in four parts. Part I provides a complete introduction to the subject. Part II looks at the ethnomedicinal and pharmacological properties, chemical structures, and culture conditions of secondary metabolites. The third part examines the many strategies of secondary metabolites production, including: biotransformation; culture conditions; feeding of precursors; genetic transformation; immobilization; and oxygenation. The last section concludes with an overview of everything learned. -Provides information on cell culture conditions and targeted extraction of secondary metabolites confirmed by relevant literature-Presents the structures of secondary metabolites of 100 plant species together with their biological and pharmacological activity-Discusses plant species regarding their distribution, habitat, and ethnopharmacalogical properties-Presents strategies of secondary metabolites production, such as organ culture, pH, elicitation, hairy root cultures, light, and mutagenesisSecondary Metabolites of Medicinal Plants is an important book for students, professionals, and biotechnologists interested in the biological and pharmacological activity and ethnopharmacological properties of plants.

Part I IntroductionPart II Ethomedicinal and pharmacological properties, chemical structures, culture conditions of secondary metabolites2.1 Abutilon species2.2 Acacia species2.3 Achyranthes species2.4 Adhatoda species2.5 Aegle species2.6 Ageratina species2.7 Ageratum species2.8 Albizzia species2.9 Alium species2.10 Aloe species2.11 Angelica species2.12 Arnebia species2.13 Artemisia species2.14 Asaparagus species2.15 Atropa species2.16 Azadirachta species2.17 Bryophyllum species2.18 Camptotheca species2.19 Cannabis species2.20 Capsicum species2.21 Carthamus species2.22 Cassia species2.23 Catharanthus species2.24 Centella species2.25 Cephalotaxus species2.26 Chlorophytum species2.27 Cinchona species2.28 Citrulus species2.29 Coleus species2.30 Colocasia species2.31 Commiphora species2.32 Coptis species2.33 Corydalis species2.34 Crocus species2.35 Curcuma species2.36 Datura species2.37 Dioscorea species2.38 Erythroxylum species2.39 Foeniculum species2.40 Fumaria species2.41 Gentiana species2.42 Glycyrrhiza species2.43 Heliotropium species2.44 Hyocyamus species2.45 Jasminum species2.46 Larrea species2.47 Lawsonia species2.48 Linum species2.49 Lithospermum species2.50 Malva species2.51 Matricaria species2.52 Medicago species2.53 Mitragyna species2.54 Momordica species2.55 Morinda species2.56 Moringa species2.57 Mucuna species2.58 Nerium species2.59 Nigella species2.60 Ocimum species2.61 Origanum species2.62 Panax species2.63 Papaver species2.64 Peganum species2.65 Pelargonium species2.66 Petroselinium species2.67 Phyllanthus species2.68 Plantago species2.69 Plumbago species2.70 Podophyllum species2.71 Polygonum species2.72 Primula species2.73 Rauwolfia species2.74 Rhamnus species2.75 Rubia species2.76 Rumex species2.77 Salix species2.78 Salvia species2.79 Scrophularia species2.80 Sida species2.81 Solanum species2.82 Stellaria species2.83 Stevia species2.84 Strobilanthes species2.85 Symphytum species2.86 Tabernaemontana species2.87 Taxus species2.88 Terminalia species2.89 Thymus species2.90 Tinospora species2.91 Tribulus species2.92 Trifolium species2.93 Trigonella species2.94 Turnera species2.95 Valeriana species2.96 Verbena species2.97 Veronica species2.98 Vitis species2.99 Withania species2.100 Zingiber speciesPart III Strategies of secondary metabolites production3.1 Biotransformation3.2 Culture conditions3.3 Elicitation3.4 Feeding of precursors3.5 Genetic transformation3.6 Hairy root cultures3.7 Immobilization3.8 Light3.9 Mutagenesis3.10 Organ culture3.11 Oxygenation3.12 pH3.13 Product secretion3.14 Secondary metabolites production by endophytic interaction3.15 Selection of high yielding cell lines3.16 TemperaturePart IV Conclusions