Table of Contents

Biotechnology for Medicinal Plants: Research Need; Secondary Plant Products in Nature; Factors Affecting the Production of Secondary Metabolites; Production of Food Additives; Production of Insecticides; Production of Antitumour Compounds; Production of Alkaloids; Production of Steroids and Saponins; Understanding the Regulatory Mechanism of Secondary Metabolite Production; Production of Secondary Metabolites by Bioconversion; Genetic Transformation for Production of Secondary Metabolites; Large-scale Production in Bioreactors; Microbial Secondary Metabolites for Drug Discovery; Lichen Products; Chinese Herbal Drug Industry: Past Present and Future; Secondary Metabolites in in vitro Cultures of Ruta graveolens L. and Ruta graveolens ssp. divaricata (Tenore) Gams; Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Activity of Extracts and Secondary Metabolites Obtained from Plants and Lichens of Patagonia Austral; Production of Ergot Alkaloids from Claviceps; Tools and Techniques for the Study of Plant Tissue Culture; Practicals