Medicinal Plants and Environmental ChallengesMansour Ghorbanpour, Ajit Varma Springer, 31 հոկ, 2017 թ. - 413 էջ This book sheds new light on the role of various environmental factors in regulating the metabolic adaptation of medicinal and aromatic plants. Many of the chapters present cutting-edge findings on the contamination of medicinal plants through horizontal transfer, as well as nanomaterials and the biosynthesis of pharmacologically active compounds. In addition, the book highlights the impacts of environmental factors (e.g., high and low temperature, climate change, global warming, UV irradiation, intense sunlight and shade, ozone, carbon dioxide, drought, salinity, nutrient deficiency, agrochemicals, waste, heavy metals, nanomaterials, weeds, pests and pathogen infections) on medicinal and aromatic plants, emphasizing secondary metabolisms. In recent years, interest has grown in the use of bioactive compounds from natural sources. Medicinal and aromatic plants constitute an important part of the natural environment and agro-ecosystems, and contain a wealth of chemical compounds known as secondary metabolites and including alkaloids, glycosides, essential oils and other miscellaneous active substances. These metabolites help plants cope with environmental and/or external stimuli in a rapid, reversible and ecologically meaningful manner. Additionally, environmental factors play a crucial role in regulating the metabolic yield of these biologically active molecules. Understanding how medicinal plants respond to environmental perturbations and climate change could open new frontiers in plant production and in agriculture, where successive innovation is urgently needed due to the looming challenges in connection with global food security and climate change. Readers will discover a range of revealing perspectives and the latest research on this vital topic. |
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3 Rarity of Endemic Medicinal Plants and Role of Herbaria for Their Conservation Against Environmental Challenges | 49 |
4 Metabolic Responses of Medicinal Plants to Global Warming Temperature and Heat Stress | 69 |
5 Effects of Toxic Gases Ozone Carbon Dioxide and Wastes on Plant Secondary Metabolism | 81 |
6 Plant Secondary Metabolites and Some Plant Growth Regulators Elicited by UV Irradiation Light AndOr Shade | 97 |
7 Effect of Climate Change on Algae Valuable Source of Medicinal Natural Compounds | 123 |
8 Metabolic and Hormonal Responses of Plants to Cold Stress | 137 |
13 Strategies for Enhancing Artemisinin Production in Artemisia annua Under Changing Environment | 227 |
14 Plant Nanobionics a Novel Approach to Overcome the Environmental Challenges | 247 |
Influence of Environmental Factors on the Content of Secondary Metabolites | 259 |
16 The Most Important Fungal Diseases Associated with Some Useful Medicinal Plants | 279 |
17 Weed and Weeding Effects on Medicinal Herbs | 295 |
18 Medicinal Plant Diseases Caused by Nematodes | 329 |
19 Plant Derived Essential Oils Against Aedes aegypti L and Their Biotechnological Production | 345 |
20 Adaptation Strategies and Defence Mechanisms of Plants During Environmental Stress | 359 |
9 The Impact of Drought Stress on the Quality of Spice and Medicinal Plants | 159 |
10 Effect of Salinity Stress on Growth and Physiology of Medicinal Plants | 177 |
11 Heavy MetalMediated Changes in Growth and Phytochemicals of Edible and Medicinal Plants | 189 |
A so Far Unconsidered Source of Contamination of Medicinal Plants | 215 |
21 Biotechnological Approaches for In Vitro Conservation of Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth | 415 |
Medicinal Plants and Environmental Challenges | 427 |
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