Table of Contents

Contributors. Acknowledgements. Preface. Conservation, Trade, Sustainability and Exploitation of Medicinal Plant Species; D.J. Leaman. An Overview of Recent Developments in Bioprospecting and Pharmaceutical Development; W. McClatchey, J. Stevens. Ancient-Modern Concordance in Ayurvedic Plants: Some Examples; S. Dev. Medicinal Plants of Egypt; M. El-Demerdash. Development of Plants in Central America; R.M. Romero. The Unique Challenges of Plant-Based Medicines; S.J. Murch, K.L. Choffe, P.K. Saxena. In Vitro Approaches to the Conservation and Development of Medicinal Plant Species; S.S.B. Campbell, S.J. Murch, P.K. Saxena. Large-Scale Production of Medicinal Plant Species: The Application of Bioreactors for Production of Ginseng Roots; S.H. Son, K.Y. Paek. Development of New Technologies for Medicinal Plant Species - Panax ginseng and Huperzia serrata: Cryopreservation and Analysis of Secondary Metabolites; W.L. Teng. Somatic Cell Fusion: Relevance to Medicinal Plants; S.J. Murch, P.K. Saxena. Plant-Derived Antibodies: The Medicines of Tomorrow; C. Sheedy, J.C. Hall. Latex Biochemistry of Certain Euphorbiaceous Taxa: Medicinal Importance; K. Seshagirirao, M.N.V. Prasad. Evaluation of Plant Extracts in Mammalian Systems: Applications of the Big Blue® Rodent Mutational Assay; J.G. de Boer. The Importance of Clinical Research for Plant-Derived Medicines; T. Gorski. Index.