Medicinal and Aromatic Plants IX

This series ofbooks on biotechnology of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants is being compiled to provide a survey of the literature focussing on recent information and the state of the art in tissue culture and the in vitro production of secondary metabolites. This book, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants IX, like the previous eight volumes published in 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, and 1995, is unique in its approach. It comprises 24 chapters dealing with the distribution, importance, conventional propagation, micropropagation, tissue culture studies and the in vitro production of important medicinal and pharmaceutical compounds in various species of Agave, Anthemis, Aralia, Blackstonia, Catha, Catharanthus, Cephalocereus, Clerodendron, Coronilla, Cyanara, Gloeophyllum, Liquidambar, Marchan­ tia, Mentha, Onosma, Paeonia, Parthenium, Petunia, Phyllanthus, Populus, Portulaca, Sandersonia, Serratula, Scoparia, and Thapsia. This book is tailored to the needs of advanced students, teachers, and research scientists in the field of pharmacy, plant tissue culture, phytochemistry, biomedical engineering, and plant biotechnology in general. New Delhi, lune 1996 Professor Y. P. S. BAJAJ Series Editor Contents I Agave amaniensis Trel & Nowell: In Vitro Culture and the Production of Phytosteroids G. INDRAYANTO, W. UTAMI, and A. SYAHRANI (With 8 Figures) 1 General Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 In Vitro Culture Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4 Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . II Anthemis nobilis L. (Roman Chamomile): In Vitro Culture, Micropropagation, and the Production of Essential Oils M. -L. FAUCONNIER, M. JAZIRI, J. HOMES, K. SHIMOMURA, and M. MARLIER (With 8 Figures) 1 General Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2 In Vitro Culture Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . .