Bioresources and Bioprocess in Biotechnology : Volume 1: Status and Strategies for Exploration

This book is a compilation of articles on various aspects of bioresources and the processes employed for its judicious utilization. Biodiversity and conservation, food security, gene banks and repositories, laws governing biodiversity, bioprospecting, bioresources in traditional medicine and biodiversity mining are some of the important topics covered in the book. The unique contents of the book make it an important source of information for conservation scientists, academics, activists and to those who are actively involved in product oriented research from bioresources. Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Bioresources: Current Status....Pages 3-23 Conservation of Bioresources....Pages 25-47 Biodiversity and the Processes of Law....Pages 49-71 Bioresources for Food and Nutrition Security: The Case of Wild Edibles of Western Ghats....Pages 73-98 Climate Change and Biodiversity....Pages 99-124 Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights....Pages 125-142 Educating Biodiversity....Pages 143-165 Trends in Biodiversity Documentation and Assessment....Pages 167-183 Biopiracy....Pages 185-204 Front Matter....Pages 205-205 Biodiversity Mining Through Transcriptome Analysis....Pages 207-246 High-Throughput and In Silico Screening in Drug Discovery....Pages 247-273 Metagenomic Approaches for Novel Active Metabolites....Pages 275-302 Ethnic Knowledge in Classification and Conservation: A Case Study of Wild Yam in Western Ghats....Pages 303-328 Front Matter....Pages 329-329 Prospecting Extreme Niches....Pages 331-345 Gene Banks and Bioprospecting....Pages 347-373 Bioprospecting Traditional Medicine....Pages 375-395 Microbial Repositories in Bioprospecting....Pages 397-420 Medicinal Plants of India: Implications in Modern Medicine....Pages 421-443 This book is a compilation of detailed articles on various products and services that can be derived from bioresources through bioprocess. This unique book is a valuable source of information for biotechnologists and bioprocess experts as well as academics and researchers who are actively involved in product and process development.