BOTANICAL AND TAXONOMIC RESOURCES

Rutgers University Libraries: Subject Research Guides: Botany and Plant Systematics: An extensive list of links to floristic, horticultural and systematic based websites

Index Fungorum: The CABI bioscience and CBS database of fungal names

MEDICINAL PLANTS WEBPAGES

The Phytochemistry of Herbs (also provides several links to medicinal botany sites)- http://www.herbalchem.net/index.html

American Botanical Council
http://www.herbalgram.org/browse.php/defaulthome
http://www.arbec.com.my/biotech.htm

The Society for Medicinal Plant Research
http://www.ga-online.org/

GENERAL OVERVIEW OF MEDICINAL PLANTS

Tripathi, L and Tripathi, J. N. Role of biotechnology in medicinal plants. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 2003, 2, 243-253.

Hostettman, K. and Marston, A. Twenty years of research into medicinal plants: results and perspectives. Phytochemistry Reviews. 2002, 1, 275-285.

CHEMISTRY

Hostettman, K. Strategy for the Biological and chemical evaluation of plant extracts. Pure Appl. Chem.1998,
70, 1-9.

Cuyckens, F. and Claeys, M. Mass spectrometry in the structural analysis of flavonoids. J. Mass Spectrom. 2004, 39, 1–15.

Tolonen, A.; György , A.; Jalonen, J.; Neubauer, P. and Hohtola, A. LC/MS/MS identification of glycosides produced by biotransformation of cinnamyl alcohol in Rhodiola rosea compact callus aggregates. Biomedical Chromatography. 2004, 18, 550-558.

BIOACTIVITY

Briskin, D. P. Medicinal plants and phytomedicines. Linking plant biochemistry and physiology to human health. Plant Physiology. 2000, 124, 507-514.

Kutepova, T. A.; Syrov, V. N.; Khushbaktova, Z. A. and Saatov, Z. Hypoglycemic activity of the total ecdysteroid extract from Ajuga turkestanica.Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal. 2001, 35, 24-25.

Syrov, V. N. and Khushbaktova, Z. A. Experimental study of pharmacotherapeudic effect of phytoecdysteroids and nerobol in toxic liver damage. Eksp Klin Farmakol . 2001, 64, 56-58.

Sonnenbichler, J.; Scalera, F.; Sonnenbichler, I. and Weyhenmeyer, R.Stimulatory effects of silibinin and silicristin from the milk thistle Silybum marianum on kidney cells. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.1999, 290, 1375-1383.

PLANT TISSUE CULTURE

Collin H.A. Secondary product formation in plant tissue cultures. Plant Growth Regulation. 2001, 34, 119-134.

Yousef, G. G.; Seigler, D. S.; Grusak, M. A.; Rogers, R. B.; Knight, T. G.; Kraft, T. F. B.; Erdman Jr., J. W. and Lila, M. A. Biosynthesis and characterization of 14C-enriched flavonoid fractions from plant cell suspension cultures. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2004, 52, 1138-1145.

Xu, J. F.; Ying, P. Q.; Han, A. M. and Su, Z. G. Enhanced salidroside production in liquid-cultivated compact callus aggregates of Rhodiola sachalinensis: manipulation of plant growth regulators and sucrose. Plant Cell. Tiss. Cult. 1999, 55, 53-58.

Xu, J. F.; Liu, C. B.; Han, A. M.; Feng, P. S. and Su, Z. G. Strategies for the improvement of salidroside production in cell suspension cultures of Rhodiola sachalinensis. Plant Cell Reports. 1997, 17, 288-293.

Wu, S. X.; Zu, Y. G. and Wu, M. High yield production of salidroside in the suspension culture of Rhodiola sachalinensis. Journal of Biotechnology. 2003, 106, 33-43.

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