The biotechnological tools are important to select, multiply and conserve the critical genotypes of medicinal plants which are in great demands world over. Tissue culture is useful for multiplying and conserving the species; bioreactors for enhanced production of secondary metabolites and in vitro regeneration for production of high quality plant based medicine. The improved in vitro plant cell culture systems have potential for commercial exploitation of secondary metabolites.

The present book "Role of Biotechnology in Medicinal Plants" contain ten articles covering latest information on application of biotechnological tools for conservation and multiplication of medicinal plants and production of high quality plant based medicine. Article on Safed Musli provide comprehensive account of different aspects of its utilization and conservation. A chapter on current advances in plant biotechnology provide current information on the subject. This book also provide excellent glimpses on biotechnological advances in India.

This book will be useful for a variety of scholars-- biotechnologists, Ayurvedic and medical people, botanists, pharmacologists, phytochemists and conservationists.