Salvia Biotechnology (eBook)

Dr. Vasil Georgiev obtained his PhD at The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 2009. He is an expert on bioprocess engineering and secondary metabolites production by plant cells, tissue and organ cultures, functional genomics, metabolite profiling, development and improvement of plant in vitro production platforms. In 2011 he was awarded by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences with the “Prof. Marin Drinov” prize for the outstanding research in biological sciences. Dr. Georgiev did postdoctoral research at Florida A&M University, USA (2012-2016). Since 2016, he is Associate Professor in the Laboratory of Applied Biotechnology at The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology – BAS and also joined the Department of Organic Chemistry at the University of Food Technologies, Plovdiv, Bulgaria Prof. Atanas Pavlov completed his PhD in biotechnology at the Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 1998. From 2003 to 2005, he did postdoctoral research at the Institute of Food Technologies and Bioprocess Engineering, University of Technologies, Dresden, Germany. In 2005, he joined The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences as an Associate Professor. In 2009, he received his habilitation (DSci) and is since 2010 a Professor at the Laboratory of Applied Biotechnology. Since 2011 he also holds a second Professor position at the University of Food Technologies on Plovdiv, Bulgaria. His research is mainly focused on the production of specific bioactive metabolites by plant cell, tissue and organ cultures.

PART I – SALVIA SPP. AS MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS 1.       Salvia spp: An updated on antioxidant activity and pharmacological uses” – Dr. Maria Porres-Martinez, (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain) 2.       “European species of genus Salvia: secondary metabolites, pharmacological properties and biological activity” – Dr. Milena Nikolova and Dr. Ina Aneva, (Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research-BAS, Bulgaria) 3.       "Chia - Tiny, but mighty" - Prof. Ram Rajasekharan  and Malathi Srinivasan, (CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, India) 4.       “Composition of volatile compounds in Salvia sp., grown in Bulgaria and their biological activities”  – T. Atanasova, P. Merdzhanov, A. Mаrchev, V. Gochev, A. Pavlov, P. Bozov, A. Stoyanova,  (University of Food technology, Bulgaria) 5.       Screening of Salvia leaves surface microflora for lactobacteria with potential application in development of new high-quality functional dairy products. – Prof. Dora Beshkova, (The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology-BAS, Bulgaria)   PART II – PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF SALVIA SSP. 6.       "Anticancer activity of Salvia miltiorrhiza" – Prof. Thomas Efferth, (Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany) 7.       "Salvia divinorum a psychoactive plant with pharmacological potential" – Prof. Jordan Zjawiony, (University of Mississippi , USA) 8.       “Bioactive Constituents of Anatolian Salvia Species” – Prof. Gülaçtı Topçu, (Bezmialem Vakif University, Turkey)   PART III - BIOPROCESSING OF SALVIA IN VITRO SYSTEMS. 9.       “Salvia cell culture: a terrific factory of bioactive compounds” – Dr. Teresa Docimo, (Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Italian National Council of Research, Portici, Italy) 10.   “Optimization of the production of rosmarinic acid in Salvia officinalis and Salvia dolomitica cell biomass with several biotechnological approaches” – Prof. Barbara Ruffoni, Laura Pistelli, Luisa Pistelli and Laura Bassolino, (CREA  - Unità di ricerca per la Floricoltura e le Specie Ornamentali, Italy) 11.   “Bioactivities of differentiated Salvia in vitro cultures” – under correspondence 12.   “Micropropagation of African Salvia species”- prof. Nokwanda Makunga (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)   PART IV – METABOLIC ENGINEERING AND FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF SALVIA SSP. 13.   “Molecular Markers in Salvia: Past, Present and Future” – Prof. Mehmet Karaca and Dr. Ayse Gul Ince, (Akdeniz University, Turkey) 14.   “Genetic engineering and manipulation of metabolite pathways in Salvia plants”- under correspondence