In vitro studies and phytochemical evaluation of Bidens biternata

Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. & Sheriff belongs to the family Asteraceae is used as a leafy vegetable by tribes of Waynadu Districts in Kerala and also to cure hepatitis cold cough dysentery asthma etc. Since current practices of harvesting are unsustainable micro propagation was tried in B. biternata. Nutritional antinutritional and antioxidant factors were analyzed and medicinal properties like antiinflammatory hepatoprotective and anticancer activity were also evaluated. This book focus on evaluation of nutritional factors and identification structural elucidation in vitro production as well as elicitation of the bioactive molecule that might be responsible for the medicinal properties of B. biternata since the plant possess a tremendous antioxidant antiinflammatory hepatoprotective and anticancer potential which may help the people around the globe to overcome nutritional deficiency problems and fight the deadly diseases of modern society.