Medicinal Plant Research from an Omics Perspective
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2024 | Viewed by 2275
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Medicinal plants face numerous challenges and difficulties in terms of resource conservation, regeneration, sustainable utilization and development. Therefore, multi-omics techniques (such as chloroplast genomics, mitochondrial genomics, microbiomics, transcriptomics, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and phenomics) play an increasingly important role in addressing fundamental issues related to the conservation and utilization of medicinal plants.
The chloroplast genome and mitochondrial genome have become important tools for studying the evolution, species identification and genetic variation of medicinal plants. By analyzing the sequence and structural changes in the chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes, we can gain in-depth insights into the phylogenetic relationships among medicinal plant species, trace their origins and evolutionary processes, and provide valuable information for genetic improvement and conservation of medicinal plant genetic resources.
The comprehensive analysis of genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and microbiomics data provides comprehensive biological information, helping us understand the genetic characteristics of medicinal plants, the synthesis and regulatory mechanisms of bioactive compounds, and the metabolic pathways associated with therapeutic effects. These studies contribute to the discovery of new drug candidates, optimization of medicinal plant varieties, improvement of drug production processes and the modernization of traditional medicine.
This Special Issue focuses on articles covering multi-omics studies on traditional medicinal plants, including the:
- Chloroplast genome and mitochondrial genomes of medicinal plants
- Transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics of medicinal plants
- Microbiomics of medicinal plants
Dr. Linfang Huang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Transcriptomics
- Proteomics
- Metabolomics
- Chloroplast genome
- Mitochondrial genomes
- Medicinal plants
- Microbiomics