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Application of Bioinformatics and System Biology in Medicinal Plant Studies

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Abstract

Bioinformatics and systems biology has adapted an essential role in the study of medicinal plants today. With an ever-increasing genomic and proteomic information, it is necessary to interpret the data adequately. Bioinformatics has led to the discovery of new genetic players and helped in the characterization of many of the new genes and proteins. Moreover, its tools have helped in deciphering important relationships between the various molecular players. However, as the data increases exponentially, a parallel growth of the bioinformatics tools and methods is inevitable. There is a constant need to develop new means to carry out data management, analysis, visualization, and prediction. In this chapter, the key applications of bioinformatics in understanding medicinal plant biology have been discussed with a special emphasis on the incorporation of bioinformatics tools and methods. All these aspects have been covered in the light of omics technologies including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics. Toward the end of the chapter, the current and future trends in the field of bioinformatics pertaining to medicinal plants have been discussed.

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Babar, M.M. et al. (2017). Application of Bioinformatics and System Biology in Medicinal Plant Studies. In: Hakeem, K., Malik, A., Vardar-Sukan, F., Ozturk, M. (eds) Plant Bioinformatics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67156-7_15

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