Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Lactuca L.: World Distribution and Importance
(Mohammad Saleem Wani, PhD, Younas Rasheed Tantray, PhD, Vijay Kumar Singhal and Ishrat Jan, PhD, Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, India, and others
Chapter 2. Lactuca sativa: An Edible Source of Medicinal Benefits
(Hammad Ismail, Sara Latif, Fatima Ijaz and Erum Dilshad, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan, and others)
Chapter 3. Biological Activities of Lactuca sativa Extracts
(Hayet Edziri, Fethia Skhiri and Maha Mastouri, Laboratoire des Maladies Transmissibles et des Substances Biologiquement Actives, Faculté de Pharmacie, Monastir, Tunisia, and others)
Chapter 4. Strategies for Genetic Transformation of Lactuca Sativa
(Erum Dilshad, Hammad Ismail, Hasnain Waheed, Muhammad Maaz and Zarina Khurshaid, Department of Bioinformatics and Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, and others)
Chapter 5. Ulva Lactuca: Adsorption, Bioaccumulation and Remediation
(María M. Areco, Vanesa N. Salomone and María dos Santos Afonso, Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental, UNSAM-CONICET, San Martín, Argentina, and others)
Chapter 6. Production of Vitamin b12-Enriched Lettuce for Vegetarians and Elderly People
(Tomohiro Bito and Fumio Watanabe, Department of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan)
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