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Pharmacognosy & Metabolic Engineering
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| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Important dates
Certificate Exam Date
Start Date : 25 Apr, 2026
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 1000 | yes | IIT Kharagpur |
The Syllabus
- Medicinal and aromatic plants.
- Origin and Evolution of plant specialized metabolism.
- Eliciting specialized metabolism in plant cell and organ culture.
- Different strategies of metabolic engineering. Genetic transformation for manipulation of plant specialized metabolism.
- Introduction to alkaloids.
- Engineering tropane alkaloid pathways in plants.
- Engineering morphine and purine alkaloid pathways.
- Biosynthesis and genetic manipulation of indole alkaloid pathways. Metabolic reprogramming for non-natural indole alkaloids in plants.
- Discovery of new alkaloid pathways in plants (strychnine and colchicine).
- Terpenoid metabolism and pathway manipulation.
- Genetic manipulation of carotenoid pathway. Emission biology of terpenoid floral volatiles.
- Biotechnological intervention for production of complex terpenes viz. hyperforin and taxol.
- Biochemistry of phenylpropanoid/benzenoid metabolism. Pathway manipulation for reduction of lignin content and composition.
- Biochemistry and cell biology of anthocyanin formation in flowers.
- Manipulation of anthocyanin pathways and creation of blue rose.
- Biochemistry of tea polyphenols. Biosynthesis of phenolic alcohols and esters.
- Pathway manipulation for production of phenolic esters.
- Metabolic engineering for vanillin biosynthesis. Genetic engineering of shikonin pathway. Molecular pharming for human somatotropin production in transplastomic plants.