Recent Frontiers of Phytochemicals

Siddhartha Pati received his PhD degree in Science (Biotechnology) from Fakir Mohan University, India. Dr. Pati has 9+ years of experience working as a researcher at Fakir Mohan University, University Malaysia Terengganu, Khallikote University in the areas of natural product, Food science, Biopolymer etc. His international experience includes various programs, contributions and participation in different countries for study on Biotechnology, Marine Bioprospecting, Food Science, Biodiversity conservation. He has handled 5 research grants and with 50+ publications with vast Industry academic linkages. Dr. Siddhartha Pati working as a Director of NatNov Bioscience Private Limited in India. Dr. Tanmay Sarkar is currently working as a Lecturer in the Government of West Bengal. With 9 years of experience in both teaching and research, his areas of interest include bioactive components from natural sources, ethnic foods, mathematical modeling, and phytochemicals. He is an editor for several SCI, SCIE, and Scopus- indexed journals and has edited numerous books with Elsevier and Springer.Dr. Dibyajit Lahiri is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at the University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, India, where he conducts advanced interdisciplinary research in microbiology, biofilms, antimicrobial resistance, and microbial biotechnology. His scholarly work emphasizes understanding the mechanisms of microbial biofilm formation and inhibition, particularly on medically relevant surfaces and environmental substrates, and exploring innovative strategies for combating biofilm-associated antimicrobial resistance. Dr. Lahiri has authored and co-authored a substantial body of scholarly work, with over 100 publications including high-impact journal articles, book chapters, and reviews. His research portfolio covers topics such as biofilm-mediated degradation of environmental pollutants, novel antibiofilm agents (including nanoscale and natural compounds), and biotechnological applications of microbial systems, with an h-index around 38 reflecting significant citation impact and academic influence.He has contributed to major scientific discussions on microbial biofilms in diverse contexts, including their roles in chronic infections, environmental microplastic degradation, and biofuel production, demonstrating both fundamental and applied research orientations. His collaborative research outputs also include contributions to antimicrobial peptide studies and microbial electrochemical systems. Dr. Lahiri serves as editor and contributor to scholarly publications in his field, and he participates actively in international research networks and editorial activities. His work is regularly presented at scientific forums and continually contributes to advancing microbial biotechnology and strategies to mitigate biofilm-associated challenges in health, industry, and the environment.

• 1. Phytochemicals: Recent trends in food, pharmacy and biotechnology 2. Novel extraction and characterization methods for phytochemicals 3. Primary and secondary plant metabolites: Phytochemical families 4. Phytochemicals and cancer 5. Bioactivity of essential oils and its medicinal applications 6. Marine based phytochemicals for biomedical and pharmaceutical research 7. Phytochemicals in biofilm inhibition 8. Role of natural pigments in consumer based industrial revolution 4.0 9. Phytochemicals as safe fortification agent in fermented food industries 10. Big data in phytochemical research 11. QSAR and phytochemicals 12. Deep learning and AI/ML approach in phytochemical-based drug discovery 13. Molecular docking study of bioactive phytochemicals against infectious diseases 14. Phytochemicals in structure-based drug discovery 15. Future perspective phytochemical research