Secondary Metabolites in Stress and Disease Management

Dr. Amrita Srivastava is currently and Assistant Pro in the Department of Life Sciences at the Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, India. She has a PhD in BioScience and over 11 years of teaching and research experience. She works in the field of microbial secondary metabolites, and her research focus lies in the extraction and purification of microbial secondary metabolite siderophore and its application. Her work includes establishment of antimicrobial and anticancer properties of secondary metabolites by elucidating the mechanism of their effect on plants, microbes, and cell lines. She has published 26 research and review articles in journals of international repute, edited 2 books and authored over 15 book chapters. Dr. Arun Kumar Mishra, PhD is currently as a Senior Professor at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India. He has 28 years of teaching and research experience. He has specialization in cyanobacterial systematics, microbial physiology, stress signalling, genetics, and proteomics. His research area comprised of deciphering the fundamental metabolisms of cyanobacteria and the physiological and biochemical basis of stress tolerance among microbes. Additionally, he has also successfully deciphered the mechanism of organophosphate bioremediation by Fischerella sp. LMGA1. Furthermore, he has successfully accomplished research projects sponsored by eminent research agencies like Department of Biotechnology, Department of Science and Technology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, University Grant Commission and Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Government of India. He has also edited a book on cyanobacteria entitled, Cyanobacteria: From Basic Sciences to Applications, published by Elsevier in the year 2019

• Section I: Diversity and Production Strategies1. Secondary Metabolites from Plants2. Microbial Secondary Metabolites3. Microalgae as a Rich Source of Secondary Metabolites for Food, Feed and Pharmaceutical Applications4. Cyanobacteria as a Source of Secondary Metabolites5. Exploring the Untapped Reservoir of Secondary Metabolites in the Indian Subcontinent6. Extraction, Purification and Identification Strategies7. Genetic Engineering as a Means to Maximize Secondary Metabolite Production8. Enhanced Production of Medicinally Valuable Plant Secondary Metabolites through In Vitro Techniques9. Bioinformatics as a Tool for Secondary Metabolite ResearchSection II: ROLE OF SECONDARY METABOLITES IN PLANT STRESS MANAGEMENT10. Harnessing Rhizospheric Interactions for Root Disease Control in Plants11. Influence of Environmental Stress on Secondary Metabolites in Plants12. Plant-Fungal Interactions and Secondary Metabolites13. Role of Secondary Metabolites in Plant Defense Against Bacterial and Viral Pathogens14. Nature's Defense: The Role of Secondary Metabolites in Combating HerbivorySection III: ROLE OF SECONDARY METABOLITES IN HUMAN HEALTH15. Secondary Metabolites for Improvement of Human Health16. Role of Secondary Metabolites in Neurodegenerative Disorders17. Potential Application of Secondary Metabolites in Cancer18. Potential Application of Secondary Metabolites in Diabetes19. Therapeutic outcome of Secondary Metabolites Against Contagious and Non-Contagious Human Diseases20. Therapeutic Potential of Indian Medicinal Plants: A Recent Progress21. Clinical Research of Indigenous Medicinal Florae and their Pharmaceutical Formulation for Unlocking the Management of COVID-19