Psychoactive Medicinal Plants and Fungal Neurotoxins

Dr.Amritpal Singh Saryya is currently a Reader at the Department of Dravyaguna, Sri Dhanwantry Ayurvedic College, Chandigarh. He completed his Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (B.A.M.S) at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.  An intern from the prestigious Government Ayurvedic Dispensary, Mohali, he completed his M.D in Dravyaguna Vigyana from BRA Bihar University, Muzzafarpur and his MSc in Medicinal Plants at the Global University, Nagaland. He has published numerous research papers in respected, peer-reviewed natural & Ayurvedic medicine journals. He has also participated in various national and international seminars/conferences and poster presentations. He is an active member of various societies, including the Asian Council of Scientific Editors, Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists and the Science Advisory Board, U.K. and many more. He received the Outstanding Scientist Award, 2019 from the VGGOOD, Visakhapatnam, India. Dr. Jaswinder Singh completed his MBBS degree at the Government Medical College, Amritsar in 1995, and his MD (Pharmacology) at the Government Medical College, Patiala in 2001. He has worked in various posts at a number of institutions, including Nepalgunj Medical College, Nepalgunj, and the Government Medical College, Chandigarh. Currently, he is a Professor at the Department of Pharmacology at Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Research, Amritsar, where he is also a member of the Pharmacovigilance Committee. He has more than 15 years of teaching experience, and teaches MD (Pharmacology) MBBS, BDS, BSc (nursing students) courses. He has published more than 27 research articles in various national & international journals. He also serves as an editorial board member for two journals

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychoactive Medicinal Plants.- Chapter 2: Major Hallucinogenic Medicinal Plants in Folk medicine.- 3: Description of Psychoactive Medicinal Plants.- Chapter 4: Pharmacology of Fungal Neurotoxins.- CHAPTER 5: MYCOTOXINS IN HERBAL MEDICINES.