Bioprospecting of Tropical Medicinal Plants

Karuppusamy Arunachalam, PhD, is the Visiting Professor of Center for Studies in Stem Cells, Cell Therapy and Toxicological Genetics (CeTroGen), Graduate Program in Health and Development of the Midwest Region Faculdade de Medicina Dr. Hélio Mandetta (FAMED), Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul Brazil. He was awarded as a President’s International Fellowship Initiative, (PIFI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (2020), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Before joining the KIB in 2020, he spent 5 years in the Area Pharmacology Laboratory, Department of Basic Sciences in Health, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), Brazil as a Post-Doctoral Fellow. He is working on wide range of topics, including Ethnobotany, Biotechnology, Ethnopharmacology and Pre-clinical pharmacology, with a major focus being the herbal drug development. In recent years, he has been exploring Natural Products with an emphasis in phytochemical and Pharmacology, Neutraceuticals and Polysaccharides. Arunachalam K has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles. He published 4 books and 7 book chapters. In addition, he secured the 4 registered international patents (Brazil) and 1 granted National patent (India).Xuefei Yang, PhD, Professor, is the group leader of Ethnobotany and Natural Resource Management of Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). She was trained in multidisciplinary such as Ethnoecology, Global Change Biology, Natural Resource Management, Biodiversity Conservation, Fungal Ecology, Spatial Ecology, and Forestry Ecology. She holds a PhD in Biology granted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2006 and three Master Degrees from KIB in China, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) in the Netherlands, and the Center for Space Science, Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP, affiliated to the United Nations) in India, respectively. Since 2006, she worked as a scientist at KIB on a broad range of research topics and had been promoted as an associate Professor in 2010 and group leader of Ethnobotany in 2014. She has published around 70 research articles on peer-reviewed journals and three books.Sreeja Puthanpura Sasidharan PhD, is an Assistant professor (contract) of Department of Botany, NSS College, Nemmara, Palakkad, Kerala, India. She has completed her graduation from Calicut University, Kerala and post-graduation, M.Phil and Ph.D from Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu. Presently she is working in the field of bioprospection of medicinal plants with phytochemical and pharmacological studies. She has published 13 research articles with the citation number of 85 in google scholar and 4 book chapters, in various reputed International journals/publishers. In addition, she has published two books in Springer International publisher. She have two years of teaching and 5 years of research experiences

• 1. Khikeya Semy*, Ruokuonuo Kuotsu.- Ethnobotanical study of medicinal herbs used by the Naga tribals of Eastern Himalayas.- khikeyasemy@gmail.com.- 2. Ahirrao YA1, Patil MV2 and DA Patil3*.- Ethnomedicinal Use-reports of Seeds As Tapped From Herbal Vendors In North Maharashtra (India).- dapatil_10aug@yahoo.com.- 3. Pious Soris Tresina, Murugeswaran Santhiya Selvam, Vallinayagam Sornalakshmi and Veerababu Ramasamy Mohan .- Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers in Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary.- vrmohanvoc@gmail.com.- 4. Jayalekshmi C V 1† , Reshma K Ramesh 1† , Vijai M 2† & Suresh V*.- Ethnomedicinal Plants used by Irula Tribal Settlement of Attappady in Palakkad District Kerala, India.- 5. Jayalekshmi C V 1† , Reshma S 2† & Suresh V*.- Folk Medicine Of Chittur Taluk In Palakkad District,.- 6. R. Manikandan 1 , S.P. Nithya, R. Mehala Devi.- Checklist Flora of Sunderdhunga Valley, Western Himalaya, with Emphasis on Ethno-Medicinal Plants.- 7. Pinki Gogoi, Pyonim Lungphi, A.P. Das & Ayam Victor Singh *.- Phytomedicines Used In Respiratory Diseases By Traditional Healers Of Lakhimpur & Dhemaji Districts Of Assam, India.- 8. Lydia Yeptho*, T. Ajungla.- Understanding phytomedicinal gastronomic culture of the Nagas in Nagaland, India.- 9. Ritee Basu, Sukanya Dasgupta, Spoorthy N Babu, Ayesha Noor*.- Medicinal Plants in the Indian Traditional Medicine and Current Practices.- 10. Rajeev Ranjan Kumar, Jaidev Chauhan, Vijay Kant Purohit and Pratti Prasad.- Conservation of RET Medicinal and Aromatic plants, for their Appraisal in Traditional Medicines and Current practices in Indian Himalayan Region.- 11. Neva Chaudhary 1* , Suresh K. Ghimire 2 and Ram P. Chaudhary.- Traditional Amchi Medicinal Practice in trans-Himalayas of Nepal: Conservation and Bioprospecting.- 12. Salman Majeed 1* , Muhammad Zafar 1 , Mushtaq Ahmad 1,2 , Shazia Sultana 1 , Muhammad Fethi, Ozdemir 3 , Omer Kilic 4 , Ghulam Yaseen 5 , Nabila 1.- Appraisal of Medicinal Plants Diversity Inhabited in Deserts Areas.- 13. Karma Yeshi, Phurpa Wangchuk.- Bush Medicinal Plants of the Australian Wet Tropics and Their Biodiscovery Potential.- 14. Kausar Rashid1*, Sufiya Rashid1, Aijaz Hassan Ganie2, Irshad A. Nawchoo1, Mudasir A. Tantry3, Anzar A. Khuroo4.- Trillium govanianum, a promising endemic medicinal herb of the Himalaya.- 15. K. Abirami, P. Revathi, K. Thenmozhi* and K. Sowndhararajan.- Comprehensive Review on Wild Basil Genus Orthosiphon of Lamiaceae.- 16. T. Soumya, P. R. Jayasree and P. R. Manish Kumar.- Zingiberaceae plants – a cornucopia of promising chemotherapeuticals for cancer cure.- 17. Nikita Patel and Ramar Krishnamurthy.- Moringa oleifera Accessions: Perspectives and application as nutraceuticals and phytomedicines.- 18. Sreeja Puthanpura Sasidharanc, Xuefei Yanga,b, Karuppusamy Arunachalama,b*.- An overview of ethnobotany, phytochemicals and pharmacological properties of Ficus species.- 19. SunilKumar 1 , Bikarma Singh 2,3.- Phytochemistry and pharmacology of Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don and Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz.- 20. Naveen Dhingra* 1 , Shaligram Sharma 2 , Pratima Kumari 3 and Anand Kar 4.- Resilience Activity of Glycyrrhiza glabra in Relation to Cancer: Chemistry and Mechanism.- 21. Reshmi Chembrammal 1 *, Aswathi Pokkadath 2 and John Ernest Thoppil 3.- Strobilanthes: A plethora of phytomedicine.- 22. Sonia Mol Joseph* And Amala Dev A.R.- Annonaceae: Tropical medicinal plants with potential anticancer compounds: An overview.- 23. Suman Thamburaj † , Chayanika Sarma † , Anju Mariam Johnson † , Akhila Etikala † and Suresh Kumar Kalakandan*.- Biocolorant from Anisochilus carnosus: A natural food preservative.- 24. Azhagu Saravana Babu. P 1 , Vajiha Aafrin. B 2 , Sagorika Goyali 1 , Geethika. M 1 , Sugumari.V 1 , M. Sukumar.- Therapeutic properties of Nardostachys jatamansi and its applications in Post Chemotherapy induced hair loss in cancer patients.- 25. Marney Pascoli Cereda.- Phototherapeutic potential of cassava (Manihot esculenta, Crantz)..- 26. Saranya Surendran and *Raju Ramasubbu .- Phytochemistry and Pharmacological studies of Indian Cinnamomum Schaeff..- 27. Silvy Mathew, Reshma Rajan.- Medicinal properties and population studies on Sarcostigma kleinii Wight &Arn..- 28. Anjana Krishnan1, Jomy Joseph2 and Sudha Kalyanikutty1*,.- The Utility of Natural Mucilage from the Medicinal plant, ‘Patha’ (Cyclea peltata) as an Alternative for Solidifying Agent in Cell Growth Media.- 29. S. N. Preethamol 1 * and John E Thoppil 2.- Secondary metabolites in Ophiorrhiza brunonis Wight &Arn. (Rubiaceae): A lead towards its anticancer potential.- 30. Kajal Chakraborty.- Marine macroalgae as a treasure house of bioactive compounds and nutraceuticals.- 31. Kapish Kapoor †1* , Priyal Jain †2 Joohee Pradhan †1*.- Plant metabolites as new leads to herbal drug discovery: Approaches and Challenges.- 32. Mudasir Maqbool 1 , Kitika Shenmar 2 , Ansab Akther 3 , Reyaz Hassan Mir 2 , Adil Farooq Wali 4* , Roohi Mohi-ud-din 5*.- Biochanin A Chemistry, Structural Modifications, and Therapeutic Applications: An Update.- 33. Biswajit Patra 1 , Nibedita Das 2 , Mohammad Zaki Shamim 3 , Tapan Kumar Mohanta 4, Bishwambhar Mishra 4 , Yugal Kishore Mohanta 5*.- Dietary Natural Polyphenols Against Bacterial and Fungal Infections: An Emerging Gravity in Health care and Food industry.- 34. Joohee Pradhan 1 * Purnima Paliwal 2†Sunita Panchawat 1† Rohini Trivedi 3† , and Devshree Gayakwad 4†.- Phyto-constituents as Potential Leads for the Development of Novel Antiepileptic Drugs.- 35. Hitesh Chopra 1 , Shabana Bibi 2 , Yugal Kishore Mohanta 3 , Sony Kumari 3 , Atif Amin Baig 4*.- Role of Polyphenols in Cardiovascular diseases.- 36. Alankar Shrivastava.- Steam Distillation: Principle And Applications For The Extraction Of Essential Oils From Plants.- 37. Durga Prasad Barik.- Factors Influencing Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation Efficiency In Plants – A Case Study.- 38. Dr T V Binu, C B Athira.- Evaluation Of Medicinal Planttager With Reference To Its Substitute.- 39. Shipra Jha1, Shilpi Yadev2.- Biotechnology: Production of Natural Bioactive Compounds from Leguminous Plants & Disease Management.- 40. Pawan Mulani*, Dr.Sweta S.Koka, Anirudh Padiyar, Dr. R.K. Maheshwari, Dr. G.N. Darwhekar.- Novel Ecofriendly Method Of Extraction For Fixed Oils Using Solvent Action Of Solid Solubilizers.- 41. 1Yasotha Jeyaram, 2Priya Prasannan, 1Arjun Pandian, 2*Ramasubbu Raju.- Conservation attempts of woody medicinal plants of India by Biotechnological tools.- 42. M.V Lakshmi, S. Jeyaraj, and T.S Swapna.- Conservation of endangered medicinal plants by in-vitro propagation methods.- 43. Nadia Iqbal 1* , Sidra Nisar Ahmed 2 , Urooj subhan 1 , Nageen Arif 1 , Humaira Saleem 1 , Farah Deeba 1.- Application of biotechnology to produce plant-derived biologically important compounds.- 44. Mehmet Zeki Kocak 1 * , Mustafa Güven Kaysim 2.- Appraisal of Medicinal Plants for Pharmacological Properties.- 45. Yuhong Zheng 1 , Xin Shi 2 , Li Fu 3*.- Pharmacological properties and tissue culture method of endangered medicinal plants.- 46. Morvarid Noormohammadi 1 , Farzad Shidfar 2*.- Natural compounds with pharmacological properties in clinical trials.- 47. Aswathi Pokkadath1, Reshmi Chembrammal2, and John Ernest Thoppil3.- Phytopharmacological aspects of the genus Terminalia.- 48. Priyanka Soni 1 , Md. Sajid Ghufran 2 and Govinda Rao Duddukuri 3 *.- Anticancer potential of plant-derived compounds: An overview of their epigenetic mode of action.- 49. Nikita Kale.- Treatment of Cancer Using Combination of Herbal & Novel Drug Delivery System.- 50. Nisha Sam Nirmala* 1 , Navina Bala Krishnan 1 , Vaishnavi Vivekanandan 1 , Krishnaraj Thirugnanasambantham.- Anti-InflammatoryPotential Of Lead Compounds And Their Derivatives From Medicinal Plants.- 51. Tanima Bhattacharya a,b# , Debashrita Das c# , Hitesh Chopra d , Atif Amin Baig* e.- Alzheimer disease treatment using natural foods: A perspective overview.- 52. Anjali Saharan 1 , Harkiran Nehra 2 , Chander Parkash 3 , Rakesh Kumar Sindhu 4 , Inderjeet Verma 3.- Natural products used for the treatment of an autoimmune disorder.- 53. Cristina M. Pérez Zamora 1,2*† , Carola A. Torres 1,2*† and Ana M. Gonzalez 3.- Strategies to improve antimicrobial activity of natural products: approaches and challenges.- 54. Sinimol Thekkekkoottumughath Peethambaran1*.- Plants Described In Ayurveda With Immunomodulatory Potential.- 55. B Sumithra 1*, Sanjeeb Kumar Mandal 1, B Bishwambhar Mishra 1, Mounika KVSSN 1, Caleb Joel Raj J 1, Aishwarya CVS 1. .- Plant-derived drugs for Alzheimer’s and other neurological disorders.- 56. Afroze Naveed Basha 1 , Ramya Subramanian 2 , Kandeepan Chithan 1 , Gopinath Gurulingam, Vincent 3, Karthigeyan Murugesan 3 , Ananthavalli Ramachandran 3 , Sivakumar Pethanan 3 , Mani, Panagal 4 , Chella Perumal Palanisamy 5* , Jayakumararaj Ramaraj 6*.- Properties and mechanism of antimicrobial agents from plant derived essential oils.- 57. Thomson Alex 1 , Alankar Shrivastava 2* , Damanpreet Kaur Lang 3 , Rakhi Khabiya 4, Sweta S. Koka 4 , Yasmin Sultana 1*.- Nanotechnological Modus Operandi For The Delivery Of Cytotoxic Phytochemicals.- 58. a Arun John and b Rinu Elizabeth Roy.- Plant Based Green Nano Particles In Cancer Diagnosis And Chemotherapy.- 59. Jeyanthi Palanivelu, R. Sai Nandhini, Kalpana Shree S, Phalguni Maity, G.S.Madhumathi, Anindita Bhar , Jeyanthi Palanivelu*.- Use Of Nanoparticles In Cancer Therapy Using Plant Resources.- 60. Md. Sajid Ghufran 1* , Priyanka Soni 2 and Govinda Rao Duddukuri 3.- The global concern for cancer emergence and its prevention: A systematic unveiling of the present scenario.- 61. Shaikh Ajij Ahmed Makbul 1,* Sayeedur Rahman 2.- Regularly used poisonous medicinal plants in Unani system of medicine.- 62. Sidra Nisar Ahmed 1 , Mushtaq Ahmad 2 , Mohammad Zafar 2, Ghulam Yaseen 3 Nadia Iqbal 4 , Neelum Rashid 5, Samina Kousar 1 , Adeela Haroon 1.- Herbal drugs: Safety, Cost-effectiveness, Regulation, Current Trends and Future Directions.- 63. Esha Vatsa & Mehak Aggarwal.- Therapeutic properties of herbal constituents subjected for clinical trials.- 64. Robin 1,2 , Pardeep Kaur 3 *, Jagdeep Kaur 4 , Kamaljit Kaur 5 and Sunidhi Miglani 6.- Plant-derived immunomodulators targeting COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2): preclinical evaluation and clinical trials.