Medicinal Plants and Antimicrobial Therapies

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Dr. Vinay KumarDepartment of Biotechnology Modern College of Arts Science and Commerce Savitribai Phule Pune University Ganeshkhind Pune 411016 India Dr. Vinay Kumar is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology Modern College (Savitribai Phule Pune University) Ganeshkhind Pune India and a Visiting Faculty at the Department of Environmental Sciences S. P. Pune University India. He obtained his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Savitribai Phule Pune University in 2009. He has published more than 75 peer reviewed research/ review articles 30 book chapters and has edited 7 books in collaboration with international publishers. He has around 5000 citations with h-index of 35. He is a recipient of Young Scientist Award of Science and Engineering Board Government of India INSA Visiting Scientist Award from the Indian National Science Academy. He is editorial board member of prestigious research journals. Besides he is serving as a reviewer for several international journals of repute. His research interests include antimicrobial resistance in nosocomial and community settings elucidating molecular mechanisms underlying antimicrobial resistance and combating it with natural products and functionalized nanomaterials.Dr. Varsha ShriramDepartment of Botany Prof. Ramkrishna More College Savitribai Phule Pune University Akurdi Pune 411044 India Dr. Varsha Shriram is working as a Professor in the Department of Botany Prof. Ramkrishna More College (Savitribai Phule Pune University) Akurdi Pune India. She has completed her PhD in natural products chemistry and biotechnology from CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory Pune India and Savitribai Phule Pune University Pune India. She has published more than 40 peer-reviewed research/review articles and is on reviewer board for reputed journals and funding agencies like Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) Government of India. Her areas of research interest include medicinal plants isolation and identification of phytochemicals their activity studies including anticancer and antimicrobial antimicrobial resistance and underlying mechanisms and antimicrobial resistance reversal with phytochemicals. She has completed extramural research projects in these and allied areas.   Dr. Abhijit DeyDepartment of Life Sciences Presidency University Kolkata West Bengal 700073 IndiaDr. Abhijit Dey is working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Life Sciences Presidency University Kolkata India. He is actively working in the fields of therapeutic application of plant natural products and ethnopharmacology for last 18 years. His research areas involve broad areas and branches like Chemistry Phytochemistry Plant Science Plant secondary metabolomics Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Mathematical Modelling Process optimization Ecology and Biodiversity Stress Physiology Network Pharmacology etc. He has published in various high-impact journals and serves as a reviewer and board member for numerous esteemed journals. He has more than 75 research/review articles to his credit.