Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Tariq Aftab received his PhD degree in the Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, India, and is currently an Assistant Professor there. He received prestigious Leibniz-DAAD fellowship from Germany, a Raman Fellowship from the Government of India, and Young Scientist Awards from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh and Government of India. He has worked as Visiting Scientist at IPK, Gatersleben, Germany, and in the Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, United States. He has edited 14 books with international publishers, including Elsevier Inc., Springer Nature, and CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), co-authored several book chapters, and published over 65 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals. His research interests include physiological, proteomic, and molecular studies on medicinal and crop plants. Dr. Khalid Rehman Hakeem (PhD) is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has more both teaching and research experience in plant eco-physiology, biotechnology and molecular biology, medicinal plant research, plant-microbe-soil interactions as well as in environmental studies. He has served as the visiting scientist at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. He has more than 110 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals has extensive book publishing experience as well. He is included in the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. He is a fellow of Plantae group of the American Society of Plant Biologists, member of the World Academy of Sciences, member of the International Society for Development and Sustainability, Japan, and member of Asian Federation of Biotechnology, Korea.

1. Review of the active principles of medicinal and aromatic plants and their disease fighting properties

2. Unraveling the mode of action of medicinal plants in delaying age related diseases using model organisms

3. Metabolomics and fluxomics studies in the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus

4. Multivariate analysis of herbal drugs with diverse pharmacological activities: Metabolomics study

5. Metabolomics: A recent advanced omics technology in herbal medicine research

6. Genome Editing: Applications for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

7. Cytogenetic and Bioactive Attributes of Crocus sativus (Saffron); a Tool to Unfold its Medicinal Mystery

8. Metabolic engineering for the production of plant therapeutic compounds

9. CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome editing in medicinal and aromatic plants: Developments and applications

10. Proteomics research in aromatic plants and its contribution to the nutraceuticals and pharmaceutical outcomes

11. Fluxes of nutrients in mycorrhiza: What has fluxomics taught us in the plant-fungus interaction?

12. Metabolomics of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Goldmines of Secondary metabolites for Herbal Medicine Research

13. Exploration of biotechnological studies in low calorie sweetener Stevia rebaudiana: present and future prospects

14. Saffron (Crocus sativus L.): It’s Phytochemistry, Therapeutic Significance and Omics-based Biology

15. Exploitation of revered potent medicinal mushroom Ganoderma lucidum with particular accent on oncotherapeutics