Environmental Contaminants and Medicinal Plants Action on Female Reproduction

Alexander Sirotkin, PhD., DrSc. is a known specialist in biology of reproduction and leader in studies of some ovarian signaling substances and factors regulating female reproduction. He received his PhD degree at the University of Leningrad (USSR), PhD degree in the Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry (Leningrad, USSR) and DrSc degree in the Research Institute of Animal Production (Nitra, Slovakia). He worked as Research Scientist, Senior Research Scientist, Head of the Laboratory and Project Leader in the Research Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics (Leningrad-Pushkin, USSR), International Laboratory for Biotechnology (Nitra, Czechoslovakia), Research Institute of Animal Production/Animal Production Research Centre (Nitra, Slovakia) and Constantine the Philosopher University (Nitra, Slovakia) which is his current affiliation. His teaching activities included lectures at more than 10 universities and research centers, as well as the supervision of more than 60 undergraduate and PhD student works. He has more than 650 publications, mainly in international biomedical journals and several books including recent monograph “Regulators of Ovarian Functions” (Nova Science Pub Inc, 2014). He has been nominated for?more than 10national and international awards for his work in the areas of biology and the endocrinology of reproduction. Adriana Kolesárová, Ph.D is Vice-dean for Science, Research and Foreign Relations at the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra and a Professor at the Department of Animal Physiology. From 2019, she is the EIT Food Hub Coordinator in Slovak Republic (SR). She is the official representative of the SR in relation to European and international initiatives and programs approved by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of SR. She is a member of the scientific team of CeRA – Center of Animal Reproduction which contribut toes the knowledge of the regulatory mechanisms of animal ovarian functions, including humans, by the action of natural biologically active substances - phytonutrients with a health impact. In 2018, Dr. Competed in the L'Oreal - UNESCO FOR WOMEN submitting a Nutraceutics project – “Biological and biotechnological aspects of improving women's health” for which she was awarded honorable recognition. She is the author of 8 scientific and professional monographs, resp. chapters issued in domestic and international publishers, author of 4 book publications, university textbooks and textbooks and a total publications of more than 460. More than 500 citations including more than 360 in Web of Science and the SCOPUS database.

1. Introduction 2. Female reproduction and its regulation 3. Environmental contaminants - kinds and mechanisms of action 4. Food/medicinal herbs and their health promoting potential 5. Phytonutrients and their health-promoting potential 6. Conclusions for science and praxis