Bioprospecting of Natural Pigments in Human Health

Dr. Siva Ramamoorthy is currently working as Professor and Dean at School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), India. He earned his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in plant science from Madurai Kamaraj University, India. He carried out his PhD in Plant Genetic Diversity at Bharathidasan University, India. He did his postdoctoral research at Ben Gurion University (Israel) and Gyeongsang National University (South Korea). His research interests are plant pigment biotechnology and pigments biology. Around two decades, he has carried out extensive research on plant dyes and pigments. He was recognized as one among the top 2% scientists of the world - as per the Elsevier 2021, Stanford University and Mendeley 2020. Thomas Efferth is chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. He is biologist by training (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany). His doctoral thesis was completed at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany (1990). Dr. Efferth was awarded the Ludolf-Krehl-Prize of the Southwest German Association for Medicine (1991), the Willmar-Schwabe-Award of the German Society for Medicinal Plant Research (2006), the citizen medal of the City of Heidelberg, Germany (2008), the CESAR Award for Translational Oncology (2011), and the SCENTEDdrop Award on medicinal and flagrant herbs (2015). He headed a research group for Pharmaceutical Biology at DKFZ (2005-2009) and was associate professor (apl) at the University of Heidelberg (2007-2009). In 2009, he took over the Chair of Pharmaceutical Biology (full professorship) at the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz. Furthermore, he is honorary professor at the Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, and at the Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China. Moreover, he is visiting professor at the Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, China. He is editor-in-chief, co-editor, associate editor and editorial board member of 30 scientific journals and scientific advisory board member of the German Pharmaceutical Society and several other institutions. Seven of his former lab members promoted to associate or assistant professors. The focus of Dr. Efferth's research is on tumor pharmacology, pharmacogenomics, and the development of novel options for treatment and diagnosis of cancer. A major topic is research on chemical entities from natural sources.

1. Pigments as therapeutics: An introduction
I. Therapeutic potential of phytopigments
2. A Comprehensive analysis of neuroprotective potential of phytopigments
3. Natural pigments as protective agent for respiratory disorders: special reference to COVID-19
4. Antidiabetic properties of phytopigments: Current status and prospective
5. Tumor preventive properties of phytopigments against breast cancer
6. Anti-aging potential of phytopigments: Perspectives and challenges
7. Role of dietary pigments in chemoprevention and chemotherapy: An overview
8. Curcumin: A yellow pigment of immense therapeutic potential

II. Algal pigments and pharmaceutical applications
9. Recent developments in pharmaceutical applications of microalgal pigments
10. Microalgal pigments against cancer: Potentials and applications
11. Fucoxanthin: A promising compound for inflammation-related diseases
12. Phycobiliproteins-Algae derived pigments: Advances in research on the therapeutic potential

III. Microbial pigments: Therapeutic potential and applications
13. Microbial pigments and therapeutic potential: current status and opportunities
14. Endophytes as emerging sources of pigments: Therapeutic potential and applications

IV. Natural pigments: from laboratories to hospital benches
15. Pigments and promising randomized clinical trials
16. Pigments: antimicrobial compounds with market potential
17. Pigment as dietary supplements: Boon or Bane
18. Promising nanotechnological pharmaceutical applications with pigments