Author: Johra Khan

Chukwuebuka Egbuna Africa Centre of Excellence in Public Health and Toxicological Research (ACE-PUTOR), University of Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.  Chukwuebuka Egbuna is a chartered chemist, a chemical analyst, and academic researcher. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria (ICCON), the Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NSBMB), the Society of Quality Assurance (SQA) (USA), and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) (United Kingdom). Egbuna is also an editor of new Elsevier series on Drug Discovery Update. The series includes books, monographs and edited collections from all areas of drug discovery, including emerging therapeutic claims for the treatment of diseases. He has also edited books with Springer Nature on functional foods and nutraceuticals and John Wiley on poisonous plants and phytochemicals. He has been engaged in a number of roles at New Divine Favor Pharmaceutical Industry Limited, Akuzor Nkpor, Anambra State, Nigeria, and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) in Nigeria. He has collaboratively worked and published quite a number of research articles in the area of phytochemistry, nutrition and toxicology and related areas. He is a reviewer and editorial board member of various journals, including serving as a website administrator for the Tropical Journal of Applied Natural Sciences (TJANS), a journal of the faculty of Natural Sciences, COOU and as an advisory board member under toxicology for the book publisher, Cambridge Scholar Publishing. His primary research interests are in phytochemistry, nutrition and toxicology, food and medicinal chemistry, and analytical biochemistry.  Barbara Sawicka Department of Plant Production and Commodities Science, University of Life Sciences in Lublin; Akademicka street 15, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.  Professor Barbara Sawicka obtained her Ph D from the Agricultural University in Lublin, Poland. Since 1999 she has been a Professor at the University of Life Science in Lublin and was promoted to Head of the Department of Plant Production Technology and Commodities Sciences in 2012. She is an honorary member of the Advisory board of Journal Archives of Agricultural and Environmental Science, a member of the advisory board of International Journal of Research & Methodology in Social Science, and also the board of STUDIA NATURAE, for the Annals Universitatis Pedagoogicae Cracoviensis. She has over 280 original research papers, 8 books and 1 patent. Her research areas of interest are Agronomy, Agribusiness and Rural Development, Bioengineering, Environmental Protection, Food Sciences, Food Safety, Commodity Products.  Johra Khan Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Majmaah, 11952, Saudi Arabia.  Dr. Johra Khan, Ph D is an assistant professor and principal research investigator at the College of Applied Medical Laboratory Sciences, Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia. She is a biotechnologist and academic researcher with interest in the chemistry of natural products, functional foods and nutraceuticals, analytical chemistry and studies related to both communicable and non-communicable diseases. She is a recipient of many awards and a member of many scientific bodies such as the Middle East Molecular Biology Society (MEMBS), the International Society of Global Health (ISo GH), Science Advisory Board (SAB), and the Royal Society of Biology (United Kingdom). Dr. Johra has written many articles, books and book chapters with different publishers such as Springer, CRC, IEEE, and Elsevier. She has supervised many undergraduate and postgraduate students within the last 10 years. Dr. Johra has collaborated on key research projects with scientists from different institutions including those outside of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. She is a reviewer and editorialboard member of both local and international journals of repute.