Tác giả: Mert Ilhan

FATMA TUGCE GURAGAC DERELI Dr. Guragac Dereli graduated from Gazi University, Faculty of Pharmacy. She completed her Ph D from Gazi University, Health Sciences Institute, Department of Pharmacognosy, Turkey. She is now working at Süleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, Turkey as Assistant Professor.  Her research area includes natural product chemistry, biological activity of the medicinal plants and isolation of bioactive phytochemicals. She has 27 publications about her research field and several presentations in scientific meetings. She is working on wound healing, urolithiasis, antidepressant, colitis, antinociceptive, antidiarrheic, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activity of medicinal plants.    MERT ILHAN Dr. Ilhan graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Pharmacy, Turkey. He completed his Ph D from Gazi University, Health Sciences Institute, Department of Pharmacognosy, Turkey. He is currently working as Assistant Professor in Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacognosy. His research area is ethnomedicine, natural product chemistry, isolation of bioactive molecules, and biological activity. He has 42 publications on his research field and several presentations in scientific congress. He is working on ethnomedicinal plants and tested for wound healing activity, endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, urolithiasis, colitis, and anti-inflammatory activity in both in vitro and in vivo models. TARUN BELWAL M.Tech., Ph.D. in Plant Biotechnology has over 10 years of experience in nutraceuticals, food science, bioprocessing, and phyto-pharmacology. After completing his Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology from Kumaun University, Uttarakhand, India, in collaboration with G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment (NIHE), Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand, India, he worked at the College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, China and in the Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin, Italy. He has extensively worked in the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) mainly on medicinal plants, biodiversity conservation and sustainability. He was awarded the ‘Governor’s Award for Best Research’ 2016 and 2017 by the Government of Uttarakhand, India for his work on wild berries. He has been served as Guest Editor in various leading journals, namely few as Food Chemistry, Food and Chemical toxicology, Phytomedicine, Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, Foods, and Frontiers in Nutrition. He has published over 100 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and edited 3 books. He is currently engaged in developing and promoting safer and greener bioprocess techniques, functional foods, food waste utilization, and food functionality.