1. Antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of phytochemicals: Current status and future perspective 2. Functional food ingredients from old age cereal grains 3. Aquatic plants as a natural source of antimicrobial and functional ingredients 4. Antimicrobial properties of selected plants used in Chinese traditional medicine 5. Natural Products from Plants: Recent Developments in Phytochemicals, Phytopharmaceuticals and Plant Based Nutraceuticals as Anticancer Agents 6. Food borne microbial toxins and their inhibition by plant-based chemicals 7. Recent advances in extraction technologies of phytochemicals applied for the revaluation of agri-food by-products 8. Application of nanotechnology to boost the functional and preservative property of essential oils 9. Biotechnology: a tool for synthesis of novel bioactive compounds 10. Prospects of Omics technologies and bioinformatics approaches in food science 11. Phytochemicals: extraction process, safety assessment, toxicological evaluations and regulatory issues 12. Phytochemicals: Intellectual Property Rights 13. Innovations and Future Trends in Product Development and Packaging Technologies
Bhanu Prakash is an assistant professor in the Department of Botany, Institute of Science at the Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India. With more than 10 years of research experience in the field of food sciences, he is the author of over 80 publications and has served as a reviewer of several internationally reputed journals. He has received recognition by the Linnean Society in London, the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences in New Delhi, India, the Young Scientist Awards by the National Academy of Sciences, India, and the Association of Food Scientists and Technologists in Mysore, India. He is an active member of various organizations including the National Academy of Sciences, India, the Society of Biological Chemists, the Indian Botanical Society, and the Association of Food Scientists and Technologists.