Natural Bio-Active Compounds: Volume 1: Production and Applications
暫譯: 天然生物活性化合物：第一卷：生產與應用

生物活性化合物是由自然來源（如植物、微生物、內生真菌等）產生的，這些化合物在農業、生物技術和生物醫學等各個領域都有潛在的應用。幾種生物活性化合物已被證明在介導植物與微生物的相互作用以及促進植物生長和發展方面具有無價的價值。由於它們擁有眾多促進健康的特性，自古以來這些化合物就被廣泛用作藥物來源。

然而，隨著香料和香氛、食品及製藥行業對天然生物活性化合物需求的日益增長，滿足這一需求的必要性前所未有。此外，從自然來源發現新的先導分子對於克服不斷增加的新疾病至關重要。在這方面，天然生物活性化合物在新藥發現中具有巨大的潛力。因此，這一研究領域已成為對理解這些生物活性代謝物的化學、合成機制和藥理活性感興趣的研究者的重要領域。本書描述了生物活性植物化合物的基本知識、其化學特性以及其在各種人類疾病和藥物、化妝品及草藥行業應用方面的藥理生物技術特性。這本書對於所有參與農學、生態學、作物科學、分子生物學、壓力生理學和天然產品的學生、教育工作者、研究人員和醫療專家來說，都是一個寶貴的資源。

Dr. Mohd Sayeed Akhtar (PhD) is an Assistant Professor at Gandhi Faiz-e-Aam College, Shahjahanpur, UP, India. He received his PhD degree from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India in 2008, prior to conducting post-doctoral research at the Botanical Institute, University of Basel (BIB), Switzerland (2008-2010), and at Chonbuk National University (CBNU), Republic of Korea in 2011. He was an Assistant Professor at Jimma University, Ethiopia (2011-2014), and a fellow researcher at the Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), (2014-2015). Dr. Akhtar has more than 15 years of research and 10 years of teaching experience in soil microbiology, applied microbiology, environmental microbiology, molecular biology, plant pathology and plant nanobiotechnology. He has authored or co-authored more than one hundred articles in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters, and has edited 10 books with international publishers. Further, he serves as an editorial board member and reviewer for several high-impact international journals. His current research is focused on rhizospheric plant-microbe interactions and molecular biotechnology, bioremediation, biomineralization, nano-fertilizers and nanobiotechnology.

Dr. Mallappa Kumara Swamy (PhD) is a Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology at East West College of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. He completed his postdoctoral research at the Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Before that, he had worked as an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology, Padmashree Institute of Management and Sciences, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, India. He received his PhD (Biotechnology) from Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India in 2013. He has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience in the fields of plant biotechnology, secondary metabolite production, phytochemistry and bioactive studies. Dr. Swamy has authored 80 research publications in peer-reviewed journals and 16 book chapters. Recently, he has edited four books published by Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., Singapore. He also serves as an editorial board member and reviewer for several high-impact international journals. His current research is focused on cell and tissue culture technology for bioactive compound production, and on nanotechnology for medical applications.

Dr. Uma Rani Sinniah (PhD) is a Professor at the Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). She has more than 35 years of teaching and research experience in the fields of plant biology, seed technology, cryobiology, germplasm conservation, and plant secondary metabolites, and has successfully completed several projects supported by various national and international funding bodies. She has published more than 95 research articles in peer-reviewed journals, and eight book chapters. Her current research is focused on seed science and technology, cryopreservation, plant cell and tissue culture, and secondary metabolite production.

穆罕默德·賽義德·阿赫塔爾博士（PhD）是印度烏塔爾邦沙賈哈納普爾甘地法伊茲阿姆學院的助理教授。他於2008年在印度阿里格爾穆斯林大學（AMU）獲得博士學位，隨後在瑞士巴塞爾大學植物研究所（BIB）進行博士後研究（2008-2010），並於2011年在韓國全北國立大學（CBNU）進行研究。他曾擔任埃塞俄比亞吉馬大學的助理教授（2011-2014），以及馬來西亞普特拉大學熱帶農業研究所的研究員（2014-2015）。阿赫塔爾博士在土壤微生物學、應用微生物學、環境微生物學、分子生物學、植物病理學和植物奈米生物技術等領域擁有超過15年的研究經驗和10年的教學經驗。他在同行評審的期刊、會議論文和書籍章節中發表或共同發表了超過一百篇文章，並編輯了10本與國際出版商合作的書籍。此外，他還擔任多本高影響力國際期刊的編輯委員會成員和審稿人。他目前的研究重點是根際植物-微生物相互作用、分子生物技術、生物修復、生物礦化、奈米肥料和奈米生物技術。

馬拉帕·庫馬拉·斯瓦米博士（PhD）是印度卡納塔克邦班加羅爾東西科學學院生物技術系的教授及系主任。他在馬來西亞普特拉大學（UPM）農業學院作物科學系完成了博士後研究。在此之前，他曾擔任班加羅爾大學帕德瑪希瑞管理與科學學院生物技術系的副教授及系主任。他於2013年在印度甘杜爾的阿查里亞·納加爾朱納大學獲得生物技術博士學位。他在植物生物技術、次級代謝物生產、植物化學和生物活性研究等領域擁有超過15年的教學和研究經驗。斯瓦米博士在同行評審的期刊上發表了80篇研究論文和16篇書籍章節。最近，他編輯了四本由新加坡Springer Nature Pte Ltd.出版的書籍。他還擔任多本高影響力國際期刊的編輯委員會成員和審稿人。他目前的研究重點是生物活性化合物生產的細胞和組織培養技術，以及醫療應用的奈米技術。

烏瑪·拉尼·辛尼亞博士（PhD）是馬來西亞普特拉大學（UPM）農業學院作物科學系的教授。她在植物生物學、種子技術、冷凍生物學、種質資源保護和植物次級代謝物等領域擁有超過35年的教學和研究經驗，並成功完成了多個由各種國內和國際資助機構支持的項目。她在同行評審的期刊上發表了超過95篇研究文章和八篇書籍章節。她目前的研究重點是種子科學與技術、冷凍保存、植物細胞和組織培養以及次級代謝物生產。