Phytomedicine (ePub)

Dr. Parimelazhagan Thangaraj completed his graduation from St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Trichy and Ph.D from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. His areas of specialization include Bioprospecting of medicinal plants. Dr. Parimelazhagan has worked as Scientist in Defence Research & Development Organization, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India. He has also worked as Scientist in Rubber Research Institute of India, Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India, Tura, Meghalaya. He has 17 years of research and 10 years of teaching experience. He has been awarded with Raman Fellowships for Post-Doctoral Research for Indian Scholars in USA by University Grants Commission, Govt. of India and he undertook research for one year. Added to the credits, he had authored quite a few books and book chapters in his felid of specialization. He has filed three patents and one granted patent. He has more than 80 research publications in international and national peer reviewed journals. He has bagged National Science Day Medal 2005 and Laboratory Scientist of the Year award 2005 from DRDO, New Delhi. Currently, he is engaged in the investigation of phytomedicine to find out some novel herbal drugs and nutraceuticals product to treat some of the most common human diseases like diabetes and cancer.