PHYTOCHEMICAL POTENTIALS FOR DERMATOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS (HB 2025)

Some wild, herbal and medicinal plants and their parts contain chemicals that provide a concise scientific evaluation of the effectiveness of foods, nutrients, herbs and dietary supplements in preventing dermal damage and cancer as well as improving skin health without disrupting the natural microflora. With climatic change, including increasing temperatures and longer periods of sun exposure, there is a growing concern among the population regarding skin protection. As the use of plant-based skin products becomes more popular, Phytochemical Potentials for Dermatological Applications describes biologically active components of plants and explains the numerous ways in which they support the treatment of different skin conditions.

Phytochemical Potentials for Dermatological Applications summarizes studies on medicinal plants containing phytochemicals with skin-beneficial properties that have been tested in vitro or in vivo and describes appropriate and innovative treatment methods. This book is an essential resource for scientists and researchers interested in phytotherapy, with special emphasis on dermatology.

Florina Miere Groza took the first step in her biomedical career in 2017 when she graduated from the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy at the University of Oradea. She has been awarded for her exceptional results from the beginning of her career until now by people in the medical and pharmaceutical fields. She completed her PhD in Biology at the Doctoral School of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Oradea.

She currently works as a university assistant at the University of Oradea in the discipline of biochemistry. Since 2020, She has been able to work with a multidisciplinary team of researchers/teachers, resulting in multiple scientific articles published in renowned journals. It has articles that have been designated as the most cited articles of 2022.

Due to published articles, she has an H-index = 11 (Web of Science).

In the field of research and innovation, she continued to develop, being involved in two projects of the University of Oradea of the INO-TRANSFER-UO type (Scientific Research of Excellence Related to Priority Areas with Capitalization through Technological Transfer). In one project as a team member and one as a project manager.

She is also involved as a member of the editorial team in various journals in the medical field.

The major areas of interest for Florina (Miere) Groza are represented by bioactive compounds from plants, nanotechnologies in the medical and pharmaceutical fields and how they can be used in other fields such as cosmetics and food.

Dr. Amit Kumar Mandal is a distinguished academic and researcher with deep expertise in chemical biology and structural biology. He earned both his M.Sc. and PhD from the University of North Bengal. Before joining Raiganj University, he served as an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology at Vidyasagar University under the UGC-Innovative Programme. Currently, Dr. Mandal leads the Centre for Nanotechnology Science (CeNS) at Raiganj University, where he has over a decade of experience in research, teaching, and administration.

Dr. Mandal has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed SCI publications in leading journals and holds three research patents, with a cumulative impact score exceeding 400, according to the journal citation report Web of Science. He is also actively involved in academic publishing, serving on the editorial boards and as a reviewer for several renowned publishers, including Nature Portfolio, RSC, ACS, Wiley, Elsevier, PLoS, and BioMed Central.

In recognition of his contributions, Dr. Mandal was awarded the title of MRSC by the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, and ranked among the top 5% of highly cited authors by the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2020. He was also honoured with the Top Cited Papers India Award from IOP Publishing in 2022. Based on his H-index over the last six years, Dr. Mandal was ranked among the top 3% of scientists in biological sciences in India in 2024, as per the AD Scientific Index. His scholarly achievements also place him within the top 0.5% of all scholars globally, according to ScholarGPS. Additionally, he has secured research grants from DST-SERB to support his R&D efforts.

Simona Ioana Vicas completed her bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and her master’s degree in cellular and molecular biology from the University of Bucharest, Romania. She achieved her PhD in biotechnology from USAMV University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She currently holds the position of a full professor at the Department of Food Engineering at the University of Oradea, Romania. Additionally, she has the expertise to supervise a PhD program in the biology domain. With more than 25 years of research and teaching experience, she has published over 70 papers in various high-level journals (Hirsch Index = 20, Web of Science) in the fields of phytochemistry, cosmetics, functional foods, and bioeconomy. She was responsible for the project manager and was a member of multiple research projects. She is interested in bioactive compounds such as polyphenols and glucosinolates from different plant matrices, and how they can be used in the fields of food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and medicine. Her other areas of interest include antioxidant capacity, antigenotoxicity, functional foods, nanoparticles and cell culture.