Sunita Singh

Title : Revisiting ayurvedic medicinal plants for their antiviral properties

Abstract:

Traditional herbs provide enormous scope to for the identification of viable alternatives against viral diseases. This presentation will describe various ayurvedic herbs that have antiviral properties and provide a useful literature review on their antiviral properties along with the result of immune response related to these herbs and their phytochemicals.

Ancient traditional practices combined with today’s scientific evidence of such herbs and their phytochemicals against potentially lethal viral infections via in-vivo and in-vitro studies could be useful for identifying novel sources of natural products for combatting different viral diseases.

Biography:

Dr. Sunita Singh is an Assistant professor of Chemistry in the Navyug Kanya Mahavidyalaya, University of Lucknow since 2019. She pursued her Ph.D. in the year 2015 on the topic, “Chemistry, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of essential oils and oleoresins of spices” from DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur. She has awarded with Junior Research and senior research fellowships from University Grant Commission. She has published 18 research articles . She has authored and coauthored 8 book chapters.. She has edited a book titled, “Volatile oils: Production, Composition and Uses” with Nova publishers.. She has presented her work in various global events.