Evidence-Based Validation of Herbal Medicine

Pulok Kumar Mukherjee is currently working as a professor at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, where his research centers on bioprospecting of natural products within translational chemical biology. He previously served as Director of the Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD) and as Director (additional charge) of the Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, under the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. His research integrates traditional knowledge with modern scientific tools, emphasizing evidence-based validation of medicinal plants for drug development, metabolomics, quality assurance, and regulatory aspects of herbal medicine. He holds several patents and has authored/edited multiple books and chapters with various publishers. He has published more than 290 peer-reviewed articles and is ranked among the top 2% scientists worldwide in a Stanford University study. He has played a key role in shaping policies and guidelines on traditional medicine research, serving on expert committees for the World Health Organization, the Department of Biotechnology, and the Indian Council of Medical Research, among others. A recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, Prof. Mukherjee has built impactful collaborations across academia, industry, and government, advancing translational research and sustainable development in natural products.

• 1. Quality related safety issues – Evidence based validation of herbal medicine farm to pharma2. Value Chains of Herbal Medicines - Ethnopharmacological and analytical challenges in a globalizing world3. Pharmacopoeial Standards as the Basis of Herbal Medicine Quality Control4. Taxonomy – tool for validation of herbal medicine5. Validation of medicinal herbs for skin ageing6. Pro-angiogenic potential of medicinal plants in wound healing7. Pharmacovigilance: Tool in establishing the safety and acceptability of the natural health products - Clinical evaluation8. Validation of antiviral potential of herbal ethomedicine9. Harmonization of regulatory requirements in Europe to ensure quality, safety and efficacy of herbal medicinal products10. Bioavailability of herbal medicine: approach towards improved pharmacokinetics11. Good quality and clinical practices for the future development of herbal medicines12. Evidence based scientific claims for traditional medicine-inspired approaches to drug discovery from Ayurveda13. Evaluation of bioactive compounds as AChE inhibitors from medicinal plants14. Drugs and drug leads based on natural products for treatment of malaria15. Evaluation of Natural products against Biofilm mediated bacterial resistance16. Clinical effects of caraway, a traditional medicine for weight loss17. Challenges in identification of potential phytotherapies and contemporary biomedical literatures18. Botanicals as medicinal foods and their effects against obesity19. Application of HPLC in the analysis of herbal products20. Ayurveda opportunities for developing safe and effective treatment choices for the future21. Discovery and development of lead compounds from natural sources using computational approaches22. Infrared Spectroscopic Technologies for the Quality Control of Herbal Medicines23. Antimicrobial secondary metabolites- extraction, isolation, identification and bio assay24. Use of herbals in cardiac diseases: priority of evidence over belief