Dr. Parimelazhagan Thangaraj is currently working as a professor and the Head of Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India. He completed his graduation from St. Joseph’s College, Trichy and PhD from Bharathiar University. He worked as a scientist in Defense Research and Development Organization, Ministry of Defense, Govt. of India. He has 23 years of research and 15 years of teaching experience. He has done his post-doctoral research at USA. Added to the credits, he had authored eight books in his field of specialization. He has four patents granted and has more than 113 researchpublications in international and national peer-reviewed journals. Under his supervision 15 scholars have been awarded the PhD degree. He is operating many projects funded by DBT, DST, UGC and DRDO. Dr. Thangaraj has been conferred with UGC mid career award. He has been nominated as Fellow of Royal Society of Biological Sciences, London and Fellow of the Linnaean Society, London. He was the founder director of IPR Cell, Bharathiar University for more than 7 years and have been instrumental in procuring 18 patents for the University. He also has an additional charge as Director, Centre for Research and Technology Development and Special Officer, Planning and Development Cell and Deputy Coordinator, RUSA.

• .- Chapter 1: Nutritional Analysis on Wild Edible Fruits of Kolli Hills (Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu), India.- Chapter 2: Nutraceutical potential of edible plants for balancing dietary requirements in human diet: a case study .- Chapter 3: Exploring the medicinal potential of Muntingia calabura Linn. fruit: A comprehensive overview.- Chapter 4: Wild edible fruits of Western Ghats: A Rich Source of Bioactive Compounds with Health-Promoting Effects - A review.- Chapter 5: Study on Anti-oxidant Activity of Unripe Fruits of Syzygium calophyllifolium using In-vitro Models.- Chapter 6: An Insight to intensify the potential prospects of underutilized wild species of Piper.- Chapter 7: Unveiling the Anti-inflammatory properties of Ficus Fruits: A Promising Frontier for Potential Therapeutic Benefits.- Chapter 8: Potential Prospects of Underexploited Wild Edible Fruits of Tamilnadu.- Chapter 9: Curative potentialities of Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) Roxb.- a less exploited tropical fruit tree.- Chapter 10:Psidium guajava l. (poor man's fruit) with anti-cancer potential: a comprehensive review.- Chapter 11:An overview on wild edible fruits of Servarayan and Kalrayan hilly ranges.- Chapter 12:A review on Nutritional and Metabolomic analysis of wild edible fruits of Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India .- Chapter 13:Improving the microbiological, sensory, and chemical constituents of stored crystallized “Jenipapo” (Genipa americana L.), a native Brazilian fruit .- Chapter 14_Biomedical applications and Health benefits of wild Noni and its fruits.- Chapter 15_Under-exploited wild edible fruits of Western Ghats – A review on antioxidant potential and phytochemistry.- Chapter 16_Edible fruit-yielding wild plants of Tamil Nadu: A preliminary checklist.- Chapter 17_Application of Herbal based edible coating on fruits - A promising technology to counter post-harvest losses.