1st Edition

Handbook of Research in Marine Pharmaceutics Exploring Oceanic Microbial Diversity for Human Health and Wellness

Edited By Md. Faiyazuddin, Khalid Rehman Hakeem Copyright 2025
678 Pages 19 Color & 71 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

678 Pages 19 Color & 71 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

In response to the pharmaceutical industry’s growing need for new chemicals for drug development, researchers are looking at marine sources for novel bioactive natural products. Oceans are packed with bioactive secondary metabolites, drawing the attention of many scientists across the globe. This new book, Handbook of Research in Marine Pharmaceutics: Exploring Oceanic Microbial Diversity for... Read more

1. The Global Marine-Derived Drug Industry and Market Analysis

Md. Faiyazuddin, Syed Jalal Q. Rahman, Kamran Ashraf, and Shaukat Ali

2. Marine Natural Product Database for Exploring New Drugs

Mohit Agrawal, Yash Jasoria, Hema Chaudhary, Bhupendra Prajapati, and Md Faiyazuddin

3. Landscape on the Drug Development Strategies for Marine Products

Sumel Ashique, Afzal Hussain, Prashant Kumar, Neeraj Mishra, Gaurav Gupta, and Kamal Dua

4. Marine Drug Delivery Systems

Jasmin Hassan, Md. Faiyazuddin, and Md Jasim Uddin

5. Marine Polysaccharides in Drug Delivery

Madhavi Patel, Bijal Prajapati, and Bhupendra Prajapati

6. Marine Biopolymers in Smart Oral Delivery of Pharmaceuticals

Sunny R. Shah, Prashant L. Pingale, Sudarshan Singh, Titilope John Jayeoye, Ashvin V. Dudhrejiya, and Bhupendra Prajapati

7. Marine Polysaccharides as Nano-Drug Delivery Vehicles

Pooja Jain, Rahmuddin Khan, Bushra Ahmed, Ayesha Siddiqui, Ahsan Atif, Mohd. Aamir Mirza, and Zeenat Iqbal

8. Marine-Derived Biomaterials: An Ignorant Building Block in Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering Applications

Sourav Mohanto, Adrija Bhunia, Rokeya Sultana, Darshan JC, and Mohammed Gulzar Ahmed

9. Marine Biopolymers-Based Gastro-Intestinal Mucoadhesive Drug Delivery Systems

Olivia Sen, Sreejan Manna, and Sougata Jana

10. Algae-Based 3D-Printed Hydrogel Patch for Diabetic Wound Healing

Md Jasim Uddin, Jasmin Hassan, Taslima Sultana Poly, Safiya Mohammed Saeed, Iffat Ara Brishti, Adwiza Chakraborty Bishakha, Sumaiya Islam Khan, Fouzia Tasnim, and Md. Faiyazuddin

11. Recent Trends in Marine Nutraceuticals and Potential Therapeutic Applications

Bela Rani Bhagat, Jenny Sivakumar, Gowri Sundaram, and Md. Faiyazuddin

12. Insights of Phytochemicals of Macroalgae (Seaweeds) in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases

Kamran Ashraf, Hannis Fadzillah Mohsin, Zolkapli Eshak, Wasim Ahmad, and Md. Faiyazuddin

13. Cosmeceuticals from the Sea

Satish Polshettiwar, Shilpa S. Chapadgaonkar, Dayanand Kannur, Vikas Musale, and Sejal Kabra

14. Marine Therapeutics with Special Attention to Anti-Cancer, Anti-Viral, Antimalarial, and Anti-HIV Traits

Ishrat Zahoor and Shahid Nazir Wani

15. Carrageenan in Drug Delivery Therapeutics

Titilope John Jayeoye, Fredrick Nwude Eze, Nongnuj Muangsin, and Sudarshan Singh

16. Lead Role of Cyanobacteria in Drug Discovery Using the Genome Mining Approach

Huda Ghazanfar, Musawar Hussain, and Muhammad Tahir Shehzad

17. Pharmacokinetics of Marine-Derived Actives: A Focus on Anticancer Drugs

Shilpa N. Shrotriya, Sugandha V. Mulgund, and Amelia M. Avachat

18. Marine Bioactives: Bench to Clinics

Uzma Azeem and Khalid Rehman Hakeem

19. Exploring the Potential of Marine Drugs: A Patent Perspective

Anas Islam, Usama Ahmad, Md. Faiyazuddin, Asad Ali, and Mohd. Muazzam Khan

20. Bioactive Compounds from Marine Organisms and Their Potential Applications

Shahid Nazir Wani and Ishrat Zahoor

Biography

Md. Faiyazuddin, PhD, a distinguished academician and researcher with extensive experience in working across government, public, and private sectors, seeks to leverage his 16-year background in pharmacy teaching, drug development, research consultation, and social pharmacy outreach activities in academia and industry. He is currently a Professor in the School of Pharmacy at Al-Karim University, Katihar, India. Dr Faiyazuddin has vast knowledge in various domains including pharmaceuticals, formulation research and development, medical, healthcare technology, and pharmaceutical education and research. He has been working in the area of nanomedicine for the last ten years and has published a number of research papers on nanomedicine in several peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Faiyazuddin is an editorial board member of various national and international journals. In addition to his academic engagements, Dr. Faiyazuddin guides professionals on how to stay a step ahead of change and on adopting therapies to alleviate human suffering.

Khalid Rehman Hakeem, PhD, is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. After completing his doctorate (botany; specialization in plant eco-physiology and molecular biology) at Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. He worked as a lecturer at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India, at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, he was a Postdoctorate Fellow and Fellow Researcher (Associate Professor) for several years. Dr. Hakeem has more than 14 years of teaching and research experience in plant eco-physiology, biotechnology and molecular biology, medicinal plant research, plant-microbe-soil interactions, as well as in environmental studies. He is the recipient of several fellowships at both national and international levels. He has served as a visiting scientist at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. Currently, he is involved with a number of international research projects with different government organizations. To date, Dr. Hakeem has authored and edited more than 85 books with international publishers. He also has to his credit more than 185 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 80 book chapters in edited volumes with international publishers. At present, Dr. Hakeem serves as an editorial board member and reviewer for several high-impact international scientific journals. He is included in the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. He is also a fellow of the Plantae Group of the American Society of Plant Biologists, member of the World Academy of Sciences, member of the International Society for Development and Sustainability, Japan, and member of the Asian Federation of Biotechnology, Korea. Dr. Hakeem has been listed in Marquis Who‘s Who in the World, from 2014–2020. Currently, he is engaged in studying the plant processes at eco-physiological as well as molecular levels.