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I (Dr. Muniappan Ayyanar) am working as an Assistant Professor in the Post Graduate and Research Department of Botany and Microbiology, A. Veeriya Vandayar Memorial Sri Pushpam College (Autonomous), Poondi, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu, India. I had my doctoral degree in 2008 from the University of Madras, Chennai and my areas of expertise are medicinal plant systematics and ethnopharmacology. For the last twenty years, I have been actively engaged in the collection and documentation of ethnomedicinal and ethnoveterinary medicinal plants among the various tribal groups of Tamil Nadu in southern India. I was awarded a Senior Research Fellowship, Post Doctoral Fellowship, and Young Scientist by various funding agencies of Govt. of India. I have published 90 research articles in SCI, SCIE, and SCOPUS journals and contributed ten research articles as book chapters with a cumulative JCR impact factor of 256 and 6882 Google Scholar citations. I am a Life Member of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy, Calicut, and the Society of Ethnobotanists, Lucknow. I have completed three projects as a Principal Investigator by the Govt. of India and served as Co-Principal Investigator in three Govt. funded projects in the fields of plant-based drug research. I have been figured in the World's Top 2% Influential Scientists of the World for the years 2021, 2022, and 2023.
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AVVM Sri Pushpam College Assistant Professor2013 - 2023
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Publications (134)
- Antifibrotic Potential of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi Phytocompounds Targeting Smad3 in Pulmonary Fibrosis via In Silico Molecular Docking, Network Pharmacology and Toxicity Analysis Save
- Lipid Profiling and Drug Repurposing of Oedogonium angustistomum, Ulothrix variabilis and Mougeotia pulchella, and Their Peptides as Antimicrobial Agents: Integrated In Vitro and In Silico Drug Discovery Approaches Save
- Nature-inspired carbon based materials from Annona squamosa leaves as a dual-target therapeutic platform for diabetes and cancer Save
- Sustainable green synthesis of copper, zinc, and bimetallic copper/zinc nanoparticles using Melia dubia leaf extract: Biomedical and agricultural applications Save
- Phytochemical composition, in vitro simulated gastric and intestinal digestion, cytotoxicity and molecular docking of ethno-polyherbal formulation used in diabetes management Save
- Phytochemical profiling, antioxidant, antidiabetic and antimicrobial potential of Alseodaphne semecarpifolia Nees (Lauraceae) fruit rind: An underexplored medicinal plant Save
- Drug Repurposing Approaches for Lassa Virus from Secondary Metabolites of Medicinal Fungi: An Insight from Multifaceted Drug Designing Approaches Save
- Photocatalytic dye detoxification ability enhancement of spray deposited tin oxide film by Mo+F doping and confirmation test by cowpea seed germination Save
- Facile One-Pot Synthesis of Novel Indole-Pyrimidine Fusion Compounds as Dual agent for Anticancer and Antibacterial treatment: Insights from Multifaceted Drug Discovery Approaches Save
- Comparative Analysis of Phytochemical Content and Therapeutic Properties of 12 Guava (Psidium guajava L.) Cultivars Save