An overview of key Ayurvedic medicinal herbs as remedial agents for viral diseases

Dr. Sunita Singh is 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 was awarded with Junior Research and senior research fellowships from University Grant Commission. She also worked as Research Assistant (2010-2011) on the project sponsored by CST “Chemistry, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial activities of Oleoresins extracted from Cardamom, Black pepper and Caraway”. Her work was mainly focused on quantitative and qualitative analyses of essential oils and oleoresins of spices namely Piper nigrum, Nigella sativa, Mentha longifolia, Anethum graveolens, Brassica juncea and Sinapis alba.
Dr. Singh has published 18 research articles in journals of national and international repute. She has authored and coauthored 8 book chapters with national and International publishing houses. She has edited a book titled, “Volatile oils: Production, Composition and Uses” with Nova publishers. She is also in a reviewer board of reputed journals and has presented her work at various global events.