Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals of Fungal Origin Current Developments and Concepts

Dr. Pragya Tiwari is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Horticulture and Life Science, at Yeungnam University, the Republic of Korea. Her research is focused on multidisciplinary areas of plant-microbe interactions, plant sciences, and innovative biotechnologies.

Prof. Laurent Dufossé is currently working as a Professor at the Reunion Island University, France. He obtained a Ph.D. in Food Science from the University of Burgundy, Dijon (1993). He served as a Lecturer at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Quimper (1995–2006). He is involved in the field of Biotechnology of Food Ingredients for more than 30 years. His main research focused on the microbial production of pigments. This activity started 23 years ago and studies were and are mainly devoted to aryl carotenoids, such as isorenieratene, C50 carotenoids, anthraquinones, and azaphilones.