Natural Products, Medicinal Plants & Marine Drugs

Samira Besharati has completed her Bachelor of Science in Marine biology from Shahid Beheshti university, Tehran, Iran at the age of 23 years and Master Science studies at the age of 26 years from Tarbiat modares University, Tehran, Iran. Her Thesis topic was: Biotechnology [Cytotoxic Properties of Hydrolyzed Protein of Sea Cucumber Muscle on the Breast cancer cell line (4T1) by Using of Na+/K+ATPase]. Saber Khodabandeh has her Supervisor. She has several published papers in journals and she Attended two conferences. Saber Khodabandeh has completed his PhD in 2004 from University of Montpellier II, FRANCE in Eco-physiology of aquatic animal and postdoctoral studies in Molecular Biology, obtained from University of St Andrews, Scotland. His recent interests including: 1) Effects of different ecological factors on some bioactive materials concentration in sea animals (Marine Biotechnology, isolation and protective effect of some bioactive materials on different stresses in cultured cells). 2) Use of the Molecular Biology techniques in Aquaculture. 3) Investigation on effects of the different ecological factors on physiology (survival, body composition, energy metabolism, growth and osmoregulation) in the aquatic animals. He has published more than 25 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.