Therapeutic Mushrooms for Diabetes Mellitus

Uzma Azeem, PhD, is affiliated with the Sanmati Government College of Science Education and Research, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. She was formerly Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany and Environmental Sciences at Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Punjab, India. To date, she has authored 11 papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals and one book, Fungi for Human Health: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives (Springer Nature). Dr. Azeem earned her MPhil and doctorate in Botany with specialization in Mycology and Plant Pathology at Punjabi University, India. Khalid Rehman Hakeem, PhD, is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He was formerly a lecturer, fellow, and researcher at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India, and at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia. Dr. Hakeem has more than 10 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 has served as a visiting scientist at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. Dr. Hakeem has authored and edited more than 80 books with international publishers. He also has to his credit more than 180 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 75 book chapters in edited volumes. 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.