**About the Editor**

**Hari Prasad Devkota** completed his Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences (B. Pharm.) from Pokhara University, Nepal in 2005. After working at the same institute as a Teaching Associate till 2007, he received Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship and entered the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Japan in 2007, and completed his Master's and PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2010 and 2013, respectively. He was working as Postdoctoral Fellow in Kumamoto University (2013–2014) with the support from Takeda Science Foundation (TSF), Japan. Since 2014, he has been working as Assistant Professor at Kumamoto University. His main research interests are plant-based bioactive natural products, functional foods and ethnopharmacology. To date, he has authored more than 130 publications including original research articles, review articles, books and book chapters. He is actively involved in the research on medicinal plants from Asia and Africa for their ethnopharmacological surveys, chemical constituents and pharmacological activities.
