Editorial Board
Bachir Benarba
Director, Thematic Research Agency in Health and Life Sciences, Oran · Algeria
Editorial leadership for Journal of Parasite Research ISSN 2690-6759
Research interests
- Cancer; Natural Products; Apoptosis; Ethnobotany; Nutrition; Phytochemistry; Biochemistry
Biography
- Bachir Benarba, PhD, is Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at the department of Biology, University of Mascara, Algeria.
- He’s the chief of this department since October 2013.
- He was Technical Director of international project with “Centro de Estudios Rurales Y y de Agricultura Internacional, Spain. Dr Bachir Benarba works on identification of Algerian plants used in the treatment of cancer.
- He identified two Algerian plants with strong anticancer and apoptogenic activity, and clarified the molecular mechanism of these activities.
- He carries out also ethnobotanical studies in different regions of Algeria.
- He manages a research project named “Valorization and identification of new anticancer active molecules from Aristolochia longa.
- He is the author of many technical and vulgarization documents on cancer.
- He has reviewed and published many international articles.
- He also advised more than 40 master and other dissertation’s degrees.
Selected publications
- An ethnobotanical study of the traditional uses of medicinal and aromatic plants of the regions of Relizane (North-West Algeria)
- Impact of pulsed electric field treatment for extracting essential oil from Mentha Spicata L.
- Spontaneous medicinal plants used by the population of Ain Sefra province (Southwest Algeria): An ethnobotanical study
- Medicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers in Algeria: A Multiregional Ethnobotanical Study
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This journal is guided by Bachir Benarba (Director, Thematic Research Agency in Health and Life Sciences, Oran) and a peer-review board of practising researchers. Open access, author-retained copyright (CC BY), and a clear editorial process.