Da-Cheng Hao is Full Professor of Dalian Jiaotong University since 2019 and Primary Investigator at the School of Environment and Chemical Engineering and the Biotechnology Institute, at Dalian Jiaotong University, in Dailan, China. He is a Guest Professor at the Institute of Medicinal Plant Development at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and has published widely in leading journals in the field. Dr Hao is the author of Medicinal Plants, published by Woodhead Publishing in 2015.Professor Pei Gen Xiao is an Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and the head of Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education, based at IMPLAD, CAMS, Beijing, P. R China.