Plant Metabolites and Vegetables as Nutraceuticals

Herausgeber: Tung, Bui Thanh; Kesharwani, Rajesh K.; Keservani, Raj K.; Ahire, Eknath D.

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines the potential of vegetables and plant metabolites as nutraceuticals facilitating the prevention and/or treatment of diseases and maintaining the body's energy balance. It covers plant nutraceuticals for health promotion, benefits of bioactives and flavonoids, and use of plant metabolites in prevention and treatment of diseases

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Apple Academic Press Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781774915448
• ISBN-10: 1774915448
• Artikelnr.: 70366599

Autorenporträt

Raj K. Keservani, PhD, MPharm, is Associate Professor of Pharmacy at the CSM Group of Institutions, India. He has over 12 years of academic experience and has supervised more than 25 undergraduate students for their research work. A prolific author and editor, he is also active as a reviewer for several international scientific journals. His research interests include nutraceutical and functional foods, novel drug delivery systems, transdermal drug delivery/drug delivery, health science, cancer biology, and neurobiology. He is a series editor for AAP Advances in Nutraceuticals. Bui Thanh Tung, PhD, is affiliated with the Vietnam National University School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hanoi. His main research focuses on medicinal plants for the treatment of various diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer. His special interest is in the development of new drugs from Vietnamese natural resources. He writes and presents widely on issues of natural products, bioactive compounds, and their pharmacological activities. Rajesh K. Kesharwani, PhD, MTech, is Associate Professor of Computer Application at Nehru Gram Bharati, India. Dr. Kesharwani has authored many peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and has published nearly 30 edited books with international publishers. He has been a member of scientific communities as well as a reviewer for many international journals. He has presented papers at various national and international conferences. He is a series editor for AAP Advances in Nutraceuticals. Eknath D. Ahire, MS Pharm, is Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics at MET's Institute of Pharmacy, Bhujbal Knowledge City, Pune, India. He is a PhD scholar at Savitribai Phule, Pune University, and is also working for QCS Labs LLP, Mumbai, as an inspector for Nigeria's regulatory market pre-shipment inspection. He has worked as Formulation Scientist II at Torrent Research Center, India. He has published research papers, reviews and book chapters in textbooks and edited books and has participated in and attended several national and international conferences and workshops.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: NUTRACEUTICAL POTENTIAL AND HEALTH PROMOTION OF PLANT METABOLITES
AND VEGETABLES 1. Potentials of Vegetables and Plant Metabolites in
Healthcare 2. Nutraceutical Potential of Selected Vegetables PART II:
NUTRACEUTICAL BENEFITS OF BIOACTIVE AND FLAVONOIDS 3. Phytochemicals
Present in Vegetables for Health Promotion 4. Flavonoids in Vegetables as
Nutraceuticals 5. Nutraceutical Bioactive Compounds in Fruits and
Vegetables PART III: PLANT METABOLITES AND VEGETABLES IN PREVENTION AND
TREATMENT OF DISEASES 6. Effect of Plant- and Vegetable-Based Secondary
Metabolites on Cancer Treatment 7. Plant Metabolites and Vegetables for
Gout Prevention and Treatment 8. Plant Metabolites and Vegetables for Heart
Disease Prevention and Treatment 9. Plant Metabolites and Vegetables for
Liver Disease Prevention and Treatment 10. Plant Metabolites and Vegetables
for Brain Disease Prevention and Treatment 11. Plant Metabolites and
Vegetables for Gastrointestinal Disease Prevention and Treatment 12. Plant
Metabolites and Vegetables for Diabetes Prevention and Treatment 13. Plant
Metabolites and Vegetables for Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment 14.
Delaying the Onset of Parkinson's Disease through Phytotherapy