Plant- and Marine- Based Phytochemicals for Human Health
Attributes, Potential, and Use
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Plant- and Marine- Based Phytochemicals for Human Health
Attributes, Potential, and Use
About This Book
This new book, Plant- and Marine- Based Phytochemicals for Human Health: Attributes, Potential, and Use, provides insight with scientific evidence on the use of medicinal plants in the treatment of certain diseases. It describes bioactive compounds of marine and plant origin that have been discovered to be advantageous for human health, shedding new light on the potential of phytochemicals on human health and contributing to the ocean of knowledge on phytochemistry and pharmaceutical biology. In addition, the role of plant-based pharmaceuticals is also discussed as an example of innovative uses of plant product.
This book addresses the importance of phytochemicals from plants and marine life. It divided in four parts:
- Bioactive compounds in medicinal plants: status and potential
- Plant-based pharmaceuticals in human health: review
- Therapeutic attributes of mushroom, cereal grains, and legumes
- Innovative use of medicinal plants
This compendium will be useful for the students and researchers as well as for industry professionals working in the food, nutraceuticals, and herbal industries.
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Innovations in Plant Science
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Honorary Fellow at the Diamantina Institute, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia email: [email protected]
- Food and function
- Nutritional composition of different foods materials
- Functional and nutraceutical perspectives of foods
- Extraction of bioactive molecules
- Phytomedicinal properties of different plants
- Traditional plants used as functional foods
- Phytopharmacology of plants used in metabolic disorders
- Importance of spices and medicinal and functional foods
- Natural products chemistry
- Food processing waste/byproducts: management and utilization
- Herbals as potential bioavailability enhancer and herbal cosmetics
- Phytopharmaceuticals for the delivery of bioactives
- Alternative and complementary medicines
- Ethnopharmacology and ethnomedicine
- Marine phytochemistry
- Marine microbial chemistry
- Other related areas include nuts, seed spices, wild flora, etc.
Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, and Ademola O. Ayeleso, PhD
Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, and Durgesh Nandini Chauhan, MPharm
Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, and Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, PhD
About the Editors
Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering, University of Puerto Ricoâ Mayaguez Campus; Senior Acquisitions Editor, Biomedical Engineering and Agricultural Science, Apple Academic Press, Inc. Email: [email protected]
Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents