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Nutraceuticals and Health Care
Coordinators: Kour Jasmeet, Nayik Gulzar Ahmad
Language: EnglishSubject for Nutraceuticals and Health Care:
Keywords
Aglycone; Allergenicity; Anthocyanin; Anthocyanins; Antiapoptotic; Anticancer; Anticarcinogenic compounds; Antidiabetic; Antigiardial; Antiinflammatory; Antioxidant; Antioxidants; Antiviral; Application in food system; Aromatic herbal plants; -ascorbic acid; Ayurveda; Baicalin; Beans; Berberine; Betanin; Bioactive constituents; Bioactive; Bioactives; Bioapplications; Bioavailability; Biological activities; Bran; Brassica; Cancer; Canola seed; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular; Carotenoids; Cereals; Characterization techniques; Characterization; Chemical composition; Clove oil; Colorants; Curcumin derivatives; Curcumin; Deficiency; Diabetes; Digestibility; Diseases; Encapsulation; Enterodiol; Enterolactone; Enzyme; Eugenol; Extraction methods; Extraction; Fatty acids; Ferulate; Flaxseed; Genetic engineering; Germ; Health benefits; Homologues; Human health; Hypertension; Immunity; Indicaxanthin; Infant development; Inflammation; Isobetanin; Isoflavones; Isolation methods; Isothiocyanates; l; Lignans; Lipid; Lycopene; Mechanism of action; Mediterranean; Metabolism; Microorganism; MUFA; Myrosinase; Neobetanin; Nutraceutical applications; Nutraceutical; Nutrient; Nutrition; Oil; Omega 3Polyunsaturated fatty acid; Oxidative stress; Patents; Phenolic acids; Phytoestrogenic; Phytomolecules; Prebetanin; Prolamin superfamily; PUFA; Resveratrol; Rice; Rutin; Safety; Scurvy; Secoisolariciresinol; Shikimic acid; Source; Stability; Storage proteins; Therapeutic properties; Tocopherols; Toxicity; Toxicology; Traditional uses; Trends; Vitamin E; Vitamin; Vitaminers; Vulgarxanthin I and II
398 p. · 19x23.4 cm · Paperback
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Nutraceuticals and Health Care explores the role of plant-based nutraceuticals as food ingredients and as therapeutic agents for preventing various diseases. The book assesses the role of nutraceuticals in addressing cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and obesity by highlighting the derivatives, extraction, chemistry, mechanism of action, pharmacology, bioavailability, and safety of specific nutraceuticals. It analyzes twenty one nutraceuticals in a systematic way, providing a welcomed reference for nutrition researchers, nutritionists and dieticians, as well as other scientists studying related areas in food science, technology or agriculture. Students studying related topics will also benefit from this material.
1. Nutraceuticals: A deep and profound concept 2. Cereal Proteins 4. Lignans 5. Betalin 6. Flavonoids 7. Lycopene 8. Carotenoids 9. Curcumin 10. Eugenol 11. PUFA/MUFA 12. Resveratrol 13. Glucosinolates 14. Gamma oryzol 15. Tocopherol 16. Alpha Linolenic acid 17. Ascorbic acid 18. Phenolic acids 19. Anthocyanins 20. Genistein and Daidzeinu 21. Beta Glucan 22. Berberine
Dr. Gulzar Ahmad Nayik completed his Master’s Degree in Food Technology from Islamic University of Science & Technology, Awantipora, Jammu and Kashmir, India and PhD from Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology, Sangrur, Punjab, India. He has published over 55 peer-reviewed research and review papers, 30 book chapters, edited three books in Springer Nature & Elsevier and one textbook, and has delivered number of presentations at various national and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and webinars. Dr Nayik also fills the roles of editor, associate editor, assistant editor and reviewer for many food science and technology journals.
- Serves as a foundation for analyzing the efficiency and validity of various plant-derived nutraceuticals
- Explores the use of nutraceuticals as a therapeutic tool in the prevention of chronic and degenerative diseases
- Highlights the derivatives, extraction, chemistry, mechanism of action, pharmacology, bioavailability, and safety of specific nutraceuticals