Plant Food Phytochemicals and Bioactive Compounds in Nutrition and Health
€15.00(Nutraceuticals)
John Oloche Onuh, Yashwant V. Pathak
ISBNs: 1032374209, 9781032374208, 9781032374215, 9781003340201, 978-1032374208, 978-1032374215, 978-1003340201
English | 2024 | PDF | 645 Pages
Phytochemicals are receiving increasing attention due to their
observed nutritional and health-promoting effects in numerous food
applications. As plant secondary metabolites with bioactive properties,
they may provide desirable health benefits beyond basic nutrition to
reduce chronic disease conditions. Their importance in nutrition and
health cannot be overstated as it has generated so much interest and
studies focused on elucidating their roles has produced so many
outstanding results. Plant phytochemicals are readily used in
alternative medicine in South East Asia especially, in China and India
and they are becoming widely acceptable worldwide. However, very little
is still known about the phytochemicals despite these intense research
efforts because of their diverse biological and chemical nature.
In
this newest addition to the series, Nutraceuticals: Basic Research and
Clinical Applications, Plant Food Phytochemicals and Bioactive Compounds
in Nutrition and Health provides a comprehensive review of the current
state of knowledge in the field of bioactive plant phytochemical
compounds, their food sources, bioactivities, bioavailability,
extraction, production, and applications. Experts in the field discuss
various bioactivities of the notable and promising plant phytochemicals
of significance in nutrition and health, e.g., lowering of CVD,
hypertension, cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, inflammation, cancer,
oxidative stress, neurodegenerative diseases and a host of other chronic
disease conditions.
Key Features:
· Describes the various
nutritional and bioactive significances of notable and promising plant
phytochemicals of significance in nutritional and medical research and
their food and/or plant sources.
· Includes various approaches
for the quantification, extraction and production of the notable and
promising phytochemical compounds in nutrition and health.
·
Examines the challenges and promises of plant phytochemical as
ingredients for the development of functional foods and nutraceuticals
as well as their use in alternative medicine.
· Discusses regulatory issues regarding plant phytochemicals, especially as it pertains to their health claims and use
