Holistic approach to the herbal aspects of nutraceuticals and their implementation in the health and agriculture sectors
Herbal Nutraceuticals: Products and Processes delivers comprehensive coverage of the herbal aspects of nutraceuticals along with their many applications in the health and agriculture sectors. The book begins with an overview of plant-based nutraceuticals and the role of plant biotechnology in nutraceutical production. Each chapter covers a unique topic related to nutraceuticals and the positive and negative implications associated with each substance discussed. The text concludes by addressing safety concerns associated with microalgal nutraceuticals and discussing toxicity evaluation of nutraceuticals overall.
Written by two academics with significant experience in the field, Herbal Nutraceuticals: Products and Processes includes information on:
- Significance of nutraceuticals in modern health maintenance and disease prevention, and applications of spices in nutraceuticals
- Antioxidant properties and anti-ageing potential of food plants, beverages such as herbal wine, and nutraceuticals
- Nutraceuticals with anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-carcinogenic potentials, and sources, medicinal properties, and applications of carotenoids in food and the nutraceutical industry
- Nutraceuticals in legumes, herbal beverages, edible oils, conventional and nonconventional fruits, staple food crops, and pseudocereals
Herbal Nutraceuticals: Products and Processes is an essential up-to-date reference on the subject for academics and researchers, as well as professionals and research institutions involved in agri-biotech product development.
Tentang Penulis
Santosh Kumar Upadhyay, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. Dr. Upadhyay works in the area of plant molecular biology for the isolation and characterization and recombinant production of various defense-related and industrial proteins.
Sudhir Pratap Singh, Professor, Department of Industrial Biotechnology, Gujarat Biotechnology University, Gandhinagar, India. Professor Singh works in the area of gene mining and biocatalyst engineering for the development of biotechnological approaches for high-value biomolecule production.
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