This book overviews honey and herbs that profoundly affect human metabolism when mixed in a balanced ratio. It covers various aspects of honey added to herbs and provides collective information and practical approaches regarding herbal honey and its applications as functional food and medicine. Honey has miraculous properties like anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, free radical scavenging, and anti-carcinogenic, so honey has tremendous therapeutic importance. Infusion of extract from various medicinal herbs in honey further modulates its therapeutic potential.
This book provides all the information about the essentials of herbs-infused honey and its efficiency in fighting against pathogenic bacteria. It presents the significance and benefits of honey infused with herbs that may promote/boost immunity to fight contagious or non-contagious diseases. Not only does this book explain the comprehensive knowledge of herbal honey and its medicinal properties based on current researched evidence, but it also explores the contribution of herbal honey in the food science and medicine industry as a significant part of nutraceuticals and functional food research. By providing knowledge about the formulation of traditionally used herbs in combination with honey, scientific knowledge can be supplied and made available to the common public which shall probably be a real contribution to society.
Jadual kandungan
Chapter 1. Honey-Nature’s Miraculous Gift.- Chapter 2. Pharmacological Properties of Honey.- Chapter 3. Herbs as Therapeutics and Healers.- Chapter 4. Herbs of Bee Interest.- Chapter 5. Infusion of Honey with herbs.- Chapter 6. Herbal-Infused Honey vis-à-vis Human Health.- Chapter 7. A to Z Herbs for Honey Infusion.- Chapter 8. Critical Analysis and Future Perspectives.- Chapter 9. Photographic Plates.- Chapter 10. Bibliography.- Chapter 11. Appendices.- Chapter 12. Glossary.
Mengenai Pengarang
Dr. Rajesh Kumar
Department of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University
Expert in Honey and Physiology
Dr Kumar is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) India. He has about 10 years of experience in teaching and research. Dr Kumar pursues his research in Animal Physiology and Applied Zoology. Dr Kumar has completed 02 Major Research Projects sponsored by Government agencies. He has successfully supervised 03 Ph D, 01 MPhil, and 43 postgraduate students for their research work. He has published more than 125 Research Articles including 50 Book Chapters in indexed journals and publishers, 12 articles in Full-Length Proceedings, 11 Books (Springer Nature, CRC Press, AAP), 04 Monographs, and about100 Abstracts by participating in more than 75 national/international conferences. He has earned 12 awards from reputed organizations for his excellent research. He is also a reviewer of several journals of national and international repute. He has Google Scholar 600+ citations, H-index of 10 and i10 index of 12.
Dr. Suresh Kumar
Department of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University
Expert in Botanical Herbs
Dr. Suresh Kumar is presently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Bio-Sciences, H.P. University, Shimla. He completed his doctoral degree from H.P. University, Shimla in 2010. He has more than 12 years of experience in teaching as well as research. His thrust areas include Floristics, Ethnobotany, and Biodiversity. Dr. Kumar has published 10 Books and more than 20 research papers in various journals of National and International repute. Presently, he has been guiding 05 students for Ph D degrees. He has participated in many Conferences/Seminars and delivered invited talks as a resource person in various institutions. He is a member of the Indian Science Congress and many other scientific agencies. He is an Associate Editor as well as a Reviewer of various journals in the field of Botany. He has more than 250+ Google citations with h-index=7 and i10 index=6.
Prof. Shamsher S Kanwar Department of Biotechnology, Himachal Pradesh University
Expert in Biomedicine/microbiology/virology Dr. Kanwar is Senior Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla (India) does research in nanotechnology, medicinal chemistry, therapeutics and biocatalysis. Dr. Kanwar has guided ~175 students for their Post Graduate degrees in Biotechnology with dissertation(s), 30 candidates for the Master of Philosophy Degree in Biotechnology and 21 candidates for Ph.D. Degree in Biotechnology. Dr. Kanwar has published 226 articles including chapters in the books (Published by Elsevier, Willey, Springer, In Tech, CRC Press, Francis & Taylor
etc.) over a career spanned over 30 years. He has filed six (06) patents, all these have been published, and one of these has been granted. Dr. Kanwar is a certified reviewer of 56 international and national peer-reviewed journals. He has Research Gate Score of 77.09, Google Scholar 5050+ citations, H-index of 32 and i10 index of 86.
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