Nutraceuticals and Health Care
eBook - ePub

Nutraceuticals and Health Care

  1. 398 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Nutraceuticals and Health Care

About this book

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. - 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

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Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9780323897792
eBook ISBN
9780323886178
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Food Science
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Nutraceuticals and Health Care
  2. Chapter 1 Nutraceutical-A deep and profound concept
  3. Chapter 2 Cereal proteins
  4. Chapter 3 Lignans
  5. Chapter 4 Betalain
  6. Chapter 5 Flavonoids
  7. Chapter 6 Lycopene
  8. Chapter 7 Carotenoids
  9. Chapter 8 Curcumin
  10. Chapter 9 Eugenol
  11. Chapter 10 PUFA and MUFA
  12. Chapter 11 Resveratrol
  13. Chapter 12 Glucosinolates
  14. Chapter 13 Gamma oryzanol
  15. Chapter 14 Tocopherol
  16. Chapter 15 Alpha-linolenic acid
  17. Chapter 16 Ascorbic acid
  18. Chapter 17 Phenolic acids
  19. Chapter 18 Anthocyanins
  20. Chapter 19 Genistein and daidzein
  21. Chapter 20 Beta-glucan
  22. Chapter 21 Berberine
  23. Index

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