Full Description
Phytochemicals and Gut Health: Evidence and Opportunities for Gastrointestinal Management delves into the pivotal role of plant-derived compounds in supporting and enhancing gastrointestinal health. By examining how bioactive phytochemicals impact the gut-brain axis, the book provides a comprehensive overview of their sources, production, and mechanisms of action. Readers are introduced to clinical applications where these compounds offer promising avenues for improving GI disorders. The book's authors emphasize how targeted use of phytochemicals may overcome limitations and side effects commonly associated with standard medical treatments, presenting a forward-thinking perspective on nutritional interventions for gastrointestinal well-being.
In addition, the book explores the broader health benefits of phytochemicals, including their positive effects on cardiovascular and neurological systems. It discusses various classes such as phenolic metabolites, alkaloids, terpenoids, and glucosinolates, and examines their synergistic effects. Additionally, the text highlights the gut-nutraceutical axis, detailing how plant-based compounds can modulate the microbiota to address a range of GI disorders.
Contents
1. Introduction to gastrointestinal disorders
2. Limitation of current therapeutic strategies for the gastrointestinal disorders
3. Recent Advances in diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal disorders
4. Diet and nutritional management of gastrointestinal disorders
5. Biochemical characterization, production and medicinal properties of Phytochemicals
6. Dietary phenolic compounds: Role on gut health and microbiota
7. Nanoparticle based delivery systems of phytochemicals in Gut related disorders
8. Alteration of Gut microbiota and their metabolites by dietary phytochemicals
9. Brain-Gut axis: Phytochemical Interventions
10. Gut microbiota and cardiovascular health
11. Phytochemicals and Gut Barrier Integrity
12. Therapeutic potential of alkaloids in treatment of gut associated diseases
13. Exploring promising pharmaceutical candidates for gastrointestinal disorders using in silico approaches
14. Phytochemicals in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer
15. Therapeutic potential of phytochemicals and role of gut microbiota in Neurodegenerative diseases
