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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
Contents
Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgment. List of Contributors. Introduction to food bioactive phytochemicals. Food sources of bioactive phytochemicals. Bioactivities of phytochemicals in nutrition and health. Extraction, purification, analysis, and identification techniques of bioactive phytochemicals. Production, stability, and industrial commercialization of bioactive phytochemicals. Absorption, bioavailability, bioaccessibility, metabolism and excretion of bioactive food phytochemical. Phytochemicals as Potential Functional Foods and Nutraceutical Ingredients. Berries and Their Promising Potential Health Benefits. Free Radicals and Antioxidant Quenching Properties of Plant Phytochemicals in the Management of Oxidative Stress. The Protective Role of Phytochemicals in Cardiovascular Disease. Anticancer Potentials of Food Phytochemicals. Antidiabetic Activity of Food Phytochemicals. Potentials of Food Phytochemicals in the Treatment and Management of Obesity. Anti- Inflammatory Properties of Food Phytochemicals. Neurodegenerative disease protective functions of food phytochemicals. Immune Modulatory Activity of Food Phytochemicals. Bioactive phytochemicals in the development of alternative medicine. Food- Derived Bioactive Components and Health Claims: The Role of Regulatory Agencies. Bioactive phytochemicals and the human gut microbiome and health. Use of Bioactive phytochemicals in human trials - current status. Bioactive phytochemicals in personalized nutrition and health. Index.
