Plant Science & Botany

Innovations in Plant Science for Better Health: From Soil to Fork

Bioactive Compounds from Multifarious Natural Foods for Human Health
Foods and Medicinal Plants

Editors: Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, PhD
Megh R. Goyal, PhD
Huma Bader Ul Ain, PhD

Bioactive Compounds from Multifarious Natural Foods for Human Health

Published. Available now.
Pub Date: August 2022
Hardback Price: see ordering info
Hard ISBN: 9781774637159
E-Book ISBN: 9781003189763
Pages: 338p w/index
Binding Type: Hardback / ebook
Series: Innovations in Plant Science for Better Health: From Soil to Fork
Notes: 9 color and 13 b/w illustrations

Divided into two sections, the volume first examines health claims of food-based bioactive compounds, which are extranutritional constituents that typically occur in small quantities in foods. This section lays out the concepts of extraction of food-based bioactive molecules, along with both conventional and modernized extraction techniques, as well as the available sources, biochemistry, structural composition, and potential biological activities of bioactive compounds. The book goes to present new research on health claims of bioactive compounds from medicinal plants, their importance, and health perspectives.

Both sections cover the various pharmacological and therapeutic aspects of bioactive compounds, along with their methods of extraction, their phytochemistry, their pharmacological and biological activities, their medicinal properties, and their applications for disease management and prevention. Among the specific foods and plants included are soybean, durum wheat, avocado, watermelon, blueberries, macro and micro algae, bitter cucumber (or Citrullus colocynthis), black myrobalan, clove, flaxseed, and even industrial waste from cereal bran.

This book volume sheds new light on the potential of natural and plant-based foods for human health from different technological aspects, contributing to the ocean of knowledge on food science and technology. This compendium will be useful for students, researchers, and industry professsionals in the study of functional foods.

CONTENTS:

Preface

PART I: HEALTH CLAIMS OF FOOD-BASED BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS
1. Nutritional Aspects of Soybean (Glycine max)
Huma Bader Ul Ain, Farhan Saeed, Muhammad Kashif, Tabussam Tufail, and Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria

2. Nutritional Aspects of Durum Wheat
Shahrina Shakir, Shabbir Ahmad, Ambreen Naz, and Nighat Raza

3. Functional and Nutraceutical Properties of Cereal Bran Industrial Waste: An Overview
Muzzamal Hussain, Tabussam Tufail, Farhan Saeed, Huma Bader Ul Ain, Maryam Shahzadi, and Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria

4. Health Benefits of Avocado
Huma Bader Ul Ain, Muhammad Kashif, Tabussam Tufail, and Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria

5. Health Benefits of Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
Aiman Ijaz, Tabussam Tufail, Farhan Saeed, Muhammad Afzaal, Muhammad Zia Shahid, and Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria

6. Anthocyanin Extracts of Blueberries for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disorders
Tabussam Tufail, Aiman Ijaz, Muhammad Umair Arshad, Syed Amir Gilani, Shahid Bashir, and Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria

7. Functional and Nutraceutical Significance of Macro and Micro Algae
Iahtisham-Ul-Haq, Aqsa Akram, and Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria

PART II: HEALTH CLAIMS OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM MEDICINAL PLANTS
8. Medicinal Plants to Herbal Drugs: Development of Crude Drugs
Vinitha Saseendra Babu and Puthuparambil Madhavan Radhamany

9. Citrullus colocynthis: Phytochemical and Medicinal Perspectives
Anees Ahmed Khalil, Quratulain Shahid, Ubaid Ur Rahman, Anum Ishaq, and Rana Muhammad Aadil

10. Hareer (Black Myrobalan): A Therapeutic Plant
Ali Ikram, Farhan Saeed, Haroon Munir, Muzzamal Hussain, and Huma Bader Ul Ain

11. Clove Essential Oil: Phytochemical and Pharmacological Aspects
Ubaid Ur Rahman, Anum Ishaq, Anees Ahmed Khalil, Ayesha Aslam, and Ahood Khalid

12. Effect of Whole Flaxseed on Bone Turnover Markers and Gut Microbiota in Menopausal-Related Bone Loss: Review
Halah Hafiz, Daniel Commane, Gemma Walton, and Kim Jackson

13. Interventional Approaches in Peripheral Nerve Injuries: Pathogenesis and Current Status
Ghulam Hussain, Azhar Rasul, Haseeb Anwar, Shoaib Ahmad Malik, Javeria Maqbool, Ali Imran, and Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, PhD
McKenzie Fellow, School of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Science, University of Melbourne, Australia

Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, PhD, is the McKenzie Fellow at the School of Agriculture and Food in the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Science, The University of Melbourne, Australia. He was formerly the Alfred Deakin Research Fellow at Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. He did his postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Food, Nutrition, Dietetic and Health at Kansas State University, USA. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Diamantina Institute, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia. Dr. Suleria has been awarded an International Postgraduate Research Scholarship and the Australian Postgraduate Award for his PhD research at the UQ School of Medicine and the Translational Research Institute in collaboration with the Commonwealth and Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia. Before joining the UQ, he worked as a lecturer in the Department of Food Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan. He also worked as a research associate in the PAK-US Joint Project funded by the Higher Education Commission, Pakistan, and Department of State, USA, with collaboration of the University of Massachusetts, USA, and the National Institute of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. Dr. Suleria has published more than 80 peer-reviewed scientific papers in professional journals and has co-edited several books. He is also affiliated with more than ten universities where he is working as a co-supervisor/special member for PhD and postgraduate students. His major research focus is on food nutrition, particularly in screening of bioactive molecules, including isolation, purification, and characterization using various cutting-edge techniques from different plants, marine, and animal sources; in vitro, in vivo bioactivities; and cell culture and animal modeling.

Megh R. Goyal, PhD
Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Senior Acquisitions Editor, Biomedical Engineering and Agricultural Science, Apple Academic Press, Inc.

Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, is a Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering from the General Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez Campus. He has worked as a Soil Conservation Inspector and as a Research Assistant at Haryana Agricultural University and Ohio State University. He was the first agricultural engineer to receive the professional license in Agricultural Engineering from the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico, and was proclaimed the “Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico for the Twentieth Century” by the ASABE, Puerto Rico Section, for his pioneering work on micro irrigation, evapotranspiration, agroclimatology, and soil and water engineering. During his professional career of over 52 years, he has received many prestigious awards. A prolific author and editor, he has written more than 200 journal articles and several textbooks and has edited over 85 books.

Huma Bader Ul Ain, PhD
Assistant Professor, Riphah International University, Faisalabad, Punjab-Pakistan

Huma Bader Ul Ain, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Riphah International University, Faisalabad, Punjab-Pakistan. She holds a PhD in Food Science and Technology with a specialization is cereal technology. Dr. Ul Ain has published more than 30 peer-reviewed scientific papers in different reputed/impacted journals and 10 international book chapters. She also has 16 international abstracts in international conferences. She has attended various trainings and conferences and has memberships in national and international organizations and platforms. She has done three-month internship at Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan, and a six-month internship at the School of Nutrition and United Hospital Faisalabad. Dr. Ul Ain received her BS degree in Food Science and Technology from the University of Sargodha, Pakistan, and her MPhil and PhD degrees from the Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab-Pakistan. During her PhD program, she worked as a visiting lecturer for a year at the Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab-Pakistan. Her PhD specialization and topic is “Isolation and characterization of cereal cell wall with special reference to amelioration of soluble dietary fiber.”




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