Medicine & Health Sciences

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

Health Benefits of Secondary Phytocompounds from Plant and Marine Sources
Editors: Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, PhD
Megh Goyal, PhD

Health Benefits of Secondary Phytocompounds from Plant and Marine Sources

Published. Available now.
Pub Date: February 2021
Hardback Price: see ordering info
Hard ISBN: 9781771888981
E-Book ISBN: 9781003019602
Pages: 326 w/index
Binding Type: Hardback
Series: Innovations in Plant Science for Better Health: From Soil to Fork
Notes: 15 color and 14 b/w illustrations

This new volume, Health Benefits of Secondary Phytocompounds from Plant and Marine Sources, looks at a selection of important issues and research topics on phytochemicals in plant-based therapeutics, covering bioactive compounds from both plant and marine sources. Natural products and their bioactive compounds are increasingly utilized in preventive and therapeutic medication, as pharmaceutical supplements, as well as in functional foods and nutraceuticals, all of which have potentially positive effects on health and have preventive and curative properties for various diseases and health conditions.

The first section of the book, on Bioactive Compounds from Plant Sources, describes the concept of extraction of bioactive molecules from plant sources, both conventional and modern extraction techniques, available sources, biochemistry, structural composition, and potential biological activities. Advanced extraction techniques, such as enzyme-assisted, microwave-assisted, ultrasound-assisted, pressurized liquid extraction, and super critical extraction techniques, are described in detail.

Part 2, on Bioactive Compounds from Marine Sources, discusses the isolation of potential bioactive molecules from marine sources, their importance, and health perspectives. This section explains the marine bioactivity, physical characteristics, uniqueness, uses, distribution, importance, traditional importance, nutritional importance, bioactivities, and future trends of different functional foods.

This book volume sheds light on the potential of secondary phytocompounds from plant and marine sources for human health and will be a valuable reference for faculty and students, researchers and scientists, industry professionals, and others in this important and growing field.

CONTENTS:
Preface

PART I: PLANT-BASED SECONDARY PHYTOCOMPOUNDS
1. Functional Foods: Bioavailability, Structure, and Nutritional Properties
Tawheed Amin, H. R. Naik, Syed Zameer Hussain, and Bazila Naseer

2. Secondary Metabolites from Clerodendrum infortunatum L.: Their Bioactivities and Health Benefits
R. L. Helen, K. Jayesh, S. Syama, and M. S. Latha

3. Functional Benefits of Ficus hispida L.
D. Suma, A. Vysakh, R. N. Raji, Ninan Jisha, and M. S. Latha

4. Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Bioactive Compounds from Medicinal Plants
Muhammad Imran, Abdur Rauf, Anees Ahmed Khalil, Saud Bawazeer, Seema Patel, and Zafar Ali Shah

5. Therapeutic Potential of Anthocyanin against Diabetes
Tawheed Amin, H. R. Naik, Bazila Naseer, and Syed Zameer Hussain

PART II: SECONDARY PHYTOCOMPOUNDS FROM MARINE SOURCES
6. Therapeutic Potential of Marine Foods: Review
Zohaib Hassan, Muhammad Kamran Khan, Farhan Saeed, Sadia Hassan, and Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria

7. Marine Natural Products for Human Health Care
K. L. Sreejamole, Huma Bader Ul Ain, and Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria

8. Marine Fungi-Derived Secondary Metabolites: Potential as Future Drugs for Health Care
Syed Shams ul Hassan, Hui-zi Jin, Abdur Rauf, Saud Bawazeer, and Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria

9. Marine Biotoxins: Symptoms and Monitoring Programs
Huma Bader ul Ain, Farhan Saeed, Hafiza Sidra Yaseen, Tabussam Tufail, 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 in collaboration 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 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 as 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 50 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 70 books.




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