
Therapeutic, Probiotic, and Unconventional Foods
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Key Features
- Compiles the most recent, interesting and innovative research on unconventional and therapeutic foods
- Highlights the role of unconventional and therapeutic foods in improving health and life quality
- Discusses the implications of unconventional and therapeutic foods on safety
- Presents the industrial and economic impact of unconventional and therapeutic foods
Readership
Food scientists, nutrition researchers, and students in related courses
Table of Contents
1. Introduction in Nutraceutical and Medicinal Foods
Lia-Mara Ditu, Madalina Elena Grigore, Petronela Viforeanu, Alina Maria HolbanSection 1: Probiotics and Prebiotics
2. Probiotics: Supplements, Food, Pharmaceutical industry
Swathi Putta, Nagendra Sastry Yarla, Dhananjaya Bhadrapura Lakkappa, Sarat Babu Imandi, Rama Rao Malla, Amajala Krishna Chaitanya, Veera Brahma Chari P., Silas Saka, Rama Rao Vechalapu, Mohammad Amjad Kamal, Vadim V. Tarasov, Vladimir N. Chubarev ,Korada Siva Kumar, Gjumrakch Aliev
3. Selection of New Probiotics: The Case of Streptomyces
Sneha Hariharan, Selvakumar Dharmaraj
4. Development of New Probiotic Foods – A Case Study on Probiotic Juices
Lebaka Veeranjaneya Reddy, Young Jung Wee, Narala Venkata Rami Reddy, and Vinod Kumar Joshi
5. Prebiotics and Production of New Prebiotics from Unconventional Raw Materials (Mushrooms)
Hrudaynath Thatoi, Sameer Kumar Singdevsachan, and Jayanta Kumar Patra
6. Probiotics in the Rescue of Gut Inflammation
Asit Ranjan Ghosh
7. Probiotics as an Adjunct to Conventional Treatment in Vulvovaginitis: Past, Present and Future
Princy Louis Palatty, Poornima Ramachandra Bhat, Ramakrishna Pai Jekrabettu, Thomas George, Sueallen D’souza, Soniya Abraham, Mohammed Adnan, Michael Pais, Taresh Naik, Devika Gunasheela, Manjeshwar Shrinath BaligaSection 2: Therapeutic Foods and Ingredients
8. Flavonoids as Nutraceuticals
Muhammad Kaleem, Asif Ahmad
9. Bioactive Peptides – Impact in Cancer Therapy
Edwin E. Martínez Leo, Armando M. Martín Ortega, Maira R. Segura Campos
10. Essential Oils - Biological Activity and Therapeutic Potential
Leila Mehdizadeh and Mohammad Moghaddam
11. Nutritional and Therapeutic Potential of Spices
Mian Kamran Sharif, Rebia Ejaz and Imran Pasha
12. Novel Nutraceutical Compounds
Asma Afreen, Dr. Zaheer Ahmed, and Dr. Nomana Anjum
13. Nutraceutical and medicinal importance of seabuckthorn (Hippophae sp.)
Prakash C. Sharma and Meenu
14. Therapeutic Potential of Flaxseed
Ankit Goyal, Ami Patel, Manvesh Sihag, Nihir Shah, Beenu Tanwar
15. Pharmaceutical, Nutraceutical and Therapeutic Properties of Selected Wild Medicinal Plants: Thyme, Spearmint and Rosemary
Muhammad H. Alu’datt, Taha Rababah, Mohammad N. Alhamad, Sana Gammoh, Majdi A. Al-Mahasneh, Carole C. Tranchant, Mervat Rawshdeh
16. Virgin Coconut Oil as Functional Oil
Srivastava Yashi, Semwal Anil Dutt, Sharma Gopal Kumar
17. Health Effects of Various Dietary Agents and Phytochemicals (Therapy of Acute Pancreatitis)
Elroy Saldanha, Ramakrishna J Pai, Thomas George, Sueallen D’Souza, Mohammed Adnan, Michael Pais, Taresh Naik, Reshmina Chandini Clara D’Souza, Rithesh D’Cunha and Manjeshwar Shrinath BaligaSection 3: Unconventional Foods and Food Ingredients
18. Production of Bioactive Compounds from Waste
C.O. Jayeola, B.A. Adebowale, L.E. Yahaya, S.O. Ogunwolu, and O. Olubamiwa
19. Unripe plantain flours
I. Olawuni, F.O. Uruakpa, A. Uzoma
20. Dry Beans: Processing and Nutritional Effect
Rocio Campos-Vega, Priscila Zaczuk Bassinello, Raquel de Andrade Cardoso Santiago, B. Dave Oomah
21. Vegan Nutrition: Latest Boom in Health and Exercise
Katharina Christina Wirnitzer
Product details
- No. of pages: 484
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2018
- Published: April 18, 2018
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780128146262
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128146255
About the Editors
Alexandru Grumezescu
Affiliations and Expertise
Alina Maria Holban
Affiliations and Expertise
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