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A Centum of Valuable Plant Bioactives

  • 1st Edition - August 26, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Muhammad Mushtaq, Farooq Anwar
  • Language: English

During last couple of decades, a great deal of research has explored what exactly plants contain (bioactives) and how these molecules may interact with human physiology at the mo… Read more

Description

During last couple of decades, a great deal of research has explored what exactly plants contain (bioactives) and how these molecules may interact with human physiology at the molecular level. It is extremely important to know what happens to plant bioactives or their biological activities when processed or isolated under various reaction conditions. Huge numbers of extraction or food manufacturing methodologies are adversely affecting the quality of these phytonutrients so there is a prompt need to highlight these processes/methods and replace them with more novel, efficient, green, or eco-friendly ones.

A Centum of Valuable Plant Bioactives is a comprehensive resource on the top 100 plant bioactives available. Chapters are grouped together by bioactives, with sections on carotenes, xanthophylls, terpenoids, steroids, polyphenols and more. This is an essential guide for botanists, food technologists and chemists, nutritionists and pharmacists.

Key features

  • Highlights the top 100 plant bioactives, their biogenesis, distribution, extraction/purification, and metabolism
  • Contains the latest advances in botanic biology, analytical chemistry and food technology
  • Explores potential applications including food additives, digestion and health, chemoprevention and biotherapy

Readership

Researchers and students interested in plant bioactives. Food technologists and chemists, nutritionists, pharmacists

Table of contents

1. β-Carotenes

2. Lycopene

3. Lutein and Zeaxanthin

4. Limonene

5. Oleanolic and Ursolic acid

6. Betulinic acid

7. Moronic acid

8. Kahweol and cafestol

9. Sitosterols

10. Stigmasterol

11. Apiole

12. Carnosolic Acid and Carnosol

13. Thymol/ carvacrol

14. Kaempferol and glucosides

15. Quercetin As an anti-inflammatory Analgesic

16. Resveratrol

17. Fisetin

18. Hesperidin and Naringenin

19. Silibinin/Silybin

20. Eriodictyol

21. Boldine

22. Luteolin

23. Catechins

24. Apigenin

25. Biochanin A and Biochanin B

26. Piperine and Curcumin

27. Caffeic and Chlorogenic acids

28. Ferulic acid

29. Capsaicin

30. Phytic acid/phytase

31. Tocochromanols

32. Spilanthol

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 26, 2021
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Muhammad Mushtaq

Dr M. Mushtaq is an emerging researcher who has earned his Ph.D. in Analytical in December 2014 while optimizing various extraction protocols for the recovery of polyphenols from agro-processing wastes. He has published more than 30 good quality peer-reviewed articles regarding extraction and biological activities of polyphenols in well-reputed journals, as well as contributing to 10 different book chapters. Currently, Dr. Mushtaq is teaching chemistry of natural products and supervising more than 10 postgraduates and three PhDs working on extraction and analysis of plant bioactives.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, GC University, Pakistan

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Farooq Anwar

Dr F. Anwar, with Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, has more than 16 years of teaching and research experience at national and international level. He has earned 2 Post-Doc fellowships including those from University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (2007-2008) and Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia (2010-2011). He has over 200 publications with almost 9,000 citations and has presented at many conferences across the world. Moreover, he had the honor of being selected in 2009 as a TWAS Young Affiliate Fellow for Central & South Asia by The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Sargodha, Pakistan

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