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Edible Flowers

Health Benefits, Nutrition, Processing, and Applications

  • 1st Edition - July 12, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Arun Kumar Gupta, Vijay Kumar, Bindu Naik, Poonam Mishra
  • Language: English

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Description

Edible Flowers: Health Benefits, Nutrition, Processing, and Applications discusses several edible flowers and their history, bioactive compounds, pharmacological properties, chemistry, and manifold applications. Composed of 20 chapters, the book explores significant edible flowers which have a bioactive and pharmacological attribute apart from preservation aspects. Each of the presented flowers are analyzed by its taxonomy, history, nutritional properties, important bioactive natural compounds, pharmacological potential, use in food processing, and marketability.

Medicinal and edible flowers that are grown in the various countries and are thought to promote health are also the subject of this book, thus ensuring the food security aspect. Written by a team of experts in the field, this book is a good support for researchers and scientists working in the fields of food science, food technology, and nutrition, with a special interest by the study of edible flowers.

Key features

  • Covers the nutritional and pharmacological aspects of edible flowers
  • Addresses the most popular edible flowers in the world as a source for nutraceuticals
  • Presents application in food products and potential health benefits
  • Discuss the various preservation techniques to improve the storage stability of edible flowers

Readership

Agriculturists, engineers, scientists, and academics working in the fields of food science, and food technology, The pharmaceutical industry, botanists and food processing businesses.

Table of contents

1. Introduction

2. Rosa Rose

3. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Hibiscus

4. Helianthus annuus L. Sunflower

5. Cucurbita moschata Pumpkin

6. Moringa Oleifera Moringa

7. Amaranthus Amaranth

8. Bombax Ceiba Red silk-cotton tree

9. Matricaria chamomilla Chamomile

10. Viola tricolor var. hortensis Pansy

11. Salvia rosmarinus Rosemary

12. Rhododendron arboretum Burans

13. Musa paradisiaca Linn Banana

14. Tropaeolum majus Nasturtium

15. Taraxacum Officinale Dandelion

16. Allium schoenoprasum Chives

17. Chrysanthemum morifolium Chrysanthemums

18. Saussurea obvallata King of Himalayan flowers

19. Minor flowers of Asian and African country
• Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus (Daylilies)
• Pelargonium culallatum (Wildmalva)
• Pelargonium tomentosum (Peppermint-scented pelargonium)
• Oxalis pescaprae (Wild sorrel)
• Artemisia (African wormwood)
• Artocarpus (Jackfruit & monkey fruit flowers)

20. Minor flowers of European and American country
• Monarda didyma (Beebalm)
• Robinia pseudoacacia (Black Locust)
• Begonia tuberhybrida (Begonia)
• Antirrhinum (Snapdragon)
• Althaea officinalis (Althaea)
• Agastache Foeniculum (Anise Hyssop)
• Borago officinalis (Borage)
• Calendula officinalis (Calendula)
• Centaurea cyanus (Cornflower)

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 12, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

AG

Arun Kumar Gupta

Arun Kumar Gupta was awarded doctoral degree at Tezpur University, Assam, India, from Department of Food Engineering and Technology. He is currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Process Technology at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, India. Dr. Gupta's research interests include citrus debittering, novel biopolymers, and the valorization of underutilized fruits and vegetables, highlighting his strong potential for future contributions to these fields.

He has made significant contributions to the field of food science and technology, as reflected in his extensive body of work, which includes 75 original research and review articles published in peer-reviewed international journals, 20 Scopus-indexed book chapters, and seven patents filed. Dr. Gupta has also been actively involved in academic publishing, serving as editor of five books with esteemed publishers such as Elsevier, CRC Press, and Springer.
Affiliations and expertise
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

VK

Vijay Kumar

Dr. Vijay Kumar was awarded Ph. D. in Biotechnology on topic: “Antibacterial metabolites from actinomycetes of diverse habitats and locations of Uttarakhand”, from Biotechnology Department of H.N.B. Garhwal Central University, Srinagar. His Research Interest mainly includes: actinobacteria genomics, engineering the expression of silent natural product biosynthetic gene clusters, expanding the chemical space of natural products using bioengineering, bioengineering bespoke chemical scaffolds. He is the executive editor of International Journal of Microbiology.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Himalayan School of Biosciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Jolly Grant, Dehradun, India

BN

Bindu Naik

Bindu Naik has done B Sc in Zoolgy, M Sc in Biotechnology, M Tech in Food Science & Technology with a Ph D in Bioprocess & Food Engineering. She has worked at BFIT and Doon PG College as an Assistant Professor. She joined Uttaranchal University in 2018 and worked as an Assistant Professor for two years before moving to be an assistant professor at the Department of Life Sciences, GEU-IIC Innovation activity coordinator, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University) Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Food Technology, Graphic Era University, Uttarakhand, India

PM

Poonam Mishra

Prof. Poonam Mishra earned an MTech at Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, and a Ph.D. in food engineering at Tezpur University, India. In 2004, Dr. Mishra joined the Centre of Food Technology, University of Allahabad as a lecturer, where she has been engaged in teaching and research and development related to food engineering and technology. She also is actively involved in the establishment of the Food Quality Control Laboratory at the Centre of Food Technology. In 2009, she joined Tezpur University as an Assistant Professor and is now a professor in the Department of Food Engineering and Technology at Tezpur Central University, India.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Food Engineering & Technology, Tezpur University, Assam, India

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