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Natural Plant Products in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Preventive and Therapeutic Potential

  • 1st Edition - March 17, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Roberto de Paula do Nascimento, Ana Paula da Fonseca Machado, Alba Rodriguez-Nogales, Raquel Franco Leal, Carlos Augusto Real Martinez, Julio Galvez, Mario Roberto Maróstica Junior
  • Language: English

Natural Plant Products in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Preventive and Therapeutic Potential organizes all evidence to understand which natural products are the first steps of… Read more

Description

Natural Plant Products in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Preventive and Therapeutic Potential organizes all evidence to understand which natural products are the first steps of investigation and which have strong evidence of their effects in inflammatory bowel diseases, have been tested in clinical trials, and have received approval to be officially used. In addition to providing information regarding the research with natural products in inflammatory bowel diseases, this reference will also highlight the molecular mechanisms behind the effects of natural products in inflammatory bowel diseases with the aid of figures, video animations and dynamic tables.

Compiled from research group members from different parts of the world and specialized in inflammatory bowel diseases and related topics, this important reference will be useful to health professionals, researchers, professors, and industry managers as it provides helpful information on the subject, with the potential to inspire health care, relevant research and product innovation.

Key features

  • Provides updated information on the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases and their pharmacological treatments and adverse effects
  • Delivers the most up-to-date information regarding the molecular mechanisms of natural products in inflammatory bowel diseases
  • Organizes the separation of natural products based on their characteristics, including lists of the main results of natural products in experiments conducted in vitro with animals, and in humans with IBDs

Readership

Academic Researchers, including master, PhD, and postdoc students. Especially, research groups that investigate the effects of foods, plants, and/or natural bioactive compounds in experimental studies in vitro, with animals, or humans with colonic inflamm

Table of contents

1. Introduction: history of inflammatory bowel diseases and relevance of natural plant products
Roberto Nascimento Sr. and Mario Maróstica Jr.

2. Pathogenesis: Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
Heitor De Souza, Joana Breves, and Beatriz Ribeiro

3. Conventional treatment and new drugs
Livia Genaro, Julian Silva, Luis Eduardo Gomes, Hugo Ceccato, Marciane Milanski, Raquel Franco Leal, Amanda Pereira Lima, and Maria de Lourdes Setsuko Ayrizono

4. Disease risk and inflammation-associated diets
Karine Steigleder, Cilene Dias Sr., Marciane Milanski, and Raquel Franco Leal

5. Fruits
Karina Da Silva Sr., Débora Salles, Andréa Cristina Malinverni, Daniel Ribeiro, and Ana Paula Paiotti

6. Cereal grains and vegetables
Roberto Nascimento Sr., Mariana Alves, Nathan Noguera, Dyana Lima, and Mario Maróstica Jr.

7. Plant life-associated natural products: algae and mushrooms
Nathan Noguera and Dyana Lima

8. Vegetable oils and oilseeds
Aleksandra Tarasiuk, Mikołaj Świerczyński, and Maciej Salaga

9. Fermented foods, prebiotics, and probiotics
Patricia Echave, Laura Hidalgo-Garcia, Jose Alberto Molina-Tijeras, Francesca Algieri, Maria Elena Rodríguez-Cabezas, Alba Rodriguez Nogales, and Julio Galvez

10. Medicinal herbs and teas
Teresa Vezza, Antonio Jesus Ruiz-Malagón, Maria Jesus Rodríguez-Sojo, Maria Elena Rodríguez-Cabezas, Julio Galvez, and Alba Rodriguez Nogales

11. Isolated bioactive compounds
Luiz Di Staci, Fábio Perez de Mello, Mariah Zajankauskas Orçati, and Luiz Domingues de Almeida-Junior

12. Encapsulated products
Ana Paula Machado, Henrique Arruda, Livia Reguengo, Ludmilla David de Moura, Fabíola Vieira de Carvalho, Roberto Nascimento Sr., and Mario Maróstica Jr.

13. Food industry by-products
Ana Paula Machado, Marina Vilar Geraldi, Rafaela Baptista, Juliana Kelly Da Silva-Maia, Mario Maróstica Jr., Livia Reguengo, and Levi Nascimento Bellinazzi

14. Natural products in conditions associated with inflammatory bowel diseases: extraintestinal manifestations
Elizabethe Adriana Esteves, Lauane Moreno, Carina Santos, and Cintia Ramos

15. Natural products in conditions associated with inflammatory bowel diseases: colorectal cancer, diversion colitis, and obesity
Carlos Augusto Martinez, José Pereira, Julia Rizzato, Gabriele Polezi, Roberto Nascimento Sr., and Mario Maróstica Jr.

16. Conclusion: future directions
Ana Paula Machado, Roberto Nascimento Sr., and Mario Maróstica Jr.

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 11, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Roberto de Paula do Nascimento

More than 10 years of experience with animal experimentation. Roberto's research has been mainly focused on natural plant products against inflammatory bowel diseases and colorectal cancer, with special attention to the potential benefits of native Brazilian fruits. Acts mainly on the following themes: animal models, native Brazilian berries, bioactive compounds, inflammatory bowel diseases, and colorectal cancer.
Affiliations and expertise
Researcher, University of Campinas, Brazil

AF

Ana Paula da Fonseca Machado

More than 10 years of experience with the manipulation of natural plant products and extracts. Acts mainly on the following themes: processes with pressurized fluids, extraction and encapsulation of bioactive compounds, use of agro-industrial residues, and preventive and complementary therapies for inflammatory bowel diseases.
Affiliations and expertise
Researcher, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Brazil

AR

Alba Rodriguez-Nogales

In 2017, she obtained a postdoctoral contract (Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain) at the Universidad de Granada (UGR). Postdoctoral stay at the Gentofte Regional Hospital in Copenhagen (Denmark, 2019). Throughout her research career, she has participated in numerous national and international research projects, being investigator principal and coordinator of two of them. Awards: Best Thesis in the 2015 "Modesto Laza Palacios" from the Illustrious Association of Pharmacists of Malaga and Extraordinary Doctoral Award in health sciences area, granted by the Universidad de Granada (2018). Currently, she is an assistant professor at Universidad de Granada and her research has mainly focused on the study of the potential therapeutic effects of different compounds (probiotics, prebiotics, antibiotics, or plant extracts), as well as the search for new biomarkers and targets that can improve the diagnosis and prognosis of several inflammatory conditions, including inflammatory bowel diseases.
Affiliations and expertise
Researcher, Universidad de Granada, Spain

RF

Raquel Franco Leal

Currently is an Associate Professor at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. Titular Member of the Brazilian Society of Coloproctology. Member of the Brazilian Federation of Gastroenterology, of the International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons, and an honorary member of the Brazilian Association of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease. Member of the Study Group on Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Brazil, European Crohn's and Colitis Organization, and Pan American Crohn's Colitis Organization. Since 2005, Raquel has been doing studies associated with inflammatory bowel diseases.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, University of Campinas, Brazil

CR

Carlos Augusto Real Martinez

Currently an Associate Professor at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. Titular Member of the Latin American Society of Coloproctology, Brazilian College of Surgeons, Brazilian Society of Coloproctology, Brazilian College of Digestive Surgery, and Brazilian Society for the Development of Research in Surgery. Member of the International Society of University Colorectal Surgeons and the Brazilian Society of Laparoscopic Surgery. Since 2006, Dr. Martinez has been doing experimental studies with inflammatory bowel diseases.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, São Francisco University, Brazil

JG

Julio Galvez

Currently is a Full Professor at the Universidad de Granada (UGR), Spain. Member of the Research Group "Pharmacology of Natural Products" at UGR (CTS-164), which is involved in the evaluation of active natural compounds on intestinal inflammatory conditions and metabolic syndrome. Participation in more than 20 research projects with public funding and 25 projects with private funding. Julio's activity is reflected in more than 130 manuscripts in the field of Pharmacology, Gastroenterology, and Nutrition. Member of CIBER-EHD (ISCIII) and coordinator of the area focused on Precision Medicine in the Institute ibs.GRANADA.
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor, Universidad de Granada, Spain

MM

Mario Roberto Maróstica Junior

Currently is an Associate Professor at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. He received his Ph.D. stay at Leibniz Universitat Hannover, Germany, in 2004 and a Research stay at Lund University, Sweden, in 2009. Since 2010, Mario has been doing experimental studies with natural products in inflammatory bowel diseases and obesity.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, University of Campinas, Brazil

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