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

About the Series

Series Editor-in-Chief:
Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, PhD
Senior Lecturer (ARC DECRA Fellow), School of Agriculture and Food, University of Melbourne, Australia
email: h.suleria@hotmail.com Tel.: +61 470-439-670

The objective of this book series is to offer academia, engineers, technologists, and users from different disciplines information to gain knowledge on the breadth and depth of this multifaceted field. The volumes will explore the fields of phytochemistry, along with its potential and extraction techniques. The volumes will discuss the therapeutic perspectives of biochemical compounds in plants and animal and marine sources in an interdisciplinary manner because the field requires knowledge of many areas, including agricultural, food, and chemical engineering; manufacturing technology along with applications from diverse fields like chemistry; herbal drug technology; microbiology; animal husbandry; and food science; etc. There is an urgent need to explore and investigate the innovations, current shortcomings, and future challenges in this growing area of research.

We welcome chapters on the following specialty areas (but not limited to):

Food and function
Nutritional composition of different foods materials
Functional and nutraceutical perspectives of foods
Extraction of bioactive molecules
Phytomedicinal properties of different plants
Traditional plants used as functional foods
Phytopharmacology of plants used in metabolic disorders
Importance of spices and medicinal and functional foods
Natural products chemistry
Food processing waste/byproducts: management and utilization
Herbals as potential bioavailability enhancer and herbal cosmetics
Phytopharmaceuticals for the delivery of bioactives
Alternative and complementary medicines
Ethnopharmacology and ethnomedicine
Marine phytochemistry
Marine microbial chemistry
Other related includes nuts, seed spices, wild flora, etc.

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About the Book Series Editor-in-Chief
Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, PhD, is currently working as an Associate Professor in Food Chemistry, at the School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences at The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 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. He has been awarded the Dean’s Award for “Excellence in Research 2023” for his exceptional performance and strong commitment to advanced research in food science. 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.

Books in the series to date:

Bioactive Compounds of Medicinal Plants Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, and Ademola O. Ayeleso, PhD	Plant- and Marine-Based Phytochemicals for Human Health Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, and Durgesh Nandini Chauhan, MPharm	Human Health Benefits of Plant Bioactive Compounds Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, PhD
Plant Secondary Metabolites for Human Health Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, P. P. Joy, PhD, Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, PhD	Bioactive Compounds from Plant Origin Editors: Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, PhD, Colin Barrow, PhD	Phytochemicals from Medicinal Plants Editors: Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, PhD, Megh R. Goyal, PhD, Masood Sadiq Butt, PhD
The Therapeutic Properties of Medicinal Plants Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, PhD, Ademola Olabode Ayeleso, PhD, T. Jesse Joel, PhD, Sujogya Kumar Panda, PhD	The Role of Phytoconstitutents in Health Care Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, PhD, Ramasamy Harikrishnan, PhD	Assessment of Medicinal Plants for Human Health Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, Durgesh Nandini Chauhan, MPharm
Health Benefits of Secondary Phytocompounds from Plant and Marine Sources Editors: Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, PhD, Megh Goyal, PhD	Plant-Based Functional Foods and Phytochemicals Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, Arijit Nath, PhD, Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, PhD	Cereals and Cereal-Based Foods Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, Kamaljit Kaur, PhD, Jaspreet Kaur, PhD
Bioactive Compounds from Multifarious Natural Foods for Human Health Editors: Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, PhD, Megh R. Goyal, PhD, and Huma Bader Ul Ain	Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants for Human Gastrointestinal Disorders Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, Preeti Birwal, PhD, and Durgesh Nandini Chauhan, MPharm	Curative and Preventive Properties of Medicinal Plants Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, Junaid Ahmad Malik, PhD, and Ademola Olabode Ayeleso, PhD
Plant-Based Bioactive Compounds and Food Ingredients Editors: Junaid Ahmad Malik, PhD, Megh R. Goyal, PhD, Preeti Birwal, PhD, and Ritesh B. Watharkar, PhD	Phytochemical and Pharmacological Investigation of the Family Rutaceae Editors: Abdur Rauf PhD, Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, PhD, and Syed Muhammad Mukarram Shah, PhD	The Functional Foods Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, Junaid Ahmad Malik, PhD Anu Kumari
Himalayan Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Depression Editors: Abdur Rauf, PhD, Prabhakar Semwal, PhD, and Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, PhD	Herbal Medicines and Nutritional Supplements for Health Benefits Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, and Anamika Chauhan, PhD

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Congratulations to Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, PhD, for receiving the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research from the University of Melbourne, Australia, in recognitation for his exceptional performance and strong commitment to advanced research in food science. Dr. Suleria is editor of AAP’s book series Innovations in Plant Science for Better Health: From Soil to Fork. For more information, visit: Click here

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