Food Chemistry & Science

Nutraceuticals and Dietary Supplements
Applications in Health Improvemepnt and Disease Management

Editors: Raj K. Keservani, MPharm
Anil K. Sharma, PhD, MPharm
Rajesh K. Kesharwani, PhD

Nutraceuticals and Dietary Supplements

Published. Available now.
Pub Date: November 2020
Hardback Price: see ordering info
Hard ISBN: 9781771888738
E-Book ISBN: 9780367821517
Pages: 342pp w/index
Binding Type: Hardback
Notes: 18 color and 9 b/w illustrations

Addressing the increasing popularity of nutraceuticals, dietary supplements, and functional foods, this comprehensive and timely book presents an abundance of information on herbal products and their applications. The chapter authors—highly skilled, experienced, and renowned scientists and researchers from around the globe—offer up-to-date knowledge on the uses of herbal products in health management, in cancer treatment, in mental health therapy, and more.

Nutraceuticals and Dietary Supplements: Applications in Health Improvement and Disease Management begins with an introduction, the nomenclature, and characteristics of nutraceuticals and goes on to discuss in-depth applications for specific health issues, including cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, alcoholism, and more. It also looks at the pros and cons as well as the analytical techniques used for the production of nutraceuticals. Chapters cover market size, regulatory perspectives, manufacturing, and in silico drug design. The book incorporates a wide diversity of case studies, research, and theories pertaining to natural products employed by developers and content experts in the field.

This essential reference builds on the available literature in the field of pharmacy and biological sciences and will be a welcome resource for scientists, researchers, and pharmaceutical industry professionals.

CONTENTS:
Preface

PART I: PREAMBLE OF NUTRACEUTICALS AND FORMULATIONS
1. Functional Foods
José M. Lorenzo, Paulo E. S. Munekata, Mirian Pateiro, Elena Movilla Fierro, Suzana Rimac Brn?i?, Mladen Brn?i?, and Francisco J. Barba

2. Nutraceutical Bioactives
Andrew G. Mtewa, Kennedy J. Ngwira, Stephen Lutoti, Davies Mweta, Patrick E. Ogwang, and Duncan C. Sesaazi

3. Introduction to Nutraceutical and Dietary Supplements
Bhushan R. Rane and Raj K. Keservani

4. Herbs in Health Management
Kapil Kumar and Rajan Kaushik

5. Starch-Based Nanocarriers of Nutraceuticals: Synthesis and Applications
Alberto A. Escobar-Puentes, Adriana García-Gurrola, and Fernando Martínez-Bustos

PART II: ROLE OF NUTRACEUTICALS IN CANCER TREATMENT
6. Study of Nutraceuticals in Cancer Treatment: An In Silico Approach
Anamika Basu

7. Nutraceuticals in Cancer Therapy
Andrew G. Mtewa, lucrece Ahovegbe, Emanuel L. Peter, Hedmon Okella, Cassim U. Tolo, and Fanuel Lampiao

PART III: NUTRACEUTICALS AND MENTAL ILLNESS
8. Exploration of Nano-Nutraceuticals in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Swati Pund, Amita Joshi, and Vandana Patravale

9. Preclinical Perspectives of Mechanisms Underlying the Neuroprotective Effects of Selected Phyto-Constituents in Alzheimer’s Disease
Marco Cascella, Maria Rosaria Muzio, Domenico Carbone, Arturo Cuomo, and Sabrina Bimonte

PART IV: SPECIALIZED APPLICATIONS OF NUTRACEUTICALS
10. The Science behind Maca, a Traditional Crop from the Central Andes
Gustavo F. Gonzales, Cinthya Vasquez-Velasquez, and Dulce Esperanza Alarcón-Yaquetto

11. Nutraceutical Intervention for Treatment of Alcoholism/Drinking Problem
Charu Gupta and Dhan Prakash

12. Beta Cells and Diabetes
Shivani Srivastava, Durgavati Yadav, Kumar Sandeep, Harsh Pandey, Surya Kumar Singh, and Yamini Bhusan Tripathi

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Raj K. Keservani, MPharm
Faculty of B. Pharmacy, CSM Group of Institutions, Allahabad, India

Raj K. Keservani, MPharm, is in the Faculty of B. Pharmacy, CSM Group of Institutions, Allahabad, India. He has more than ten years of academic (teaching) experience at various institutes of India in pharmaceutical education. He has published 35 peer-reviewed papers in the field of pharmaceutical sciences in national and international journals, 25 book chapters, two co-authored books, and 12 edited books. He is also active as a reviewer for several international scientific journals. Mr. Keservani graduated with a pharmacy degree from the Department of Pharmacy, Kumaun University, Nainital (UA), India. He received his Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) (specialization in pharmaceutics) from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, India. His research interests include nutraceutical and functional foods, novel drug delivery systems (NDDS), transdermal drug delivery/ drug delivery, health science, cancer biology, and neurobiology.

Anil K. Sharma, PhD, MPharm
Department of Pharmacy, School of Medical and Allied Sciences, GD Goenka University, Gurugram, India

Anil K. Sharma, PhD, MPharm, is working as an assistant professor at the Department of Pharmacy, School of Medical and Allied Sciences, GD Goenka University, Gurugram, India. He has more than ten years of academic experience in pharmaceutical sciences. He has published 35 peer-reviewed papers in the field of pharmaceutical sciences in national and international journals as well as 28 book chapters. In addition, he has edited 16 books with reputable publishers. He received a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India, and a Master of Pharmacy degree from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, India, with a specialization in pharmaceutics. He earned his PhD in pharmacy from the University of Delhi, India.His research interests encompass nutraceutical and functional foods, novel drug delivery systems (NDDS), drug delivery, nanotechnology, health science/life science, and biology/cancer biology/neurobiology.

Rajesh K. Kesharwani, PhD
Department of Advanced Science & Technology, NIET, Nims University Rajasthan, Jaipur, India

Rajesh K. Kesharwani, PhD, is affiliated with the Department of Advanced Science & Technology, NIET, Nims University Rajasthan, Jaipur, India. He has more than seven years of research and two years of teaching experience at various institutes of India, imparting bioinformatics and biotechnology education. He has received several awards, including the NASI-Swarna Jayanti Puruskar–2013 by The National Academy of Sciences of India. He has authored over 32 peer-reviewed articles and ten book chapters. He has been a member of many scientific communities as well as a reviewer for many international journals. His research fields of interest are medical informatics, protein structure and function prediction, computer-aided drug designing, structural biology, drug delivery, cancer biology, and next-generation sequence analysis. Dr. Kesharwani received a BSc in biology from Ewing Christian College, Allahabad, India, an autonomous college of the University of Allahabad; his MSc (Biochemistry) from Awadesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India; and MTech-IT (specialization in Bioinformatics) from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, India. He earned his PhD from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, and received a Ministry of Human Resource Development (India) Fellowship and Senior Research Fellowship from the Indian Council of Medical Research, India.




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