NUTRACEUTICALS AND FUNCTIONAL FOODS: NATURAL REMEDY

NUTRACEUTICALS AND FUNCTIONAL FOODS: NATURAL REMEDY

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: ADVANCES IN PRODUCTION OF FUNCTIONAL FOODS AND NUTRACEUTICALS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

NEW ENTRIES IN THE MARKET OF PLANT NATURAL SUBSTANCES

NATURAL PRODUCTS EVERYWHERE

ADVANCES IN PRODUCTION

QUALITY ASSESSMENT

ADVANCE ANALYTICAL TOOLS FOR BOTANICALS

APPLICATION OF HPTLC FINGERPRINT ANALYSIS TO BOTANICALS

ADULTERATIONS, ADDICTIONS AND SUBSTITUTIONS

ANALYSIS OF MONO-INGREDIENT PRODUCTS

ANALYSIS OF MULTIHERBAL PRODUCTS

BUD-DERIVATIVES

TOWARDS PHARMAFOODS

TRENDS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: CHARACTERIZATION OF NUTRACEUTICALS AND THEIR METABOLIC PROFILE

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY

CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 3: OCCURRENCE OF ALKALOIDS IN SPECIES OF THE GENUS ANNONA L. (ANNONACEAE): A REVIEW

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

METHODS

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 4: EXPLORING ANTHRAQUINONES AS AN IMPORTANT CLASS OF NUTRACEUTICALS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

ANTHRAQUINONE AS NUTRACEUTICALS

SYNTHESIS OF ANTHRAQUINONE

ISOLATION OF ANTHRAQUINONES

SUMMARY AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 5: CAROTENOIDS AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

ABSTRACT

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

1. ASTAXANTHIN

2. FUCOXANTHIN

3. LYCOPENE

4. LUTEIN

5. ZEAXANTHIN

6. β-CRYPTOXANTHIN

7. β-CAROTENE

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 6: POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS AS NUTRACEUTICALS

ABSTRACT

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS

3. DIETARY SOURCES

4.OMEGA-6 FATTY ACIDS

5.OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS

6. CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 7: PROANTHOCYANIDINS IN CRANBERRY AND GRAPE SEEDS: METABOLISM, BIOAVAILABILITY AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. NATURE AND OCCURRENCE

3. DIETARY SOURCES

4. CHARACTERIZATION OF PROANTHOCYANIDINS IN GRAPES AND CRANBERRY

5. EXTRACTION AND ISOLATION

6. BIOAVAILABILITY

7. BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 8: WHOLE GRAINS OR DIETARY FIBER, WHICH IS BEST?

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

WHAT ARE WHOLE GRAINS?

WHAT IS DIETARY FIBER?

HOW MUCH FIBER AND WHOLE GRAINS DO PEOPLE EAT?

WHOLE GRAINS, DIETARY FIBER AND HEALTH

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 9: PHENOLICS AS NUTRACEUTICALS AND FUNCTIONAL FOODS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. PHENOLICS CLASSIFICATION

3. BIOSYNTHESIS OF PHENOLICS

4. SOURCES

5. USE OF PHENOLICS AS NEUTRACEUTICALS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 10: CEREAL-BASED FUNCTIONAL FOODS AND NUTRACEUTICALS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. CEREAL-BASED FUNCTIONAL FOODS

3. CEREAL-BASED NUTRACEUTICALS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 11: CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING EFFECTS OF NUTRACEUTICALS: PLANT STANOLS/STEROLS VERSUS POLICOSANOLS

ABSTRACT

12. PLANT STANOLS/STEROLS (STANOL/STEROL ESTERS) AND POLICOSANOLS

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 12: DAIRY-DERIVED INGREDIENTS AS NUTRACEUTICALS

ABSTRACT

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 13: NUTRACEUTICALS DERIVED FROM MARINE SOURCES: EXTRACTION AND APPLICATION OF BIOACTIVE CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES AS FUNCTIONAL INGREDIENTS

ABSTRACT

ABBREVIATIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. CHITIN, CHITOSAN AND CHITOOLIGOSACCHARIDES

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 14: NUTRACEUTICALS DERIVED FROMPLANT SOURCES (HERBALS)

ABSTRACT

I. INTRODUCTION

II. BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS AS NUTRACEUTICALS

III. HERBS AS A SOURCE OF NUTRACEUTICALS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 15: FUNCTIONAL FOODS AND GUT HEALTH

ABSTRACT

ABBREVIATIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. PREBIOTICS

3. PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS

4. N-3 POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS

5. CAN WHOLE FOODS REDUCE COLITIS SYMPTOMS AND DISEASE PROGRESSION?

REFERENCES

Chapter 16: ANTICANCER DRUGS

ABSTRACT

ABBREVIATIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT OF ANTICANCER DRUGSAND EVOLUTION OF NUTRITION BASED CANCER THERAPY

3. PRINCIPLES ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMOTHERAPYAS WELL AS NUTRITION BASED CANCER CONTROL

4. CLASSIFICATION OF ANTICANCER DRUGS AND VARIOUS NUTRACEUTICALS EMPLOYED IN CANCER PREVENTION

5. ANTICANCER DRUGS AND THEIR LIMITATIONS

6. ALTERNATIVE TO ANTICANCER THERAPY

7. HOPE FOR ANTICANCER THERAPY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 17: ROLE OF MICRONUTRIENTS AND NATURAL EXTRACTS AS IMMUNE BOOSTERS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE COMMON COLD

3. VITAMIN C AND ZINC

4. ECHINACEA

5. PROPOLIS

6. COMBINATION OF VITAMIN C, ZINC, ECHINACEA AND PROPOLIS

7. SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 18: BRAIN POLYUNSATURATED LIPIDS AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. BIOCHEMISTRY AND METABOLISM OF POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS (PUFA): WHO IS WHO?

3. MULTIPLE FACETS OF PUFA IN NERVE CELLS

4. PUFA AND BRAIN FUNCTIONS IN NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS

5. PUFA AS POTENTIAL NUTRACEUTICALS: REALITY OR FICTION?

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 19: NUTRACEUTICALS AND OSTEOARTHRITIS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. BASIC SCIENCE

3. SYMPTOM-MODIFYING EFFECTS

4. STRUCTURE-MODIFYING EFFECTS

5. ADVERSE EVENTS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 20: GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS: TREATMENT WITH NATURAL FLORA

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. UNICELLULAR ORGANISMS: BACTERIA AND YEAST

3. MULTICELLULAR ORIGIN: PLANT SOURCES

4. MULTICELLULAR ORIGIN: ANIMAL SOURCES

5. MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS: MARINE ORIGINS

6. MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS: INSECT ORIGIN

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 21: HERBAL MEDICINES: A POSSIBLE SOLUTION FOR HIGH ALTITUDE MALADIES

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. HEALTH CONSEQUENCES AT HIGH ALTITUDE

3. REMEDIES FOR HIGH ALTITUDE MALADIES

4. HERBAL REMEDIES

5. HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT

CASE STUDIES

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 22: NUTRACEUTICALS AND LIVER HEALTH

ABSTRACT

ABBREVIATIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. LIVER HEALTH: AN OVERVIEW

3. ROLE OF NUTRACEUTICALS IN LIVER HEALTH

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

INDEX