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Dietary Supplements and Nutraceuticals / edited by Biswajit Mukherjee

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore, 2025Publisher: Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2025Description: 1 Online-Ressource(Approx. 1385 p. 17 illus., 7 illus. in color.)ISBN:
  • 9789819799367
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 615.19 23
DOI: DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-9936-7Online resources: Summary: 1. General concept on nutraceuticals, functional foods, and dietary supplements -- 2. Plant-Based Dietary Supplements: An Overview -- 3. Proteins, Vitamins, Minerals, Cereal, Vegetables and Beverages as Functional Foods -- 4. Dietary Fibers and Complex Carbohydrates as Functional Food Ingredients -- 5. Occurrence, chemical nature, and medicinal benefits of Flavonoids- Rutin, Kaempferol, Quercetin, Anthocyanidins, Catechins, Flavones -- 6. Sulfides, Polyphenolics and Phytoestrogens as Nutraceuticals -- 7. Rice Bran- A Nutraceutical And Functional Ingredient For Inhibiting Chronic Diseases -- 8. Oats and Wheat bran as Functional food and Nutraceuticals -- 9. Tea, Coffee, and Seafood as Functional Food -- 10. Introduction to Free Radicals -- 11. Free Radical-Induced Diseases -- 12. Antioxidants and their physiological role in free radical scavenging -- 13. Natural Isothiocyanates– a powerhouse for antioxidant regulation in disease remediation -- 14. Carotenoids as a nutraceutical for human health and disease prevention -- 15. Prebiotics and Probiotics, and their Role in Iron and Zinc absorptions -- 16. Trace elements of nutraceutical significances -- 17. Fortified Foods As Vehicles Of Dietary Antioxidant Vitamins -- 18. Nutritional Benefits of Vitamin B Complex for a Healthy Pregnancy -- 19. Cubebin And Its Derivatives In Neurodegenerative Diseases And Their Antimicrobial Potential -- 20. Functional Foods for Chronic Disease Prevention -- 21. Therapeutic effects of functional food on hepatic disorders -- 22. Nutrition and Aging -- 23. Impact of Malnutrition on Public Health - A Community-Driven Approach -- 24. Effect of Various Environmental Factors on Processing and Storage of Nutraceuticals -- 25. Food safety, effects of adulterated food on health, and some simple methods of detection of adulteration in some common food items -- 26. Regulatory Aspects on Food Safety and Standards -- 27. Pharmacopoeial Specifications For Dietary Supplements And Nutraceuticals.Summary: The book introduces the concept of functional foods, dietary supplements, and nutraceuticals. It covers the latest findings on functional foods, dietary supplements, nutraceuticals, and their involvement in the healthy functioning of our body and the inhibition of various diseases. The chapters highlight the articles that provide a vivid description, importance, efficacy, awareness and molecular mechanism, and recent findings of various dietary supplements and nutraceuticals. Chapters of the book also provide insights into public health nutrition, maternal and child nutrition, nutrition and aging, and nutrition education at the community level. The book addresses the effect of processing, storage, and interactions of various environmental factors on the potential of nutraceuticals. It explores the adulteration of foods, regulatory aspects, and GMPs on food safety and Pharmacopoeial specifications for dietary supplements and nutraceuticals. The book covers recent data on isothiocyanates that contribute plant power to humans, the therapeutic effect of functional food on hepatic disorders, nutritional benefits of vitamin B complex for a healthy pregnancy, and functional foods for chronic disease prevention are also included in the book. The book's primary purpose is to provide a vivid description of the importance, efficacy, awareness, and molecular mechanism of various dietary supplements and nutraceuticals based on recent findings. The audience of this book is students and faculties from academic institutions, researchers, scientists, dieticians, and scientists.PPN: PPN: 1926119029Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-2-SEB | ZDB-2-145 | ZDB-2-SXRP | ZDB-2-SXCH | ZDB-2-SLR
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