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A Centum of Valuable Plant Bioactives

  • 1st Edition - August 26, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Muhammad Mushtaq, Farooq Anwar
  • Language: English

During last couple of decades, a great deal of research has explored what exactly plants contain (bioactives) and how these molecules may interact with human physiology at the mo… Read more

Description

During last couple of decades, a great deal of research has explored what exactly plants contain (bioactives) and how these molecules may interact with human physiology at the molecular level. It is extremely important to know what happens to plant bioactives or their biological activities when processed or isolated under various reaction conditions. Huge numbers of extraction or food manufacturing methodologies are adversely affecting the quality of these phytonutrients so there is a prompt need to highlight these processes/methods and replace them with more novel, efficient, green, or eco-friendly ones.

A Centum of Valuable Plant Bioactives is a comprehensive resource on the top 100 plant bioactives available. Chapters are grouped together by bioactives, with sections on carotenes, xanthophylls, terpenoids, steroids, polyphenols and more. This is an essential guide for botanists, food technologists and chemists, nutritionists and pharmacists.

Key features

  • Highlights the top 100 plant bioactives, their biogenesis, distribution, extraction/purification, and metabolism
  • Contains the latest advances in botanic biology, analytical chemistry and food technology
  • Explores potential applications including food additives, digestion and health, chemoprevention and biotherapy

Readership

Researchers and students interested in plant bioactives. Food technologists and chemists, nutritionists, pharmacists

Table of contents

1. β-Carotenes

2. Lycopene

3. Lutein and Zeaxanthin

4. Limonene

5. Oleanolic and Ursolic acid

6. Betulinic acid

7. Moronic acid

8. Kahweol and cafestol

9. Sitosterols

10. Stigmasterol

11. Apiole

12. Carnosolic Acid and Carnosol

13. Thymol/ carvacrol

14. Kaempferol and glucosides

15. Quercetin As an anti-inflammatory Analgesic

16. Resveratrol

17. Fisetin

18. Hesperidin and Naringenin

19. Silibinin/Silybin

20. Eriodictyol

21. Boldine

22. Luteolin

23. Catechins

24. Apigenin

25. Biochanin A and Biochanin B

26. Piperine and Curcumin

27. Caffeic and Chlorogenic acids

28. Ferulic acid

29. Capsaicin

30. Phytic acid/phytase

31. Tocochromanols

32. Spilanthol

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 31, 2021
  • Language: English

About the editors

MM

Muhammad Mushtaq

Muhammad Mushtaq is in charge of the GC-MS facility at Government College University, Pakistan, where he teaches Advanced Separation Techniques and combines instrumental expertise with academic instruction. He held a visiting scholar position in the Department of Food Science at Cornell University, United States, where he worked on enzyme-assisted supercritical fluid and ethanol extraction to recover bioactive compounds. His publication record includes several research articles, book chapters, and an edited volume, A Centum of Valuable Plant Bioactives (Elsevier, 2021). His work spans analytical chemistry and separation science, with particular expertise in GC-MS and chromatographic method development.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Chemistry, Government College University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

FA

Farooq Anwar

Farooq Anwar has more than 25 years of experience teaching Analytical Chemistry at national and international levels. He has served as Chair/Director of the Institute of Chemistry, University of Sargodha, Pakistan; as Professor at the Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia; and as Associate Professor at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. He is a Fellow of the Chemical Society of Pakistan and was a TWAS Young Affiliate Fellow from 2009 to 2014. He currently holds an Honorary Research Fellowship (2024-2027) at Shinawatra University, Thailand.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Institute of Chemistry, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan

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