Bioactive Compounds
Health Benefits and Potential Applications
- 1st Edition - December 7, 2018
- Latest edition
- Editor: Maira Rubi Segura Campos
- Language: English
Bioactive Compounds: Health Benefits and Potential Applications provides information about different bioactive compounds including their sources, biological effects, health be… Read more
Bioactive Compounds: Health Benefits and Potential Applications provides information about different bioactive compounds including their sources, biological effects, health benefits and, potential applications which could contribute as alternatives in the prevention or treatment of multifactorial diseases for vulnerable population groups. Going beyond the basics to include discussion of bioaccessibility and the legislative aspects of marketing of bioactive compounds as nutraceuticals or food supplements, this book presents insights from a global perspective.
Written for researchers, professors and graduate students, this book is sure to be a welcomed reference for all who work in food chemistry, new product development and nutritional science.
- Highlights potential contributions of bioactive compounds as alternatives in the prevention or treatment of disease
- Investigates the world of bioactive compounds and the many activities associated with them
- Contains information relevant to food chemistry, new product development and nutritional science
Researchers, professors and graduate students in health and food science who specialize in food chemistry, new product development or nutritional science
PART 1: Antioxidant Activity of Phenolic Compounds
1. Antioxidant Activity of Phenolic Compounds Biosynthesized by Plants and Its Relationship with Prevention of Neurodegenerative Diseases
2. Phenolic Compounds: Structure, Classification, and Antioxidant Power
PART 2: Antidiabetic Activity of Bioactive Compounds
3. Antihyperglycemic, Hypoglycemic, and Lipid-Lowering Effect of Peptide Fractions of M. pruriens L. in an Obese Rat Model
PART 3: Anti-inflammatory Effect of Medicinal Plants
4. Protein Derivatives From Commercial Grains and Their Antiinflammatory Activity
PART 4: Anticancer Activity of Plants Metabolites
5. Medicinal Plants and Their Bioactive Metabolites in Cancer Prevention and Treatment
PART 5: Bioavailability of Bioactive Compounds In Vitro and In Vivo Models
6. Phenolic Compound Bioavailability Using In Vitro and In Vivo Models
PART 6: Bioactive Compounds as Ingredients of Functional Foods
7. Bioactive Compounds as Ingredients of Functional Foods: Polyphenols, Carotenoids, Peptides from Animal and Plant Sources New
8. Bioactive Compounds and Their Potential Use as Ingredients for Food and Its Application in Food Packaging
PART 7: Health Benefits of Bioactive Compounds
9. Association Between Diet, Health, and the Presence of Bioactive Compounds in Foods
10. Health Benefits of Flavonoids
PART 8: Health Benefits of Functional Foods
11. Functional Food Consumption and Its Physiological Effects
12. Bee Propolis: Properties, Chemical Composition, Applications, and Potential Health Effects
PART 9: Bioactive Compounds and Functional Foods as Therapeutic Alternative
13. Bioactive Compounds as Therapeutic Alternatives
14. Flavonoids: Potential Therapeutic Agents by Their Antioxidant Capacity
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: December 7, 2018
- Language: English
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Maira Rubi Segura Campos
Maira Rubi Segura Campos is the lead research professor at the Faculty of Chemistry Engineering and the coordinator of the Institutional Postgraduate in Chemical and Biochemical Sciences at the Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mérida, Mexico. She has authored 115 articles in national and international journals, 61 book chapters, 12 books, and 41 memoirs. She has also taught more than 170 courses at the pre-and postgraduate level and has actively participated in 170 national and international academic events.
Affiliations and expertise
Food Science Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Faculty, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatan, Mérida, MexicoRead Bioactive Compounds on ScienceDirect