Bioactive Polyphenols for Health and Pathology Treatment
- 1st Edition - November 1, 2024
- Editors: Antonio Segura Carretero, Mari de la Luz Cádiz Gurrea, Javad Sharifi-Rad
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 8 2 1 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 8 2 2 - 5
Bioactive Polyphenols for Health and Pathology Treatment summarizes the role of polyphenols on physiological function, organs, and disease. Presenting preclinical animal studies a… Read more
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Request a sales quoteBioactive Polyphenols for Health and Pathology Treatment summarizes the role of polyphenols on physiological function, organs, and disease. Presenting preclinical animal studies and clinical assays, the book explores how herb extracts affect cardiovascular, cognitive, and immunological health and their action on obesity, cancer, digestion, blood pressure, diabetes, mood, and on the skin and eyes. The book begins with the biological properties and pathways of polyphenols, their bioavailability, phytochemistry, and finally, their pharmacological action. The book closes exploring the processing and production of polyphenols within functional foods and as nutraceuticals.
Written by a team of experts in the field, the book explores the most up-to-date research on plant polyphenols from different point of views which are appealing for many professionals, academics, nutritionists, and researchers working in this field.
- Summarizes role of polyphenols in health and disease
- Covers biological properties, mechanism of action, and phytochemistry
- Presents efficacy in the treatment of disease
- Identifies effects on cardiovascular, digestive, cognitive, and immunological health
- Includes production and processing of polyphenols
Food chemists, nutritionist, industrialist, academic, postgraduate,Undergraduate trainees in industries
1. Overview of the polyphenols extract herbs against actual pathologies
2. Cardiovascular health and polyphenols
3. Antidepressant activity of polyphenols
4. Immodulatory role of polyphenols
5. Polyphenol sources with antidiabetes activity
6. Polyphenol extracts with antihypertensive effect
7. Obesity and polyphenols
8. Oral Health and polyphenols
9. Ocular health and polyphenols
10. Skin Health
11. Intestinal comfort with polyphenol herb extracts
12. Antigenotoxic properties
13. Antitumor activity
14. Improving cognitive capacity
15. Sport: Improving capacity with polyphenol extracts
16. Future prospective of nutraceuticals with bioactive compounds
2. Cardiovascular health and polyphenols
3. Antidepressant activity of polyphenols
4. Immodulatory role of polyphenols
5. Polyphenol sources with antidiabetes activity
6. Polyphenol extracts with antihypertensive effect
7. Obesity and polyphenols
8. Oral Health and polyphenols
9. Ocular health and polyphenols
10. Skin Health
11. Intestinal comfort with polyphenol herb extracts
12. Antigenotoxic properties
13. Antitumor activity
14. Improving cognitive capacity
15. Sport: Improving capacity with polyphenol extracts
16. Future prospective of nutraceuticals with bioactive compounds
- No. of pages: 368
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 1, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443138218
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Antonio Segura Carretero
Dr. Segura Carretero is Professor at the University of Granada and CIDAF Director (Research and Development Center for Functional Food). Dr. Segura got the Extraordinary Doctoral Award and the Young Investigator Award in GRASEQA the Andalusian Society of Analytical Chemists. He has developed 55 national and international projects and 45 targeted research contracts. He has published 460 articles in indexed journals with more than 1500 citations, 400 of these manuscripts are in the first third of JCR within their respective areas of knowledge and of them more than 250 are in the top 10%. Editor of two books and co-author of 32 chapters. He has been teaching in inter-university and international courses and the organization of several courses of university extension comparable free credits including three editions of the “Expert of functional foods and nutraceuticals”.
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor University of Granada, Scientific Director CIDAF, SpainJS
Javad Sharifi-Rad
Dr Javad Sharifi-Rad, PhD, is a distinguished Research Scientist at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Azuay in Cuenca, Ecuador. With expertise in Biomedical Sciences, he leads a global multidisciplinary research network and has authored over 450 articles in respected ISI journals. He ranks among the world's elite scientists, as recognised by Clarivate's Web of Science Highly Cited 2021 Researchers list. He excels in designing intricate research projects and is proficient in project management and team leadership. An adept presenter and educator, Dr Sharifi-Rad adeptly communicates complex concepts to audiences of diverse levels.
Affiliations and expertise
Faculty of Medicine, University of Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador