Edible Flowers

Health Benefits, Nutrition, Processing, and Applications

1st Edition - July 1, 2024
Editors: Arun Kumar Gupta, Vijay Kumar, Bindu Naik, Poonam Mishra
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 7 6 9 - 3
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 7 7 0 - 9

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Edible Flowers: Health Benefits, Nutrition, Processing, and Applications discusses several edible flowers and their history, bioactive compounds, pharmacological properties, chemistry, and manifold applications. Composed of 20 chapters, the book explores significant edible flowers which have a bioactive and pharmacological attribute apart from preservation aspects. Each of the presented flowers are analyzed by its taxonomy, history, nutritional properties, important bioactive natural compounds, pharmacological potential, use in food processing, and marketability.

Medicinal and edible flowers that are grown in the various countries and are thought to promote health are also the subject of this book, thus ensuring the food security aspect. Written by a team of experts in the field, this book is a good support for researchers and scientists working in the fields of food science, food technology, and nutrition, with a special interest by the study of edible flowers.

Arun Kumar Gupta

Arun Kumar Gupta was awarded doctoral degree at Tezpur University, Assam, India, from Department of Food Engineering and Technology. He has been serving as an assistant professor in the department of Food Science & Technology at Graphic EraUniversity, Dehradun, India. He is a lifetime member of the Association of Food Scientists; Technologists (India), International Society of Food Engineering and Institute of Scholar. He has been a regular reviewer of several reputable journals including, InSc journal, Plant, Science PG, Current Nutrition and Food Science, BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, etc. Dr. Gupta possesses extensive expertise in the domain of citrus debittering, gum exudates, and valorisation of underutilized tubers showcasing a strong potential for future contributions to this field. His research and insights have been disseminated through the publication of 44 original research and review papers, 17 book chapters, and the filing of four patents.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, Department of Food Technology, School of Applied and Life Sciences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Vijay Kumar

Dr. Vijay Kumar was awarded Ph. D. in Biotechnology on topic: “Antibacterial metabolites from actinomycetes of diverse habitats and locations of Uttarakhand”, from Biotechnology Department of H.N.B. Garhwal Central University, Srinagar. His Research Interest mainly includes: actinobacteria genomics, engineering the expression of silent natural product biosynthetic gene clusters, expanding the chemical space of natural products using bioengineering, bioengineering bespoke chemical scaffolds. He is the executive editor of International Journal of Microbiology.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, Himalayan School of Biosciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Jolly Grant, Dehradun, India

Bindu Naik

Bindu Naik has done B Sc in Zoolgy, M Sc in Biotechnology, M Tech in Food Science & Technology with a Ph D in Bioprocess & Food Engineering. She has worked at BFIT and Doon PG College as an Assistant Professor. She joined Uttaranchal University in 2018 and worked as an Assistant Professor for two years before moving to be an assistant professor at the Department of Life Sciences, GEU-IIC Innovation activity coordinator, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University) Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences (Food Technology), Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Bell Road, Clement Town, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Poonam Mishra

Prof. Poonam Mishra earned an MTech at Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, and a Ph.D. in food engineering at Tezpur University, India. In 2004, Dr. Mishra joined the Centre of Food Technology, University of Allahabad as a lecturer, where she has been engaged in teaching and research and development related to food engineering and technology. She also is actively involved in the establishment of the Food Quality Control Laboratory at the Centre of Food Technology. In 2009, she joined Tezpur University as an Assistant Professor and is now a professor in the Department of Food Engineering and Technology at Tezpur Central University, India.

Affiliations and expertise

Department of Food Engineering & Technology, Tezpur University, Assam, India