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Phytochemicals and Gut Health

Evidence and Opportunities for Gastrointestinal Management

  • 1st Edition - November 21, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Sachchida Nand Rai, Neeraj Tiwari, Sucheta Khubber
  • Language: English

Phytochemicals and Gut Health: Evidence and Opportunities for Gastrointestinal Management highlights specific plant phytochemicals, their bioactive compounds, and the influe… Read more

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Description

Phytochemicals and Gut Health: Evidence and Opportunities for Gastrointestinal Management highlights specific plant phytochemicals, their bioactive compounds, and the influence they have on the gut-brain axis. By exploring sources, production, mechanisms of action, and clinical applications, the book uncovers how certain bioactives can optimize health and improve gastrointestinal diseases while reducing the side effects and limited efficacy of current medical treatments. The book's authors identify different classes of plant-based phytochemicals such as phenolic metabolites, alkaloids, terpenoids, and glucosinolates while demonstrating a better understanding of the gut-nutraceutical axis that can improve microbiota for GI disorders, and more.

Readers will also gain important perspectives on mechanisms of action and the synergistic effects phytochemicals have on cardiovascular and neurological health.

Key features

  • Explores phytochemicals as a therapeutic approach to gut health
  • Highlights the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant benefits of phytochemicals to regulate gut microbiome and manage gastrointestinal disorders
  • Discusses sources, production, mechanisms of action and clinical applications of phytochemicals in gastrointestinal therapy
  • Identifies a nanoparticle-based delivery systems for managing gut related disorders with phytochemicals

Readership

Researchers working in the food sciences in the fields of nutrition, microbiome, nutraceuticals, and functional foods

Table of contents

1. Introduction to gastrointestinal disorders

2. Limitation of current therapeutic strategies for the gastrointestinal disorders

3. Recent Advances in diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal disorders

4. Diet and nutritional management of gastrointestinal disorders

5. Biochemical characterization, production and medicinal properties of Phytochemicals

6. Dietary phenolic compounds: Role on gut health and microbiota

7. Nanoparticle based delivery systems of phytochemicals in Gut related disorders

8. Alteration of Gut microbiota and their metabolites by dietary phytochemicals

9. Brain-Gut axis: Phytochemical Interventions

10. Gut microbiota and cardiovascular health

11. Phytochemicals and Gut Barrier Integrity

12. Therapeutic potential of alkaloids in treatment of gut associated diseases

13. Exploring promising pharmaceutical candidates for gastrointestinal disorders using in silico approaches

14. Phytochemicals in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer

15. Therapeutic potential of phytochemicals and role of gut microbiota in Neurodegenerative diseases

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 18, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editors

SR

Sachchida Nand Rai

Dr. Sachchida Nand Rai is an Assistant Professor at University Centre for Research & Development (UCRD), Chandigarh University, Punjab, India. He obtained his MSc in Biochemistry from Purvanchal University, India, and his PhD in Biochemistry from Banaras Hindu University, India. Dr. Rai researches the anti-oxidative and anti-neuroinflammatory properties of phytochemicals for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. He is a lifetime member of the Indian Academy of Neuroscience.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor

NT

Neeraj Tiwari

Dr. Neeraj Tiwari is currently an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Biosciences, Institute of Biosciences and Technology at Shri RamSwaroop Memorial University, Lucknow-deva Road, Barabanki, India. He graduated from Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi with a degree in Masters of Science in Biochemistry from the Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Later Dr. Tiwari also completed his Ph.D from the Biochemistry Department of this same university with a PhD in Biochemistry. The BHU is ranked consistently amongst the top universities of the country in terms of research environment. Dr. Tiwari’s current work is focused on exploring the therapeutic potential of phytochemicals/natural products in chronic diseases. With an h-index-12, he has published impressive publications in the journals of international repute. He has also authored several book chapters. Dr. Tiwari is also active reviewer for several reputed and refereed journals.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Shri RamSwaroop Memorial University, Barabanki, India

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Sucheta Khubber

Dr. Khubber is an assistant Professor, Food Science & Technology, Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, at DY Patil University. Her areas of interest include quality and safety standards, food biopolymers, bioactives, innovative processing, (food ingredients and nutraceuticals).
Affiliations and expertise
Food Science and Technology, School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, India

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