1st Edition
Algal Genetic Resources Cosmeceuticals, Nutraceuticals, and Pharmaceuticals from Algae
1. Cosmetical Applications of Microalgal and Cyanobacterial Pigments
Fernando Pagels, Graciliana Lopes, Vitor Vasconcelos, and A. Catarina Guedes
2. Algae as Nutraceutical, Functional Food, and Food Ingredients
Umesh Pawar, Nivas Desai, Uttam Dethe, Vishal Aparadh, and Dattatray Gaikwad
3. Food Bioactive Compounds from Microalgae
Pricila P. Nass, Tatiele C. Do Nascimento, Andrêssa S. Fernandes, Leila Q. Zepka, and Eduardo Jacob-Lopes
4. Spirulina-Derived Nutraceuticals and Their Applications in the Food Industry
Manonmani Kumaraguruparaswami, Deepak Subramani, Sangeetha Arunachalam, Senthilkumar Kandasamy, Sangeetha Gandhi Sivasubramaniyan, and Dhivya Nallamuthu
5. Algal Metabolites in the Nutraceutical Industries: Current Trends and Future Perspectives
Haram Sarfraz and Iffat Zareen Ahmad
6. Algaculture and Its Applications in the Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Industry
Mehwish Jaffer and Shabnum Shaheen
7. Biological Importance of Algal Metabolites
Usman Ali Chaudhry, Aneela Nawaz, Ameet Kumar, Fariha Hasan, Malik Badshah, and Samiullah Khan
8. Biological Properties of Microalgae-Based Products
Tatiele C. Do Nascimento, Andressa M. Baseggio, Mário R. Maróstica Jr, Eduardo Jacob-Lopes, and Leila Q. Zepka
9. Microalgae: A Multifaceted Treasure of Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals
Mohammed Rehmanji, Sukannya Suresh, Asha Arumugam Nesamma, and Pannaga Pavan Jutur
10. Anticancer Compounds from Freshwater Microalgae
Clara Martins, Samuel Silvestre, and Lília Santos
11. Bioactive Microalgal Peptides from Spirulina
Michele Greque De Morais, Bruna Da Silva Vaz, Etiele Greque De Morais, Cristiane Reinaldo Lisboa, Lucielen Oliveira Santos, and Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa
12. Biotechnological Potentials of Macroalgae as a Source of Phycobiliproteins
Rupali Kaur, Md. Akhlaqur Rahman, and Shanthy Sundaram
Biography
Jeyabalan Sangeetha, PhD, is Assistant Professor at Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, South India. She has edited/coedited several books in her research areas, which include environmental toxicology, environmental microbiology, environmental biotechnology, and environmental nanotechnology. She earned her BSc in Microbiology and PhD in Environmental Science from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. She is the recipient of a Tamil Nadu Government Scholarship and a Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship of the University Grants
Commission, Government of India for her doctoral studies. She served as the Dr. D.S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow and UGC Postdoctoral Fellow at Karnatak University, Dharwad, South India, during 2012–2016.
Devarajan Thangadurai, PhD, is Associate Professor at Karnatak University in South India and Editor-in-Chief of the international journals Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Bioengineering and Acta Biologica Indica. He has authored/edited over 25 books with national and international publishers and has visited 23 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East for academic visits, scientific meetings, and international collaborations. He received his PhD in Botany from Sri Krishnadevaraya University in South India as a CSIR Senior Research Fellow with funding from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. He served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Madeira, Portugal; University of Delhi, India; and ICAR National Research Centre for Banana, India. He is the recipient of a Best Young Scientist Award with a Gold Medal from Acharya Nagarjuna University, India, and the VGST-SMYSR Young Scientist Award of the Government of Karnataka, Republic of India.
