1st Edition

Nutraceutical Fruits Overview and Disease Prevention

Edited By Raj K. Keservani Copyright 2026
396 Pages 39 Color & 12 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

396 Pages 39 Color & 12 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

While nutritional supplements have enormous advantages, food ingredients such as fruits and vegetables can play a significant preventative and therapeutic role in our daily lives. Fruits are found to have anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antifungal, and chemopreventive properties that can boost health, as well as prevent diseases. This new book explores the use of fruits as nutraceuticals for... Read more

Part 1: Overview and Alternative Treatment of Nutraceutical Fruits

1. Overview on Nutraceutical Fruits

Mayur S. Bidkar, Nisha R. Gawali, Ashwini B. Asalak, Anirudh R. Ghete, Swati G. Talele, and Anil G. Jadhav

2. Nutraceutical Fruits as an Alternative for the Treatment of Different Types of Diseases

Munish Sharma, Munish Sharma, Navneet Bithel, and Munit Sharma

3. Role of Nutraceuticals Fruits and Fruit Drinks in Mental Illness

Noor Shabina, Sunita Rani, Babita Saroha, and Anand Kumar

4. Modulatory Effect of Fruit-Based Resistant Starch Against Colorectal Cancer by Action on the WNT Signaling Pathway

Myrene Roselyn D’souza

5. Nutraceutical Fruits in Cancer Management and Prevention

Shivam Singh, Munit Sharma, Deepa Devi, Neha Bhandari, and Kamal Kant Sharma

6. Nutraceuticals Fruits and Its Derivatives in Liver Toxicity

Upasana and Latika Yadav

Part 2: Prevention and Management of Various Diseases by Nutraceutical Fruits

7. Beneficial Effects of Nutraceutical Fruits in Sleep Management

Latika Yadav, Upasana and Agnivesh Yadav, and Neelesh Kumar Maurya

8. Nutraceutical Fruits for Respiratory and Lung Diseases

Kapil Kumar, Rajan Kaushik, and Eknath D. Ahire

9. Nutraceutical Fruits Containing Antioxidants in the Management of Cardiovascular Diseases

Akansha Mehra, Anupriya Chatterjee, and Nitesh Kumar

10. Nutraceutical Fruits Used in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Chandrakant S. Gawli, Afsar S. Pathan, Chandrashekhar D. Patil, Yatin M. Salve, Punam A. Magare, Eknath D. Ahire, and Raj K. Keservani

11. Roles of Nutraceutical Fruits in Metabolic Syndrome

Jayanti Tiwari, Manish Kumar, Shiv Shankar Pandey, Vimal Kumar Yadav, and Ajay Kumar Shukla

12. Efficacy, Safety, and Toxicity of Nutraceutical Fruits

Bhushan R. Rane, Raj K. Keservani, Mayuri Y. Shelar, Unnati D. Shukla, and Ashish S. Jain

13. Future Processing and Commercialization of Wild Fruits with Nutraceutical Properties of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Yashi Srivastava and Akash Deep Shukla

Biography

Raj K. Keservani, PhD, MPharm, is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of B. Pharmacy at the CSM Group of Institutions, Prayagraj, India. He has more than 16 years of academic (teaching) experience from various institutes of India in pharmaceutical education. He has supervised more than 25 undergraudate students for their research work. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers in the field of pharmaceutical sciences in national and international journals, 10 patents, over 80 book chapters, three co-authored books, and over 50 edited books. He is also active as a reviewer for several international scientific journals. Dr Keservani has been recognized among the world's top 2% of scientists published by Stanford University, USA. His research interests include: nutraceutical and functional foods, novel drug delivery systems (NDDS), transdermal drug delivery, health science, cancer biology, and neurobiology. Dr Keservani is a life member of the Society of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER) and the Pharmaceutical Educational Society Originated by Teachers & Students (PESOTS). Dr Keservani graduated with a pharmacy degree from the Department of Pharmacy, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India.