1st Edition
The Nature of Nutraceuticals History, Properties, Sources, and Nanotechnology
PART I: NUTRACEUTICAL HISTORY AND HUMAN HEALTH
1. A Brief History of Nutraceuticals
Sunil Kumar Verma, Rajesh K. Kesharwani, Vivek Kumar Sidhu, Debashis Dutta, Sweta Rai, and Prashant Kumar
2. Nutraceuticals and Human Health
Dheeraj Chitara, Abhishek Verma, Jayshree, Prashant Kumar, and Vivek Kumar Sidhu
3. Role of Microbial Nutraceutical in Promoting Human Health
Nisha Sharma, Shubhi Singh, and Smriti Gaur
4. Role of Fruit Nutraceuticals in Gut-Related Diseases
Kapinder, Archna kumar, Deepika, Deepanshi, and Tarkeshwar
PART II: NANOTECHNOLOGY-BASED NUTRACEUTICALS
5. Role of Nanotechnology in Nutraceuticals
Debashis Dutta, Surendra Manuri, Sathish Kumar N K, Prashant Kumar, Vivek Kumar Sidhu, and Abhismita Roy
6. Nanotechnology-Based Smart Pharmaceutical Nanocarriers for Nutraceutical Delivery
Madhav Singla, Siddharth Singh, Faisal Rehman, Sameer Bhargava, Deepika Raina, and Shraddha Manish Gupta
7. Uses of Nanoparticulate Delivery System in Nutraceuticals
Sweta Rai, Sunil Kumar Verma, Vivek Kumar Sidhu, Rajesh K. Kesharwani, and Prashant Kumar
PART III: PROPERTIES OF IMMUNOBOOSTERS
8. Nutraceuticals as Immunomodulators
Jyotika Mishra, Adarsh Sahu, Namrata Kushwaha, Ankit Soni, Seemu Singh, Dhawal Dorwal, and Deeksha Saini
9. Role of Nutraceuticals as Antioxidants
Amit Joshi, Sonal Gupta, Subhomoi Borkotoky, Prashant Kumar, Ajay Kumar Sahu, and Abhishek Prajapati
PART IV: MISCELEANEOUS AND NATURALLY OCCURRING NUTRACEUTICALS
10.Curcumin as a Nutraceutical: The Golden Indian Saffron
Nandita Jena
11. A Nutraceutical Approach for Metabolic Syndrome
Prashant Kumar, Rajesh K. Kesharwani, Vivek Kumar Sidhu, Sweta Rai, Sunil Kumar Verma, and Abhismita Roy
12. Oligosaccharides as Nutraceuticals
P. Ramya, P. Ezhilarasi, R. Aanandhalakshmi, P. Bazeera Ferdhous, and B. Vanavil
13. Role of Nutraceuticals in Oral Health
Vivek Kumar Sidhu, Prashant Kumar, Abhismita Roy, Dheeraj Chitara, and Debashis Dutta
14. Traditional Herbal Approaches Used for Neurological Disorders
Poonam Maurya, Divya Pathak, Rishikesh Gupta, Neelesh Kumar Maury, and Gyan Singh
15. Medicinal Micronutrients and Macronutrients
Chhandasi Das, Meenakshi Jaiswal, Akanksha Yadav and Raj K. Keservani
16. Overview and History of Natural Products
Sunil Kumar Verma, Sweta Rai, Vivek Kumar Sidhu, Dheeraj Chitara, and Prashant Kumar
Biography
Rajesh K. Kesharwani, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Computer Application at Nehru Gram Bharati, Prayagraj, India. Dr. Kesharwani has authored peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and edited books with international publishers. He is a reviewer for several international journals and has presented papers at national and international conferences. His research fields of interest are medical informatics, protein structure and function prediction, computer-aided drug designing, structural biology, drug delivery, cancer biology, nanobiotechnology, and biomedical sciences. Dr. Kesharwani is also co-editor of the book series AAP Advances in Nutraceuticals.
Prashant Kumar, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics at Kalinga University, Raipur, C.G., India. He has published numerous research articles and book chapters. His areas of interest include dentistry, structural bioinformatics, molecular dynamic simulations, and computational drug design.
Raj K. Keservani, PhD, MPharm, is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy at CSM Group of Institutions, Prayagraj, India. He has more than 12 years of academic (teaching) experience and has published peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and edited and authored books in the field of pharmaceutical sciences. He is active as a reviewer for several international scientific journals. His research interests include nutraceutical and functional foods, novel drug delivery systems (NDDS), transdermal drug delivery/drug delivery, health science, cancer biology, and neurobiology. Dr. Keservani is also co-editor of the book series AAP Advances in Nutraceuticals.
