Screen LibraryNutraceuticals : prospects, sources and role in health and disease /
Bioactive phytochemicals contribute immensely to the operations and functions that occur within human beings. Scientists have coined the term "nutraceuticals" to describe any plant-based biochemical substances that positively affect physical condition and status. They promote health benefi...
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Nova Biomedical,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Food Science and Technology
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| Summary: |
Bioactive phytochemicals contribute immensely to the operations and functions that occur within human beings. Scientists have coined the term "nutraceuticals" to describe any plant-based biochemical substances that positively affect physical condition and status. They promote health benefits and serve many purposes, such as acting as antioxidants, cancer inhibitors, hepatoprotectants, hypertensive inhibitors, and possessing antidiabetic and antidepressant properties, among other qualities. With these characteristics in mind, the authors describe how these nutraceuticals aid in the prevention and treatments of diseases. The authors intend for their research to aid in the further exploration and discovery of new drug designs and applications for nutraceuticals. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical) |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 187 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781536117851 1536117854 |
| Index Number: | QP144 |
| CLC: | TS218 |
| Call Number: | TS218/N976-5 |
| Contents: | Chapter 1. Nutraceuticals as Complementary and Alternative Medicine: The Adjuvant Effect with Depression and Schizophrenia / Noboru Motohashi -- Chapter 2. Common Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris): A Brief Description of Nutritional and Nutraceutical Profiles for Potential Weight-Control Applications / Lourdes Valadez-Carmona, Carla Patricia Plazola-Jacinto, Marcela Hernández-Ortega, and Gabriela Gutiérrez-Salmeán -- Chapter 3. Obtention and Nutraceutical Characterization of an Enzymatic Extract Derived from Rice Bran / Elisa Revilla, Consuelo Santa María, M. Dolores Herrera, Juan Parrado, and Angélica Castaño -- Chapter 4. Phyto-Melatonin: A Natural Substance from Plants with Interesting Nutraceutical Properties / Marino B. Arnao and Josefa Hernández-Ruiz. |