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Emerging Bioresources with Nutraceutical and Pharmaceutical Prospects (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)
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Emerging Bioresources with Nutraceutical and Pharmaceutical Prospects (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)
Series: Applied Environmental Science and Engineering for a Sustainable Future
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This book introduces some emerging functional foods that are
natural resources with tremendous promise as nutraceuticals and
pharmaceuticals. The author considers biodiversity and
bioprospecting as a response to food security issues,
drug-resistance, nutrition-poor diets and other problems, exploring
the prospects of several under-utilized nutrients and bioactive
repositories. Readers will discover biochemical makeups, validated
health benefits, explanations of underlying mechanisms, hurdles in
the path of popularity and promotion strategies. Chapters explore
particular plants, seeds and fruits including the strawberry guava,
opuntia fruits, the Carissa genus, grape seeds, quinoa and the milk
thistle (Silybum), amongst others. They are considered as food
sources where possible and from the perspective of the roles they
can play in complementary and alternative medicine, such as in
wound healing, antimicrobial activity, gastroprotective activity in
treatment of cancers and as natural antioxidant sources. This rich
compilation holds plausible solutions to a range of current issues
and it endorses the much-needed goal of sustainability in terms of
diet and drugs. It paves the path for further research and
development on hitherto obscure natural resources. Scientists
working in the area of food development, phytochemical and
antioxidant analysis, bioprospecting of low-profile foods and in
complementary and alternative medicine will find this work
particularly valuable. It will also be of interest to the general
reader with an interest in food science, food security,
phytochemicals and functional food studies.
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