Cognizing the significance of fruits and vegetables in the human diet. This book is designed to provide an insight into the nutritional importance of fruits and vegetables in human health, disease prevention, managing stress and boosting immunity, especially in this COVID-19 pandemic. The book contains a very concise and precise information on nutraceuticals, their sources and benefits. It also contains the best possible information regarding common health issues faced by humans and their prevention with the help of bioactive compounds, maintaining a focus throughout on how nutraceuticals influence human health. The information provided in this book is truly based on scientific records of scientists working in the arena of bioactive compounds of fruits and vegetables and their role in disease prevention of humans as well as Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) acts and regulations. Note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Everyone in this world wants to live healthy and free from sickness. While we want to live healthy and cure the illness we also want medicines which do not have side effects and cause no unwanted problems at long run. There is a tremendous increase in the use of plant based medicines throughout the world over. The main reason for this renewed interest lies in the popular belief that these traditional medicines have no side effect as compared to the allopathic drugs and rigorous research works has been going on in this field and now plants are the bases for some of the most effective drugs.