Nutraceuticals : Challenges and Opportunities in 21st Century
Contents: 1. Neutraceticals : at a glance/Shilpa Huchchannanavar. 2. Development in nutraceuticals/H. Dureja, D. Kaushik and V. Kumar. 3. Role of Neutraceuticals in human health/M.L. Revanna. 4. Changing lifestyle and emerging trends in neutraceuticals and dietary supplements/Neena Joshi. 5. Neutraceutical: mechanism of action/As a Bawa and Farhath Khanum. 6. Neutraceuticals woman and child health/Sheela Krishnaswamy. 7. Bioactive substances and functional foods/Kamala Krishnaswamy. 8. Neutraceutical attributes of grain legumes/H.V. Narasimha. 9. Neutraceutical features of finger millet eleusine coracana/Vijayalakshmi D. 10. Lignans from cereals and oil seeds role in human health as neutraceuticals/Asna Urooj. 11. Flax: a minor oil seed for major health benefits/Bharati Chimmad. 12. Trends in functional dairy foods/H.M. Jayaprakasha. 13. Neutraceutical aspects of fruits and vegetables: an overview/T.R. Prabhu. 14. Spices as potential neutraceuticals/Kalpana Platel. 15. Herbals and neutraceuticals/Vasundhara, M. and Yashaswini Sharma. 16. Prebiotics: important ingredients for contemporary neutraceuticals/Pratima Khandelwal. 17. Probiotic foods: an emerging trend for better health/Suvarna Chavannavar. 18. Healthy aging and neutraceuiticals/Jamuna Prakash. 19. Neutraceuticals and epigenetics/K.C. Raghu. 20. Immunomodulation from neutraceutical perspective/K.V. Veerendra Kumar. 21. Nutrition and HIV aids role of neutraceuticals in treatment and support/Dhruti Bal. 22. Understanding the current food safety regulation and alignment with international standards/Mridul Salgame. 23. Value added bakery products from small millets/Kalpana B. 24. Neutraceutical related activities of AICRP on home science foods and nutrition/K. Shanthakumari. 25. Global mega trends in food products: opportunities for Indian agriculture/Lalit Achoth. 26. Neutraceutical: challenges and opportunities in 21st century: an over view/Rinka Banerjee. 27. Neutraceuticals and functional foods: an overview/Satish Kulkarni. 28. Functional foods: disease control and health improvement/R. Jayaram. 29. Neutraceutical attributes of food grains/N.G. Malleshi. 30. Role of soy protein performance in nutrition/D. Malathi. 31. Functional applications of spices/Kamal G. Nath. 32. Structured lipids as neutraceuticals and as fats for the development of functional foods/B.R. Lokesh. 33. Neutraceutical attributes of poultry and poultry products/Devegowda. 34. Neutraceuticals: let food be your medicine/Mayanka Tandon. 35. Ayurveda Shashtra: modern science/Lalitha. 36. Neutraceuticals in Ayurvea/Lalitha. Subject Index.
Nutraceutical is the fast emerging field of interest to everyone. They are an alternative to modern medicine. The present accumulated knowledge about nutraceuticals represents a greater challenge for nutritionists, physicians, food technologists and food chemists. Public health authorities consider prevention and treatment with nutraceuticals as powerful means in maintaining health against nutritionally induced acute and chronic diseases, there by promoting optimal health, longevity and quality of life. The explosive growth research developments marketing zeal, quality assurance and regulations play a vital role in success.
This book provides extensive resource material in the frontier and future areas in the functional and dietary supplements of new products, traditional knowledge and the impact on nutraceutical development, food biotechnology, nutrigenomics, pre-and probiotics and enzymes. It also provides information regarding nutritional aspects of flax seeds, poultry products and spices with food safety and regulations.
It is a compilation of research articles of the eminent professors and scientists to meet the needs of students of Universities pursuing courses in the field of nutrition food science and technology and allied courses at the honors and postgraduate levels.
