This reference work provides comprehensive information about the bioactive molecules presented in our daily food and their effect on the physical and mental state of our body.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Editors and Contributors
• Part I Favorable Regimen for Good Health and Epidemiological Studies
• 1 Health Benefits of Dietary Phenolic Compounds and Biogenic Amines - Hector Alonzo Gomez-Gomez, Cristine Vanz Borges, Igor Otavio Minatel, Aline Carbonera Luvizon and Giuseppina Pace Pereira Lima
• 2 Intake of Mediterranean Foods - Charalampos Siotos, Marco Vinceti and Androniki Naska
• 3 Flavonoids – Food Sources, Health Benefits, and Mechanisms Involved - Aleksandra Kozłowska and Dorota Szostak-Węgierek
• 4 Bioactive Molecules, Nutraceuticals, and Functional Foods in Indian Vegetarian Diet and During Postpartum Healthcare - Jaya Arora and Kishan Gopal Ramawat
• 5 Challenges in Optimal Utilization of Bioactive Molecules Clinically - Kotamballi N. Chidambara Murthy, M. Shivapriya, P. Monika and B. Tejashree
• 6 Bioactive Food Components in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases - Arti Parihar and Mordhwaj S. Parihar
• 7 Capsicum annuum Bioactive Compounds: Health Promotion Perspectives - Muhammad Imran, Masood Sadiq Butt and Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria
• 8 Sesame: Bioactive Compounds and Health Benefits - Niti Pathak, Asani Bhaduri and Ashwani K. Rai
• 9 Nutritional Quality of Mangifera - Species Luis M. Anaya-Esparza and Efigenia Montalvo-González
• Part II Proteins and Their Biological Activity
• 10 Plant Proteins from Legumes - Catherine Bennetau-Pelissero
• 11 Soybean Bioactive Molecules: Current Trend and Future Prospective - Brij Pal Singh, Deepika Yadav and Shilpa Vij
• 12 Wheat Bran Proteins - René R. Balandrán-Quintana and Ana María Mendoza-Wilson
• 13 Antihypertensive Peptides from Animal Proteins - Z. F. Bhat, Susan Mason, James D. Morton, Alaa El-Din A. Bekhit and Hina F. Bhat
• 14 Bioactive Peptides from Fish Protein By-Products - Aurélien V. Le Gouic, Pádraigín A. Harnedy and Richard J. FitzGerald
• 15 Edible Insects as Source of Proteins - Ewelina Zielińska, Monika Karaś, Anna Jakubczyk, Damian Zieliński and Barbara Baraniak
• 16 Plant Proteases in Food Processing - Manzoor Ahmad Shah and Shabir Ahmad Mir
• Part III Lipids and Their Biological Activity
• 17 Bioactive Lipids - Luis Vázquez, Marta Corzo-Martínez, Pablo Arranz-Martínez, Elvira Barroso, Guillermo Reglero and Carlos Torres
• 18 Oxidative Stability of Edible Plant Oils - Terrence Madhujith and Subajiny Sivakanthan
• 19 The Anti-inflammatory Properties of Food Polar Lipids - Ronan Lordan, Constantina Nasopoulou, Alexandros Tsoupras and Ioannis Zabetakis
• 20 Neuroprotective and Antiaging Essential Oils and Lipids in Plants - Mamali Das and Kasi Pandima Devi
• 21 Protective Effect of Omega 3 Fatty Acids EPA and DHA in the Neurodegenerative Disease - Edwin E. Martínez Leo, Rafael A. Rojas Herrera and Maira R. Segura Campos
• 22 Application of Lipid Nanocarriers for the Food Industry - Zahra Rafiee and Seid Mahdi Jafari
• 23 CLAs in Animal Source Foods: Healthy Benefits for Consumers - Paolo Polidori, Silvia Vincenzetti, Stefania Pucciarelli and Valeria Polzonetti
• Part IV Food Carbohydrates and Derived Compounds
• 24 Total Dietary Fiber Intake, Whole Grain Consumption, and Their Biological Effects - Semih Otles and Emine Nakilcioglu-Tas
• 25 Inulin-Type Fructans Application in Gluten-Free Products: Functionality and Health Benefits - Natalia Drabińska, Cristina M. Rosell and Urszula Krupa-Kozak
• 26 Development of Dietary Fiber-Rich Meat Products: Technological Advancements and Functional Significance - Nitin Mehta, Manish Kumar Chatli, Pavan Kumar, Om Prakash Malav, Akhilesh Kumar Verma, Yogesh Kumar and Dinesh Kumar
• 27 Chemistry, Biological, and Pharmacological Properties of Gum Arabic - Hassan Hussein Musa, Abdelkareem Abdall Ahmed and Taha Hussein Musa
• 28 Resistant Starch in Food - Pinky Raigond, Som Dutt and Brajesh Singh
• 29 Gluten-Free Cereals and Pseudocereals: Nutrition and Health - Mario Fernández de Frutos, Bartosz Fotschki, Ricardo Fernández Musoles and José Moisés Laparra Llopis
• Part V Food Carotenoids
• 30 Natural Food Pigments and Colorants - Delia B. Rodriguez-Amaya
• 31 Lycopene: Metabolism and Functional Aspects - Soma Srivastava
• 32 Sweet Potato: Bioactive Compounds and Health Benefits - Remya Mohanraj
• 33 Anticancer Properties of Lycopene - Kazim Sahin, Cemal Orhan, Nurhan Sahin and Omer Kucuk
• Part VI Food Polyphenols
• 34 Bound Phenolics in Foods - Liliana Santos-Zea, Javier Villela-Castrejón and Janet A. Gutiérrez-Uribe
• 35 Tea, Coffee and Health Benefits - Sumio Hayakawa, Yumiko Oishi, Hiroki Tanabe, Mamoru Isemura and Yasuo Suzuki
• 36 Theobroma cacao and Theobroma grandiflorum: Bioactive Compounds and Associated Health Benefits - Maria Inés Genovese and Helena Rudge de Moraes Barros
• 37 Olive Oil and Health Effects - Álvaro Hernáez, Julieta Valussi, Alejandra Pérez-Vega, Olga Castañer and Montserrat Fitó
• 38 Anthocyanins: Nutrition and Health - Iva Fernandes, Cláudia Marques, Ana Évora, Ana Faria, Conceição Calhau, Nuno Mateus and Victor de Freitas
• 39 Wine Polyphenols and Health - Giovanna Giovinazzo, Maria A. Carluccio and Francesco Grieco
• 40 Natural Estrogenic Substances, Origins, and Effects - Catherine Bennetau-Pelissero
• 41 Jaboticaba: Chemistry and Bioactivity - Natália Crialeison Balbo Vall Ribeiro, Andressa Mara Baseggio and Vicki Schlegel
• 42 Pomegranate Bioactive Molecules and Health Benefits - Saeed Akhtar, Tariq Ismail and Anam Layla
• Part VII Functional Foods
• 43 Antidiabetic Functional Foods with Antiglycation Properties - Mutiu Idowu Kazeem, Habeeb Adebodun Bankole, Azeez Ayomide Fatai, Abiola Fatimah Adenowo and Theophilus Clavell Davies
• 44 Nutraceutical Potential of Apiaceae - Milica G. Aćimović
• 45 Functional Components and Medicinal Properties of Food - Christian Izuchukwu Abuajah
• 46 Development of Functional Dairy Foods - Natália Martins, Maria Beatriz P. P. Oliveira and Isabel C. F. R. Ferreira
• 47 Nutrients and Nutraceuticals from Seafood - V. Venugopal
• 48 Roots and Tubers as Functional Foods - Anoma Chandrasekara
• 49 Betalains: Application in Functional Foods - Wee Sim Choo
• 50 Nutraceutical Potential of Guava - Moni Gupta, Anshu Wali, Anjali, Sachin Gupta and Sudheer K. Annepu
• 51 Cereal-Based Fermented Foods of Africa as Functional Foods - Ome Kalu Achi and Naomi U. Asamudo
• 52 A Novel Delivering Agent for Bioactive Compounds: Chewing Gum - Ibrahim Palabiyik, Haniyeh Rasouli Pirouzian, Nevzat Konar and Omer Said Toker
• 53 Bioactive Molecules in Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms for Human Wellness - Chia-Wei Phan, Elson Yi-Yong Tan and Vikineswary Sabaratnam
• 54 Bioactive Molecules of Spirulina: A Food Supplement - Meeta Mathur
• 55 Bioactive Compounds from Garcinia Fruits of High Economic Value for Food and Health - Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy, Vijayalaxmi S. Dandin, Dayanand Dalawai, So-Young Park and Kee-Yoeup Paek
• Part VIII Agricultural Practices and Food Quality
• 56 Factors Influencing Sweet Taste in Apple - Mathilde Charles, Eugenio Aprea and Flavia Gasperi
• 57 Advances in Pseudocereals: Crop Cultivation, Food Application, and Consumer Perception - Natalia Manzatti Machado Alencar and Ludmilla de Carvalho Oliveira
• 58 Pesticide Residues in Fruits and Vegetables - Samira Mebdoua
• 59 Banana and Plantains: Improvement, Nutrition, and Health - Siddhesh B. Ghag and Thumballi R. Ganapathi
• 60 Veterinary Antibiotics in Animal Diet: Effects on Waste/Environment - Lizbeth E. Robles Jimenez, Juan C. Angeles Hernandez, Jorge Osorio Avalos, Xunde Li, Edward Rob Atwill, Octavio Castelan Ortega and Manuel Gonzalez Ronquillo
• 61 Insecticide Residues in Foods - Ramesh Kumar Sharma
• 62 Edible Mushrooms: Cultivation, Bioactive Molecules, and Health Benefits - Sachin Gupta, Baby Summuna, Moni Gupta and Sudheer K. Annepu
• 63 Plants Probiotics as a Tool to Produce Highly Functional Fruits - Alejandro Jiménez-Gómez, Paula García-Fraile, José David Flores-Félix and Raúl Rivas
• 64 Bioactive Compounds of the Wonder Medicinal Mushroom “ Ganoderma lucidum” - Surya Sudheer, Ibrahim Alzorqi, Sivakumar Manickam and Asgar Ali
• 65 Minas Frescal Cheese as a Probiotic Carrier - Tatiana Colombo Pimentel, Vanessa Aparecida Marcolino, Carlos Eduardo Barão, Suellen Jensen Klososki and Michele Rosset
• Part IX Methods of Food Analysis and Quality Control
• 66 Dietary Phenolic Compounds in Biological Samples: Current Challenges in Analytical Chemistry - Maike Passon
• 67 Rheology of Food Gum - Seyed Mohammad Ali Razavi and Mahdi Irani
• 68 GLC/HPLC Methods for Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) - Asghar Amanpour, Hasim Kelebek and Serkan Selli
• 69 Use of Nanotechnology for Immobilization and Entrapment of Food Applicable Enzymes - Milad Fathi, Mehri Karim, Soroush Rahimi Khoigani and Vahid Mosayebi
• 70 Methods for Seafood Authenticity Testing in Europe - Véronique Verrez-Bagnis, Carmen G. Sotelo, Rogério Mendes, Helena Silva, Kristina Kappel and Ute Schröder
• 71 Some Statistical Considerations Regarding the Occurrence and Analysis of Bioactive Materials in Foods - Basil Jarvis
• 72 LC-MS/MS Determination of Pesticide Residues in Fruits and Vegetables - Anna Stachniuk
• 73 Encapsulation to Protect Different Bioactives to Be Used as Nutraceuticals and Food Ingredients - Jacqueline Ruiz Canizales, Gustavo R. Velderrain Rodríguez, J. Abraham Domínguez Avila, Alejandra M. Preciado Saldaña, Emilio Alvarez Parrilla, Mónica A. Villegas Ochoa and Gustavo A. González Aguilar
• Part X Miscellaneous Case Studies
• 74 Are Myristica fragrans L. (Myristicaceae) and Its Phytochemicals Useful for Human Health? - Monica Rosa Loizzo, Vincenzo Sicari, Jianbo Xiao and Rosa Tundis
• 75 Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.): Bioactive Molecules and Health Effects - Muhammad Jawad Iqbal, Masood Sadiq Butt and Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria
• 76 Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus): Biodiversity, Nutritional Contents, and Health - Shrikant Baslingappa Swami and Sandeep Baban Kalse
• 77 Sambucus nigra Berries and Flowers Health Benefits: From Lab Testing to Human Consumption - Ângelo C. Salvador, Ricardo J. R. Guilherme, Armando J. D. Silvestre and Sílvia M. Rocha
• 78 Bioactive Compounds and Health Benefits of Jamun (Syzygium cumini) - Shalini S. Arya, Kakoli Pegu and Prajakta D. Sadawarte