Overview
- Details major causes of degenerative diseases (obesity, cancer and diabetes) and their association with nutrition
- Documents the application of bioactive compounds in pharmaceutical field
- Highlights the pathway and action mechanism of phytochemicals regarding degenerative diseases
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book presents comprehensive coverage on the importance of good nutrition in the treatment and management of obesity, cancer and diabetes. Naturally occurring bioactive compounds are ubiquitous in most dietary plants available to humans and provide opportunities for the management of diseases. The text provides information about the major causes of these diseases and their association with nutrition. The text also covers the role of dietary phytochemicals in drug development and their pathways. Later chapters emphasize novel bioactive compounds as anti-diabetic, anti-cancer and anti-obesity agents and describe their mechanisms to regulate cell metabolism.
Written by global team of experts, Dietary Phytochemicals: A Source of Novel Bioactive Compounds for the Treatment of Obesity, Cancer and Diabetes describes the potentials of novel phytochemicals, their sources, and underlying mechanism of action. The chapters were drawn systematically and incorporatedsequentially to facilitate proper understanding. This book is intended for nutritionists, physicians, medicinal chemists, drug developers in research and development, postgraduate students and scientists in area of nutrition and life sciences.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Chukwuebuka Egbuna is a chartered chemist, chemical analyst, and academic researcher in the Department of Biochemistry at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University in Uli, Nigeria. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria (ICCON), the Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NSBMB), the Society of Quality Assurance (SQA) (USA), and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) (United Kingdom).
Sadia Hassan is a faculty member in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Government College Women University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dietary Phytochemicals
Book Subtitle: A Source of Novel Bioactive Compounds for the Treatment of Obesity, Cancer and Diabetes
Editors: Chukwuebuka Egbuna, Sadia Hassan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72999-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72998-1Published: 21 August 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-73001-7Published: 22 August 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-72999-8Published: 20 August 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 265
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Sciences, Food Science, Cancer Research, Nutrition