Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs : Bioactive Foods in Health Promotion

__**Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs: Bioactive Foods in Health Promotion**__ brings together experts from around the world working on the cutting edge of research on fruit, vegetables, and herbs in health promotion. Offering a timely, concise, scientific appraisal of the efficacy of key foods to prevent disease and improve the quality of life, __**Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs: Bioactive Foods in Health Promotion**__ provides valuable evidence-based conclusions and recommendations. This reference text will encourage further research on the potential benefits of fruits and vegetables in health and disease prevention, providing a basis for possible dietary modifications by the government and the public. * Provides insight on bioactive constituents found in fruits and vegetables that can be further studied to improve health and disease resistance or incorporated into other food products and used as alternative medicines and dietary supplements * Includes valuable information on how fruits are important sources of bioflavonoids and nonnutritive bioactives that modify body functions * Offers a conclusion or summary of evidence at the end of each chapter to enhance understanding of new approaches in the field Content: Front-matter,Copyright,List of Contributors,Preface,AcknowledgmentsEntitled to full textSection 1: Overview of Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs in HealthChapter 1 - Socioeconomic inequalities in fruit and vegetable intakes, Pages 3-22, Lukar Thornton, Dana Lee Olstad, Karen Lamb, Kylie Ball Chapter 2 - Industrial freezing, cooking, and storage differently affect antioxidant nutrients in vegetables, Pages 23-39, Alessandra Frati, Elena Antonini, Paolino Ninfali Chapter 3 - Pharmacological properties of some medicinal plants, its components and using fields, Pages 41-56, Hajjaj Ghizlane, Bahlouli Aziz Chapter 4 - Nutritional indicators and health aspects of fruit and vegetable consumption in aged adults, Pages 57-75, Ibrahim Elmadfa, Alexa L. Meyer Chapter 5 - Diabetes, diabetic complications, and flavonoids, Pages 77-104, Yogesh A. Kulkarni, Mayuresh S. Garud, Manisha J. Oza, Kalyani H. Barve, Anil B. Gaikwad Chapter 6 - Curcumin: The epigenetic therapy, Pages 105-119, Anuradha Pandey, Yogesh A. Kulkarni, Anil B. Gaikwad Chapter 7 - Nutraceuticals as therapeutic agents for inflammation, Pages 121-147, Kalyani H. Barve, Yogesh A. Kulkarni, Anil B. Gaikwad Chapter 8 - Vegetarian diets and disease outcomes, Pages 149-164, Ming-Chin Yeh, Marian Glick-Bauer Chapter 9 - Diet and nutrition role in prostate health, Pages 165-175, Akram Elembaby, Ronald Ross Watson Chapter 10 - Advances in the study of the health benefits and mechanisms of action of the pulp and seed of the Amazonian palm fruit, Euterpe oleracea Mart., known as “Açai”, Pages 179-220, Alexander G. Schauss Chapter 11 - Grape bioactives for human health, Pages 221-238, Marcello Iriti, Elena Maria Varoni Chapter 12 - Kiwifruit and health, Pages 239-269, Denise C. Hunter, Margot A. Skinner, A. Ross Ferguson Chapter 13 - Cocoa—past medicinal uses, current scientific evidence, and advertised health benefits, Pages 271-292, Dan Ju, Gertraud Maskarinec Chapter 14 - Pomegranate juice and extract, Pages 293-312, Gene Bruno Chapter 15 - Berries and blood pressure, Pages 313-328, Greg Arnold Chapter 16 - Poi history, uses, and role in health, Pages 331-342, Amy C. Brown, Salam A. Ibrahim, Danfeng Song Chapter 17 - Bioactive potential of two wild edible mushrooms of the Western Ghats of India, Pages 343-362, N.C. Karun, K.R. Sridhar, V.R. Niveditha, S.D. Ghate Chapter 18 - Nutrient profile, bioactive components, and functional properties of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench), Pages 365-409, Sa’eed Halilu Bawa, Neela Badrie Chapter 19 - Fruit and vegetable consumption in the United States: Patterns, barriers and federal nutrition assistance programs, Pages 411-422, Ming-Chin Yeh, Marian Glick-Bauer, Seren Wechsler Chapter 20 - Dietary fiber and health: Cardiovascular disease and beyond, Pages 423-449, Yikyung Park Chapter 21 - Fruits, vegetables, and herbs: Bioactive foods promoting wound healing, Pages 451-464, Lawrence W. Sanchez, Ronald Ross Watson Chapter 22 - Curcumin in hepatic stellate cell activation in health, Pages 465-485, Youcai Tang Chapter 23 - Curcumin against amyloid pathology in mental health and brain composition, Pages 487-505, Ikuo Tooyama, Nor Faeizah Ibrahim, Lina Wati Durani, Hamizah Shahirah Hamezah, Mohd Hanafi Ahmad Damanhuri, Wan Zurinah Wan Ngah, Hiroyasu Taguchi, Daijiro Yanagisawa Chapter 24 - Recent developments in using plant-derived natural products as tubulin inhibitors for the management of cancer, Pages 507-524, Yogesh A. Kulkarni, Mayuresh S. Garud, R.S. Gaud, Anil B. Gaikwad Chapter 25 - Medicinal and nutritional qualities of Zingiber officinale, Pages 525-550, Saima Khan, Pankaj Pandotra, Asif Khurshid Qazi, Sajad A Lone, Malik Muzafar, Ajai P Gupta, Suphla Gupta Chapter 26 - Antimicrobials from herbs, spices, and plants, Pages 551-578, Tarik Bor, Sulaiman O. Aljaloud, Rabin Gyawali, Salam A. Ibrahim Index, Pages 579-593

Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs: Bioactive Foods in Health Promotion brings together experts from around the world working on the cutting edge of research on fruit, vegetables, and herbs in health promotion. Offering a timely, concise, scientific appraisal of the efficacy of key foods to prevent disease and improve the quality of life, Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs: Bioactive Foods in Health Promotion provides valuable evidence-based conclusions and recommendations.

This reference text will encourage further research on the potential benefits of fruits and vegetables in health and disease prevention, providing a basis for possible dietary modifications by the government and the public.

• Provides insight on bioactive constituents found in fruits and vegetables that can be further studied to improve health and disease resistance or incorporated into other food products and used as alternative medicines and dietary supplements
• Includes valuable information on how fruits are important sources of bioflavonoids and non-nutritive bioactives that modify body functions
• Offers a conclusion or summary of evidence at the end of each chapter to enhance understanding of new approaches in the field

"Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs: Bioactive Foods in Health Promotion brings together experts from around the world working on the cutting edge of research on fruit, vegetables and herbs in health promotion. Offering a timely, concise, scientific appraisal of the efficacy of key foods to prevent disease and improve the quality of life, Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs: Bioactive Foods in Health Promotion provides valuable evidence-based conclusions and recommendations. This reference text will encourage further research on the potential benefits of fruits and vegetables in health and disease prevention, providing a basis for possible dietary modifications by the government and the public."--Page 4 of cover