"Phytochemicals: Source of Antioxidants and Role in Disease Prevention" ed. by Toshiki Asao, Md Asaduzzaman

This book mainly focuses on medicinal plants and the disease-preventing properties of phytochemicals, which will be a useful resource to the reader. This volume provides original research and reviews on the sources of phytochemicals, and their roles in disease prevention, supplementation, and accumulation in fruits and vegetables. The roles of anthocyanin, flavonoids, carotenoids, and taxol are presented too. Antioxidative and free radicle scavenging activity of phytochemicals is also discussed.

The medicinal properties of Opuntia, soybean, sea buckthorn, and gooseberry are presented in a number of chapters. Supplementation of plant extract with phytochemical properties in broiler meals is discussed in one chapter. The final two chapters include the impact of agricultural practices and novel processing technologies on the accumulation of phytochemicals in fruits and vegetables.

Contents
1. Phytochemicals and Disease Prevention
2. Phytochemicals—God’s Endowment of Curative Power in Plants
3. Phytochemicals: Secondary Metabolites from Plants with Active Principles for Pharmacological Importance
4. Free Radicals and the Role of Plant Phytochemicals as Antioxidants Against Oxidative Stress-Related Diseases
5. Anthocyanins-Smart Molecules for Cancer Prevention
6. Role of Flavonoids as Wound Healing Agent
7. Plant Extracts, Energy, and Immune Modulation in Broilers
8. Evaluation of Nutritional and Medicinal Properties of Opuntia elatior Mill
9. Phytochemical Profiling of Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) Genotypes Using GC-MS Analysis
10. Qualitative Analysis of Phytochemicals from Sea Buckthorn and Gooseberry
11. Potential Adverse Effects of Alteration of Phytochemical Accumulation in Fruits and Vegetables
12. An Evaluation of the Impact of Novel Processing Technologies on the Phytochemical Composition of Fruits and Vegetables


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