Table of Contents: Preface pp. 1-vii
Chapter 1. Phytochemicals as Potential Pharmacophores to Target Diabetes
(Mahomoodally Mohamad Fawzi, Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius)pp. 1-24
Chapter 2. Phytochemicals and Their Potential Effects on Inflammatory Bowel Disease
(Gorzalczany Susana, Pharmacology Department, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad of Buenos Aires, Argentina)pp. 25-38
Chapter 3. Bioactive Compounds in Whole Grain Cereals
(Maria Teresa Pedrosa Silva Clerici and Elizabeth Harumi Nabeshima, College of Nutrition, Federal University of Alfenas – UNIFAL – MG, Brazil and others)pp. 39-54
Chapter 4. Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Berries Extracts of Five Juniperus Species Under Juniperus Section From Turkey
(Maria Fernanda Taviano, Andreana Marino, Ada Trovato, Rita De Pasquale, and Natalizia Miceli, Pharmaco-Biological Department, University of Messina, Messina, Italy)pp. 55-68
Chapter 5. Phenolic Compounds, Health Effects and Antioxidant Properties of Berries
(Aleksandra Koniæ-Ristiæ, Katarina Šavikin, Gordana Zdunic, Dejan Goðevac, Teodora Jankovic and Nebojša Menkoviæ, Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia and others)pp. 69-86
Chapter 6. Overview of the Chemical, Natural Occurrence and
Antioxidant Activity of Terpenes
(E. González-Burgos and M.P. Gómez-Serranillos, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy. Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain)pp. 87-120
Chapter 7. Supercritical Extraction of Phloroglucinols From St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) – Process Optimization, Mathematical Modeling and Antimicrobial Activity
(Sandra B. Glisic and Aleksandar M. Orlovic, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia)pp. 121-146
Chapter 8. Natural Antioxidants in Food
(Gui-Fang Deng , Xiang-Rong Xu, Sha Li, Fang Li, Shan Wu and Hua-Bin Li, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food, Nutrition and Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China and others)pp. 147-174
Chapter 9. Regulation of Inflammation by Dietary Phytochemicals: Current Perspectives
(Marta González Castejón and Arantxa Rodriguez Casado, IMDEA Food Institute, Madrid, Spain)pp. 175-188
Chapter 10. Antioxdative Phytochemicals and Skin Care
(Frédéric Bonté and Gallic Beauchef, LVMH Recherche, Saint Jean de Braye, France)pp. 189-218
Chapter 11. Mineral, Flavonoid, and Fatty Acid Concentrations in Ten Diverse Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet Accessions
(J. Bradley Morris, Michael A. Grusak, Ming Li Wang and Brandon David Tonnis, USDA, ARS, PGRCU, Griffin, GA, USA)pp. 219-224
Chapter 12. Research Progress on Medicinal Plants of Urtica Linn. Genus
(Zhang Yanxiu, Wang Ying, Ju Zhihe and Guan Feng, Key Laboratory of Chinese Materia Medica (Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine),
Ministry of Education, Harbin, China)pp. 225-246
Chapter 13. Research and Development on Chemical Constituents and Pharmacology of Acanthopanax genus
(Gaofeng Liu, Chao Zeng and Zhiping Lin, Department of Pharmacy, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin MedicalUniversity, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China) pp. 247-282
Chapter 14. Simultaneous Determination of Five Triterpenoid Saponins in the Root of Caulophyllum robustum Maxim by HPLC-ELSD
(Guo-Yu Li, Yong-Gang Xia, Jun Liang, Yan-Hai Zhang, and Hai-Xue Kuang, Pharmaceutical College, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China)pp. 283-294
Chapter 15. Chemical Study and Medical Application of Saponins from the Genus Aralia
(Hai-Xue Kuang, Yong-Gang Xia and Guang-Rui Mu, Key Laboratory of Chinese Materia Medica (Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine),
Ministry of Education, Harbin, China)pp. 295-316
Chapter 16. Chemical Constituents and Bioactivities of Plants of the Genus Hydrangea
(Yang Chunjuan and Xiao Yang, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China) pp. 317-356
Chapter 17. Phytochemicals in Cancer Research: A Review of Their Biological Activities and Anticancer Potentials in Preclinical and Clinical Studies
(Daniel L. Pouliquen and Marc Grégoire, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie Nantes-Angers, Institut de Recherche Thérapeutique de l’Université de Nantes Inserm, Nantes, France and others)pp. 357-394
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