Plant Antioxidants and Health

lt;p>H. M. Ekiert is Head and Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Botany at the Medical College of Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland. Her scientific interests include: plant biotechnology (plant in vitro cultures, endogenic production of bioactive products, biotransformation of egzogenic substrates), phytochemistry (quantification of natural products, isolation of natural products), biotechnology of mushrooms, natural products, bioactive compounds (especially coumarins, phenolic acids, flavonoids, schisandra lignans, nonhalucinogenic indole compounds, polysaccharides), biological activity of plant metabolites, especially antioxidants.

She published more than 110 articles, 8 book chapters and already edited the book "Plant Cell and Tissue Differentiation and Secondary Metabolites" also published in the Reference Series in Phytochemistry in 2019. She received postdoctoral fellowships at serval German universities (Bonn - 1998, Würzburg - 1998, Marburg am Lahn - 2000, two stays) and the stays in Bonn and Marburg/Lahn were supported by DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service. After habilitation she also visited the Universitys of Braunschweig (2008), Bonn (2015) and Dortmund (2015).

Professor Dr. Kishan G. Ramawat is a Former Professor & Head of the Botany Department, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India. He has 45 years of research experience in the areas of medicinal plants and secondary metabolites. He received his Ph.D. in Plant Biotechnology from the University of Jodhpur, India in 1978, and subsequently joined the university as a faculty member. In 1991 he moved to the M.L. Sukhadia University in Udaipur, initially as an Associate Professor, and became a Professor in 2001.

Prof. Ramawat completed his postdoctoral studies at the University of Tours, France from 1983 to 1985, and later often returned to France as a Visiting Professor (mainly to Tours and Bordeaux). Prof. Ramawat has published more than 175 peer-reviewed papers and articles, and edited several books and reference works. In addition, Prof. Ramawat is an active member of several academic bodies and associations and serves on the editorial boards of numerous journals.

Dr. Jaya Arora is Assistant professor in the Department of Botany, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur since 2012. She did her M.Sc. (2006) and Ph.D. (2012) from M.L.S. University, Udaipur. She had qualified National Eligibility Test (CSIR) in 2008 and obtained national fellowship for Ph.D. and also qualified for the job of assistant professor. For the past 13 year, she works on production of useful polyphenolic metabolites from medicinal plants using biotechnological methods and published more than 20 journal articles and book chapters. Currently she is supervising 5 Ph.D. Students.

Part I: Antioxidant Resources.- Natural Food Antioxidants.- Polyphenols in Herbal Extracts.- Grape Polyphenolics.- Betalains as Antioxidants.- Selected Species of Medicinal/Arboreal Mushrooms as a Source of Substances with Antioxidant Properties.- Antioxidant and Pro-oxidant Activities of Carotenoids.- Selenium: Prospects of Functional Food Production with High Antioxidant Activity.- Antioxidant Activity and Fresh Goat Cheese.- Extraction of Natural Plant Polysaccharides and Their In Vitro Antioxidant Activities.- Poisonous Mushroom (Nonedible) as an Antioxidant Source.- Antioxidant and Photoprotective Properties of Neotropical Bamboo Species.- Cultures of Medicinal Plants In Vitro as a Potential Rich Source of Antioxidants.- Part II: Utilization of Antioxidants.- Applications of Antioxidants: A Review.- Plant Antioxidants from Agricultural Waste: Synergistic Potential with Other Biological Properties and Possible Applications.- Natural Antioxidants Used in Meat Products.- Antioxidants in Health and Disease with Their Capability to Defend Pathogens that Attack Apple Species of Kashmir.- Part III. Antioxidants and Health.- The Role of Natural Antioxidants in Reducing Oxidative Stress in Cancer.- The Cytoprotective Activity of Nrf2 is Regulated by Phytochemicals (Sulfuraphane, Curcumin, and Silymarin).- Current Evidence for Disease Prevention and Treatment by Protocatechuic Acid (PCA) and Its Precursor Protocatechuic Aldehyde (PCAL) in Animals and Humans.- Reduction of Oxidative Stress in Human Body via Inhibitory Effect of Plant Phenolics on Circulating Neutrophils; Results of In Vitro and In Vivo Studies.- Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Different Dietary Antioxidants.- The Beneficial Role of Natural Antioxidantsin Alleviating Neuroinflammatory Disorders Including Neurodegeneration.- Beneficial and Detrimental Effects of Antioxidants in Allergic Contact Dermatitis.- Vitamin E - The Wonderful 'One-for-All' Gift of Health.- Part IV: Screening, Preservation and Determination Methods for Antioxidants.- Extraction and Assessment Methods as Well as Resources of Natural Antioxidants in Foods and Herbs.- Antioxidant Activity and Capacity Measurement.- Recovery and Purification of Antioxidant Compounds from Plant Origin Agro-Industrial By-products.- Microencapsulation Methods for Food Antioxidants.- Plant Antioxidants and Antimicrobials in Edible and Non-edible Active Packaging Films.