Functional Food and Human Health

Dr Vibha Rani is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, India. After completing her Doctoral Studies from School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, she has continued her academic career where she teaches as well as guides graduate, postgraduate and doctorate students in the area of oxidative stress-induced cardiomyopathy and other development-related heart Diseases. Dr Rani is an academician as well as an accomplished young scientist and has been in research for sixteen years. Her current research focus is to understand the mechanism of action of phytomolecules, and also to develop ideal drug molecule for prevention of noncommunicable diseases. She has been focusing on developing natural therapies and microRNAs based therapeutics to address the most severe disorders that affect the human society such as cardiomyopathy, diabetes and breast cancer. Dr Rani has received manyextra-mural funding for her research work from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India. She has been successfully able to communicate her research findings to various International Journals. She has been honoured with the prestigious A.R. Rao Memorial Young Scientist Award, S.C. Tyagi Young Faculty Award and Academic Brilliance Young Faculty Award, 2017, which accounts for just few among the much recognitions that she has. Dr. Umesh C S Yadav is currently working as an Associate Professor at the School of Life Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar. His current focus area of research includes understanding the biochemical and molecular mechanisms of metabolic disorder-induced chronic inflammatory diseases including diabetic and cardiovascular disorders, cancer, asthma and COPD. Dr. Yadav has a Ph.D. degree from the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where he investigated the effects of Trigonella foenum-graecum on diabetic complications. He has over thirteen years of research experience, six years as postdoctoral fellow and more than seven years as faculty member. Dr. Yadav spent nine years in the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Galveston, Texas, USA where he performed excellent research in oxidative stress-induced inflammatory pathologies such as diabetic and cardiovascular complications, lung inflammatory diseases including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and ocular inflammatory diseases. He has published nearly 50 research articles in high impact journals including reviews and book chapters which indicate towards his expertise in inflammatory diseases and associated signalling pathways and their modulation using different drug molecules, including natural products. Dr. Yadav has been awarded a prestigious Ramanujan Fellowship from department of science and technology (DST), Government of India, New Delhi.

Part I: Functional Food Components in Daily Diet.-Composition of Functional Food in the World Diet.- Dietary Fibre – Nutrition and Health Benefits.- Phlorotannins and Macroalgal Polyphenols: Potential as Functional Food Ingredients and Role in Health Promotion.- Probiotics as Functional Foods in Enhancing Gut Immunity.- Flavonoids as Functional Food.- Comprehensive Assessment of Curcumin as a Functional Food.- Resveratrol: A Miracle Drug for Vascular Pathologies.- Plant-derived Drug Molecules as Antibacterial Agents.- Omega-3 Fatty Acids and its Role in Human Health.- Part II: Functional Food and Human Health.- Phytochemicals and Human Health.- Natural Therapeutics for Alzheimer’s Disease.- Dietary Fibers Derived Short Chain Fatty Acids and their Role in Human Health.- Metabolic Syndrome and Nutritional Interventions.- Cardiovascular Disease and Herbal Intervention.- Therapeutic Potential of Phytoestrogens.- Curcumin in Cancer Prevention.- Nutraceuticals and their Role in Human Healthand Disease.- Part III: Functional Food and Human Health: Effective Delivery Methods, Product Development and Toxicity.- Extraction of Plant-based Molecules with Medicinal Properties.- Nanotechnology in the Food Industry: Perspectives and Prospects.- Nano Delivery of Food Derived Biomolecules: An overview.- Phytochemicals in Clinical studies: Current perspective.- Functional foods as Personalised Nutrition: Definitions and Genomic insights.- Part IV: Functional food and Human Health: Miscellaneous Effects of Functional Food and Components.- Importance of Probiotics in Human Health.- Aldose Reductase Inhibitors in the Functional Foods: Regulation of Diabetic Complications.- Ferulic Acid: A Natural Antioxidant with Applications Toward Neuroprotection Against Alzheimer’s Disease.- Flavonoids and Cancer Stem Cells Maintenance & Growth.- Phytochemicals: An Alternate Approach Towards Various Disease Management.- Herbal Drugs - To Take It or Not To Take It.