(PDF) Therapeutic, Probiotic, and Unconventional Foods By Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction in Nutraceutical and Medicinal Foods

Section 1: Probiotics and Prebiotics 2. Probiotics: Supplements, Food, Pharmaceutical industry 3. Selection of New Probiotics: The Case of Streptomyces 4. Development of New Probiotic Foods – A Case Study on Probiotic Juices 5. Prebiotics and Production of New Prebiotics from Unconventional Raw Materials (Mushrooms) 6. Probiotics in the Rescue of Gut Inflammation 7. Probiotics as an Adjunct to Conventional Treatment in Vulvovaginitis: Past, Present and Future

Section 2: Therapeutic Foods and Ingredients 8. Flavonoids as Nutraceuticals 9. Bioactive Peptides – Impact in Cancer Therapy 10. Essential Oils – Biological Activity and Therapeutic Potential 11. Nutritional and Therapeutic Potential of Spices 12. Novel Nutraceutical Compounds 13. Nutraceutical and medicinal importance of seabuckthorn (Hippophae sp.) 14. Therapeutic Potential of Flaxseed 15. Pharmaceutical, Nutraceutical and Therapeutic Properties of Selected Wild Medicinal Plants: Thyme, Spearmint and Rosemary 16. Virgin Coconut Oil as Functional Oil 17. Health Effects of Various Dietary Agents and Phytochemicals (Therapy of Acute Pancreatitis)

Section 3: Unconventional Foods and Food Ingredients 18. Production of Bioactive Compounds from Waste 19. Unripe plantain flours 20. Dry Beans: Processing and Nutritional Effect 21. Vegan Nutrition: Latest Boom in Health and Exercise