As populations in many developed countries age and the burden of chronic disease increases, there remains a need to establish effective preventative measures. Fruit and vegetables are a natural source of vitamins and minerals which can contribute to good health.
Understanding and optimising the nutraceutical properties of fruit and vegetables reviews the associated health benefits of key horticultural crops, including apples, broccoli and cranberries. The book provides authoritative discussions on the nutraceutical properties of the major phytochemical compounds, including antioxidants and flavonoids, and how these properties can be optimised to prevent the onset of chronic diseases.
By providing a comprehensive insight into the human health benefits of fruit and vegetables, the book highlights the emergence of a more sustainable, alternative method to preventing the onset of disease with less reliance on overburdened healthcare systems.
Dr Victor R. Preedy is Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathology at King’s College Hospital and Emeritus Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry at King’s College London, UK. Amongst many honours, Professor Preedy is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, the Royal Society of Public Health, the Royal College of Pathologists and the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has published over 750 articles which includes numerous books on a wide range of topics related to the impact of nutrition on health and disease.
Dr Vinood B. Patel is Reader in Clinical Biochemistry in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Westminster and a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Dr Patel is internationally-known for his research on nutrition, biomarkers and liver disease, and has published over 150 articles and edited numerous books on diet, nutrition and health.
Dr A D Diwan is former Assistant Director General (ADG) in the Fisheries Division of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India, New Delhi. Before assuming this position, he was Professor and Head, Fish Genetics & Biotechnology Division and also as a Dean (Faculty of Fishery Science) at the Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE) a Deemed University, Mumbai. He is a fellow of National Academy of Environmental Biology, National Academy of Nature Conservator and the Bioved Research Society. Presently, he is Emeritus Professor at the Mahatma Gandhi Mission (MGM) University of Health Sciences.
Lia Noemi Gerschenson is the Director of the Laboratory of Optimization of the Quality of Preserved Food Products (LOCAP) of the Industry Department of the Natural and Exact Sciences School of the Buenos Aires University (UBA), Argentina. She has researched in the area of food science and technology for more than 30 years publishing over 120 papers in refereed journals and over 35 chapters in books of international publishers.
Dr. Elsa M. Gonçalves is a Researcher at the Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal. She is responsible for the Sensory Testing Laboratories, implementing a range of sensory analysis techniques, to evaluate different food products and applied statistical analysis, allowing products to be grouped, and their similarities and differences quantified. She is a member of the Competence Centre of the Mediterranean diet. She has been the national delegate of the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling (CCMAS) since 2019.
