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Author:   Ramesh S. V. ,  Shelly Praveen
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.535kg
ISBN:  

9789811945922

ISBN 10:   9811945926
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   11 October 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1.  Biodiversity for Nutritive Gains: Values, Benefits and Threats.- Chapter 2. Biofortification of crops: novel insights and approaches for enhanced nutrient accumulation.- Chapter 3.Food matrix-implications for nutritional quality.- Chapter 4. Plant-based nutraceuticals.- Chapter 5. Plant-based milk alternatives: nutritional potential and challenges.- Chapter 6.Legumes and Pulses: Ways and Means to Enhance the Protein Quality.- Chapter 7. Microgreens: A novelfood for nutritional security.- Chapter 8.Anti-nutritional Factors: Nutrient Bioavailability and Health Beneficial Effects.- Chapter 9. Metabolic fate of food and its bioavailability.- Chapter 10. Nutrigenomics – Insights and Implications for Genome-based Nutrition.- Chapter 11. Next Gen Biotech Crops for Human Nutrition.- Chapter 12. Food Safety: A multidimensional concept.- Chapter 13. Future Perspectives-plant based nutrition.

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Dr. S. V. Ramesh is presently serving ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (ICARCPCRI), Kasaragod, Kerala, India, as a Senior Scientist (Biotechnology). His field of specialization is plant biochemistry and molecular biology having obtained his master’s and doctorate degrees in plant biochemistry. His current research focus includes nutritional biochemistry and bioactives of nutraceutical potential in plantation crops. He is a recipient of DBT-CTEP Travel Award and AABSc-sponsored Young Plant Biotechnologist Award. His postdoctoral research in the field of plant and viral small non-coding RNAs at Washington State University, USA, was sponsored under DBT-CREST Fellowship. He has published many scholarly articles—spread over diverse fields, viz., plantation biology, nutrition biochemistry and plant–virus interactions—in journals of international and national repute and presented his research findings in several international scientific fora. He also features inthe editorial boards of international journals PLOS ONE and Measurement: Food.Dr. Shelly Praveen has an illustrious career in research, teaching, program management, and research policy development at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India, leading to the publication of over 100 research articles. Dr. Praveen’s contributions as a Head of the Division of Biochemistry at ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, and Director of the Centre for Advanced Faculty Training are immense. She bolstered the industry-academia synergy and launched a portfolio of developing millet-based fortified foods. Earlier, Dr. Praveen led a multidisciplinary team in the development of virus-resistant transgenic tomato and collaborated with international academia including Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain; King Saud University; Scottish Crop Research Institute; CIB, CSIC, Spain; and CREC, Florida, USA. Dr. Praveen has been honored with coveted Awards and Fellowships including Fellow of NASI,Fellow of NAAS, Associate of The World Academy of Sciences, and Panjabrao Deshmukh Outstanding Woman Scientist Award, ICAR, to name a few. Currently, she is engaged in nutrition for health management through service in nutritionally important foods across globe.

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