This book “The Chemistry inside Spices & Herbs: Research and Development” brings comprehensive information about the chemistry of spices and herbs with a focus on recent research in this field. The book is an extensive 2-part collection of 20 chapters contributed by experts in phytochemistry with the aim to give the reader deep knowledge about phytochemical constituents in herbal plants and their benefits. The contents include reviews on the biochemistry and biotechnology of spices and herbs, herbal medicines, biologically active compounds and their role in therapeutics among other topics. Chapters which highlight natural drugs and their role in different diseases and special plants of clinical significance are also included. Part II continues from the previous part with chapters on the treatment of skin diseases and oral problems.
This part focuses on clinically important herbs such as turmeric, fenugreek, ashwagandha (Indian winter cherry), basil, Terminalia chebula (black myrobalan). In terms of phytochemicals, this part presents chapters that cover resveratrol, piperine and circumin.
This unique collection of chapters may be highly beneficial for the students of graduate and post graduate level studying in the field of life sciences, biotechnology and biochemistry, plant sciences and for researchers and scientists working research in the field of spices, herbs, compounds with biological activity, natural treatment and natural pharmacology. The book is full of updated knowledge, information and recent researches, and without any doubt, it will be very much fruitful for the readers.
About the editors:
Pankaj Kumar Chaurasia, Ph.D. (Editor 1) is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the P.G. Department of Chemistry, L.S. College, B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur. He has a strong academic as well as research career. He had qualified ‘National Eligibility Test (NET)’ in 2009 as CSIR-JRF (NET) and was awarded with SRF-NET in 2012. He received ‘Ph.D. degree’ in 2014. He has worked as ‘Guest Faculty’ (2016-2017) in Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj (A Central University of India). He has been awarded with ‘Research Associateship’ by CSIR-New Delhi (India) in 2017 and after it; he worked as CSIR-RA in Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT), Allahabad/Prayagraaj (India). He is highly engaged in teaching as well as research works. Presently, he is supervising four Ph.D. research scholars. He has more than 50 publications (Books/papers in Journals/ papers as book chapters in edited books) with international journals/publishers of repute. He has expertise in wide research areas viz., biological chemistry, biotechnology, microbiology, enzymology, organometallic chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, and environmental chemistry.
Shashi Lata Bharati, Ph.D. (Editor 2) is presently working as ‘Assistant Professor’ in the ‘Department of Chemistry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh (India). She was awarded with UGC-post doctoral fellowship for women in 2013 and worked as ‘Post-Doctoral Fellow’ in the ‘Department of Chemistry’ of DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur (India). Along with academic works, she is also interestingly involved in research works. She has guided many M.Sc. project students and also, supervising a Ph.D. research scholar. She has 40+ publications (Books, journals papers, and papers as chapters in edited books) in national and international journals/publishers of repute. She has expertise in the field of inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, biological chemistry, environmental, and enzymology.
Keywords:
Flavanoids, terpenoids, alkaloids, saponins, polysaccharides, Polyphenolic compounds, Biomolecules, Medicinal plants, Pharmaceutically active molecules, Analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritis, anti-tumor etc., Food chemistry and Nutrition, Natural products, Structure-activity relationship , Ayurveda
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