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Nutraceuticals in brain health and beyond / edited by Dilip Ghosh.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Functional foods.
- Brain.
- Nutrition.
- Functional Food.
- Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
- Medical Subjects:
- Functional Food.
- Brain.
- Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 462 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- London ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, [2021]
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Role of food or food component in brain health
- Introduction
- Energy status and brain health
- Neuroactive in foods
- Omega-3 and phytochemicals: potential future therapeutic candidates
- Cognition beyond foods: just diet or lifestyle pattern?
- Food "liking" versus food "wanting"
- Diet, aging, and neurodegenerative diseases
- Diet, cognition, and epigenetics
- Microbiota-targeted functional foods for brain health
- Thinking outside the brain
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3. Bacopa monnieri for cognitive health-a review of molecular mechanisms of action
- Cognition
- Approved drugs as cognition enhancers
- Nutraceuticals for cognitive performance
- Bacopa monnieri for cognitive performance
- Neuronal molecular mechanisms of cognitive benefits of BM in relation to signal transduction
- Summary
- Chapter 4. Indian medicinal plants as drug leads in neurodegenerative disorders
- Abbreviations
- Methodology
- Etiopathology of neurodegenerative disorders
- Ayurvedic herbs: traditional usages in brain disorders
- Role of Indian ayurvedic herbs in neurodegenerative brain disorders
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5. Role of nutraceuticals in the management of severe traumatic brain injury
- Traumatic brain injury
- Nutritional management in TBI
- Herbs and traditional medicines
- Conclusions
- Chapter 6. Understanding the relationship between oxidative stress and cognition in the elderly: targets for nutraceutical interventions
- The aging population
- What is cognitive aging?
- What are the biological factors influencing cognitive aging?
- Oxidative stress
- Oxidative stress and cognition
- Potential nutraceutical targets for improving cognition via reducing oxidative stress
- Coenzyme Q10
- Pycnogenol
- Vitamins E and C
- Carotenoids
- Polyphenols
- Chapter 7. Brain and mental health in Ayurveda
- Ayurvedic principles of brain health
- Brain diseases in Ayurveda
- Manas roga
- Ayurvedic drugs used in management of brain disorders
- Ayurvedic herbs in brain health- medhya rasayan herbs
- Chapter 8. 10 Persian herbal medicines used for brain health
- Herbal medicines for brain health
- Polyherbal formulations and synergistic effects
- Chapter 9. Beneficial effects of nutraceuticals in healthy brain aging
- Brain aging and associated neurodegenerative diseases
- Chapter 10. Investigating the acute effect of pomegranate extract on indicators of cognitive function in human volunteers: a double-blind placebo-controlled crossover trial
- Potential mechanisms
- Chapter 11. Glucosinolates: paradoxically beneficial in fighting both brain cell death and cancer
- Background and significance
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed November 10, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Nutraceuticals in brain health and beyond.
- ISBN:
- 9780128206102
- 0128206101
- Publisher Number:
- 90101016319
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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