Algal Genetic Resources

Cosmeceuticals, Nutraceuticals, and Pharmaceuticals from Algae

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

Av Jeyabalan Sangeetha, Devarajan Thangadurai

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This book focuses on the current and potential applications of microalgae and cyanobacteria in pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and cosmeceuticals. The book deals with the very recent and advanced techniques and technologies in algal cultivation and extraction for its application. The chapters discuss the biological importance, properties, and uses of algal metabolites and microalgae-based compounds in drug development, in food nutrition enhancement, and in the development of cosmetics with medicinal properties.The chapter authors cover a range of diverse topics on algal biological resources, such as:algae as a nutraceutical and functional food ingredientthe extraction of food bioactive compounds from microalgaespirulina-derived nutraceuticals and their applications in the food industryanticancer compounds from freshwater microalgaecosmetic applications of microalgal and cyanobacterial pigmentsand moreThis unique book, Algal Genetic Resources: Cosmeceuticals, Nutraceuticals, and Pharmaceuticals from Algae, will enlighten readers on the vast usefulness of microalgae and cyanobacteria as an important resource for the cosmeceutical, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries for their broad biotechnological potential industrial applications. The volume will be a valuable reference for scientists and researchers in these areas as well as for advanced students and faculty in ecology, phycology, botany, agriculture, biotechnology, microbiology, environmental biotechnology, plant science, and life sciences.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-09-29
Mått156 x 234 x 26 mm
Vikt453 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCurrent Advances in Biodiversity, Conservation, and Environmental Sciences
Antal sidor374
FörlagApple Academic Press Inc.
ISBN9781774637487

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Jeyabalan Sangeetha, PhD, is Assistant Professor at Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, South India. She has edited/coedited several books in her research areas, which include environmental toxicology, environmental microbiology, environmental biotechnology, and environmental nanotechnology. She earned her BSc in Microbiology and PhD in Environmental Science from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. She is the recipient of a Tamil Nadu Government Scholarship and a Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship of the University GrantsCommission, Government of India for her doctoral studies. She served as the Dr. D.S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow and UGC Postdoctoral Fellow at Karnatak University, Dharwad, South India, during 2012–2016.Devarajan Thangadurai, PhD, is Associate Professor at Karnatak University in South India and Editor-in-Chief of the international journals Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Bioengineering and Acta Biologica Indica. He has authored/edited over 25 books with national and international publishers and has visited 23 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East for academic visits, scientific meetings, and international collaborations. He received his PhD in Botany from Sri Krishnadevaraya University in South India as a CSIR Senior Research Fellow with funding from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. He served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Madeira, Portugal; University of Delhi, India; and ICAR National Research Centre for Banana, India. He is the recipient of a Best Young Scientist Award with a Gold Medal from Acharya Nagarjuna University, India, and the VGST-SMYSR Young Scientist Award of the Government of Karnataka, Republic of India.

1. Cosmetic Applications of Microalgal and Cyanobacterial Pigments 2. Algae as Nutraceutical, Functional Food, and Food Ingredients 3. Food Bioactive Compounds from Microalgae 4. Spirulina-Derived Nutraceuticals and Their Applications in the Food Industry 5. Algal Metabolites in the Nutraceutical Industries: Current Trends and Future Perspectives 6. Algaculture and Its Applications in the Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Industry 7. Biological Importance of Algal Metabolites 8. Biological Properties of Microalgae-Based Products 9. Microalgae: A Multifaceted Treasure of Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals 10. Anticancer Compounds from Freshwater Microalgae 11. Bioactive Microalgal Peptides from Spirulina 12. Biotechnological Potentials of Macroalgae as a Source of Phycobiliproteins