Medicinal Fruits of the Middle East

Dr. Meenakshisundaram Selvamuthukumaran is currently working as a Professor and Dean, School of Agriculture, Joy University, Vadakangulam, Tamilnadu. He was a visiting Professor at Haramaya University, School of Food Science and Postharvest Technology, Institute of Technology, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia and also in Hamelmalo Agricultural College, Eritrea. He earned his PhD in Food Science from Defence Food Research Laboratory affiliated with the University of Mysore, India. His core area of research is processing of underutilized fruits for development of antioxidant-rich functional food products. He has transferred several technologies to Indian firms as an outcome of his research work. Dr. Selvamuthukumaran received several awards and citations for his research work. He has published international papers and book chapters in the area of antioxidants and functional foods. He has guided several national and international postgraduate students in the area of food science and technology.

• 1. Exploration of Medicinal Fruits of Saudi ArabiaMeenakshisundaram Selvamuthukumaran2. Processing of Functional Foods from Medicinal Fruits of UAEMeenakshisundaram Selvamuthukumaran3. Extraction of Natural Colorants from Medicinal Fruits of IranRiya Goyal and Vikas Nanda4. Extraction of antioxidants from medicinal Fruits of IraqMehvish Habib, Kulsum Jan, Eram S Rao, Khalid Bashir5. Therapeutic potential of medicinal fruits of LebanonMeenakshisundaram Selvamuthukumaran6. Value addition of medicinal fruits of MuscatChauhan D, Sachin Kumar7. Development of Nutraceuticals from Medicinal Fruits of BahrainYashwanthi K, Shivani Chauhan, Gurdeep Rattu, Divya Chauhan, Sachin Kumar8. Bioactive properties of processed products of medicinal fruits from KuwaitRohini Dhenge, Arjun Mohanakumar, Massimiliano Rinaldi, Tommaso Ganino9. Bioavailability of therapeutic constituents of medicinal fruits of JordanMeenakshisundaram Selvamuthukumaran10. Traditional/Ethnic food preparations from medicinal fruits of EgyptArjun Mohanakumar, Rohini Dhenge and Massimiliano Rinaldi