Therapeutic, Probiotic, and Unconventional Foods

Dr. Grumezescu is Assistant Professor at the Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, in the Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, with a second affiliation to the Faculty of Medical Engineering, at the Politehnica University of Bucharest in Romania. He is an experienced and oft-published researcher and editor in the field of nano and biomaterials, and he is the Editor-in-Chief of three journals: Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry, Letters and Applied NanoBioScience, and Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Bulletin. He also serves as editor or guest editor for several notable journals. Dr. Grumezescu has published 150 peer-reviewed papers, 20 book chapters, 6 co-authored books and 11 edited books. Alina-Maria Holban is a lecturer in Microbiology and Immunology, at the Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest; and associate researcher at the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania. Her primary area of research is the development of bionanomaterials with antimicrobial applications. Dr. Holban has published 75 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 42 conference/symposia proceedings, and has edited more than 21 edited books.

• 1. Introduction in Nutraceutical and Medicinal FoodsSection 1: Probiotics and Prebiotics2. Probiotics: Supplements, Food, Pharmaceutical industry3. Selection of New Probiotics: The Case of Streptomyces4. Development of New Probiotic Foods – A Case Study on Probiotic Juices5. Prebiotics and Production of New Prebiotics from Unconventional Raw Materials (Mushrooms)6. Probiotics in the Rescue of Gut Inflammation7. Probiotics as an Adjunct to Conventional Treatment in Vulvovaginitis: Past, Present and FutureSection 2: Therapeutic Foods and Ingredients8. Flavonoids as Nutraceuticals9. Bioactive Peptides – Impact in Cancer Therapy10. Essential Oils - Biological Activity and Therapeutic Potential11. Nutritional and Therapeutic Potential of Spices12. Novel Nutraceutical Compounds13. Nutraceutical and medicinal importance of seabuckthorn (Hippophae sp.)14. Therapeutic Potential of Flaxseed 15. Pharmaceutical, Nutraceutical and Therapeutic Properties of Selected Wild Medicinal Plants: Thyme, Spearmint and Rosemary16. Virgin Coconut Oil as Functional Oil 17. Health Effects of Various Dietary Agents and Phytochemicals (Therapy of Acute Pancreatitis) Section 3: Unconventional Foods and Food Ingredients18. Production of Bioactive Compounds from Waste19. Unripe plantain flours20. Dry Beans: Processing and Nutritional Effect21. Vegan Nutrition: Latest Boom in Health and Exercise