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English
Academic Press Inc
26 September 2025
Bioprospecting of Natural Pigments in Human Health provides a comprehensive overview of the therapeutic potential of these compounds. Covering the main pigment classes sourced from plants, algae, and microbes, the book is organized around the applications to specific diseases and conditions. With chapters on the anti-cancer, antidiabetic, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-aging effects, cardioprotective and neuroprotective agents, the book covers the molecular biology principles of action, as well as bioavailability and structure. This is the ideal reference for academic researchers interested in natural products pharmacology. It is also beneficial for the academic and corporate researchers in food sciences and the nutraceutical industries.
Edited by:   , , , , , , ,
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 191mm, 
Weight:   450g
ISBN:   9780443240171
ISBN 10:   0443240175
Pages:   434
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
1. Pigments as therapeutics: An introduction I. Therapeutic potential of phytopigments 2. A Comprehensive analysis of neuroprotective potential of phytopigments 3. Natural pigments as protective agent for respiratory disorders: special reference to COVID-19 4. Antidiabetic properties of phytopigments: Current status and prospective 5. Tumor preventive properties of phytopigments against breast cancer 6. Anti-aging potential of phytopigments: Perspectives and challenges 7. Role of dietary pigments in chemoprevention and chemotherapy: An overview 8. Curcumin: A yellow pigment of immense therapeutic potential II. Algal pigments and pharmaceutical applications 9. Recent developments in pharmaceutical applications of microalgal pigments 10. Microalgal pigments against cancer: Potentials and applications 11. Fucoxanthin: A promising compound for inflammation-related diseases 12. Phycobiliproteins-Algae derived pigments: Advances in research on the therapeutic potential III. Microbial pigments: Therapeutic potential and applications 13. Microbial pigments and therapeutic potential: current status and opportunities 14. Endophytes as emerging sources of pigments: Therapeutic potential and applications IV. Natural pigments: from laboratories to hospital benches 15. Pigments and promising randomized clinical trials 16. Pigments: antimicrobial compounds with market potential 17. Pigment as dietary supplements: Boon or Bane 18. Promising nanotechnological pharmaceutical applications with pigments

Dr. Siva Ramamoorthy is currently working as Professor and Dean at School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), India. He earned his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in plant science from Madurai Kamaraj University, India. He carried out his PhD in Plant Genetic Diversity at Bharathidasan University, India. He did his postdoctoral research at Ben Gurion University (Israel) and Gyeongsang National University (South Korea). His research interests are plant pigment biotechnology and pigments biology. Around two decades, he has carried out extensive research on plant dyes and pigments. He was recognized as one among the top 2% scientists of the world - as per the Elsevier 2021, Stanford University and Mendeley 2020. Thomas Efferth is the chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. He is a biologist by training (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany). Doctoral thesis: German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany (1990). He obtained 9 national and international awards. He is honorary professor at several international universities. In 2022, he was visiting professor (“professional visitor”) at the McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. Thomas is ordinary member of the Academia Europaea (London). He has 850+ PubMed-listed high impact papers with an h-index of 116 and more than 69,000 citations.

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