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About the editors

List of contributors

SECTION 1: Natural Compounds

Javed Ahamad

Chapter 2. Plants as a Source of Bioactive Compounds

Javed Ahamad

Chapter 3. Microalgae as a Source of Bioactive Compounds

Monize B?rck, M?nica Masako Nakamoto, Let?cia Guerreiro Trindade, Renata Nolasco Braga Souto, Bruna Kaori Feitosa Tanaka, Ingrid Ferreira de Souza, and Anna Rafaela Cavalcante Braga

SECTION 2: Supercritical Fluid Extraction

Chapter 4. Maicon S?rgio N. dos Santos, Lissara Polano Ody, Carolina E. Demaman Oro, Bruno Douglas Kerber, Norton M. Silveira, Rog?rio M. Dallago, Marcus V. Tres, and Giovani L. Zabot

Chapter 5 Last Innovations in Supercritical Fluid Extraction Processes for Metabolites Extraction from Agriculture and Agroindustrial Residues in The New Food Waste Biorefineries Context.

Daissy Lorena Restrepo Serna, Mariana Ortiz S?nchez, Sara Piedrahita Rodr?guez, and Carlos Ariel Cardona Alzate

Chapter 6 Prefeasibility Analysis of Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Polyphenols from Orange as Part of Food Waste Biorefineries

Mariana Ortiz-S?nchez, Sara Piedrahita-Rodr?guez, Daissy Lorena Restrepo Serna, and Carlos Ariel Cardona Alzate

SECTION 3: Essential Oils

Chapter 7. Application of Essential Oils in Food Industry: Challenges and Innovation

K. Saeed, I. Pasha, M. F. J. Chughtai, Z. Ali, H. Bukhari, and M. Zuhair

Chapter 8. Application of Essential Oil Nanoemulsions in Food Preservation

Mohammad Aslam, Georgeos Deeb, Mohd. Amir Mirza, Javed Ahmad, and Leo M.L. Nollet

Chapter 9. Traditional Knowledge and the Development of Botanical Bioactive Compounds in Brazil for the Control of Aedes aegypti

Paula Maria Correa de Oliveira, Jo?o Paulo Barreto Sousa, Lorena C. Albernaz, Ellem Suane Ferreira Alves, Laila Salmen Espindola, and M?rlia Coelho-Ferreira

Chapter 10. Essential Oil from Medicinal and Food Plants, a Pharmacological Approach

Devyani Rajput, Rakhi Khabiya, Akanksha Dwivedi, Vishal Soni, Priyanka Soni

SECTION 4: Fixed Oils

Chapter 11. Carotenoid-Rich Vegetable Oils of Palm trees from the Amazonia and Their Potential Food Applications

Fernanda Wariss Figueiredo Bezerra, Marielba de Los Angeles Rodriguez Salazar, Marcilene Paiva da Silva, Saulo Edgar Gomes de Souza, Elivaldo Nunes Modesto Junior, Luiza Helena Da Silva Martins, and Renan Campos Chist?

Chapter 12. Oilseeds from a Brazilian Semi-Arid Region: Edible Potential Regarding the Mineral Composition

I. M. C. Almeida, M. T. Oliva-Teles, R. C. Alves, J. Santos, R. S. Pinho, S. I. Silva, C. Delerue-Matos, and M. B. P. P. Oliveira

Chapter 13. The Amazon's Andiroba oil: Overview on Characterization, Pharmacology Properties and Clinical Effects

Deiweson Souza-Monteiro, Cristian Kallahan Silva Chagas, Vinicius Ruan Neves dos Santos, and Rafael Rodrigues Lima

SECTION 5: Oil Resins

Chapter 14. Copaifera of the Neotropics: A Review of the Phytochemistry and Pharmacology

Rafaela da Trinidade, Joyce Kelly da Silva, and William N. Setzer

Chapter 15. Oil resin: Characterization, chemical compositions, food applications, and biological activities

Karyme do Socorro de Souza Vilhena, Leonardo Souza da Costa, Anderson de Santana Botelho, Oberdan Oliveira Ferreira, and F?bio Jos? Bonfim Cardoso

SECTION 6: Polar compounds and Functional Foods

Chapter 16. Advances in Pharmacological Activities of Terpenoids

Wenqiang Yang, Xu Chen , Yanli Li, Shaofen Guo, Zhen Wang, a...

Biographie:

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