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9 Vitamins and Minerals: Types, Sources and their Functions . . . . . . . 149
Muhammad Akram, Naveed Munir, Muhammad Daniyal,
Chukwuebuka Egbuna, Mihnea-Alexandru Găman,
Peculiar Feenna Onyekere, and Ahmed Olatunde
10 Prebiotics, Probiotics, Synbiotics and Its Importance
in the Management of Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Santwana Palai, Cecile Melisse P. Derecho, Shyam Sundar Kesh,
Chukwuebuka Egbuna, and Precious Chidinma Onyeike
11 Honey as Functional Food and Prospects in Natural
Honey Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Maria Catherine B. Otero and Leslie Bernolo
12 Health Benefits of Milk and Milk Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Muhammad Akram, Maliha Sami, Olatunde Ahmed,
Peculiar Feenna Onyekere, and Chukwuebuka Egbuna
13 Nutritional and Health Benefits of Seafoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Sadia Hassan, Neelam Faiza, Muhammad Adil Farooq,
Chukwuebuka Egbuna, and Mihnea-Alexandru Găman
14 Fruits and Vegetables and its Nutritional Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Jyothi Kaparapu, Prayaga Murthy Pragada,
and Mohana Narasimha Rao Geddada
15 Cereals and Grains as Functional Food in Unani
System of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Shaikh Ajij Ahmed Makbul, Nasreen Jahan, and Abid Ali Ansari
16 Effect of Germination Processing on Bioactive Compounds
of Cereals and Legumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Sadia Hassan, Muhammad Bilal Hussain, Marwa Waheed,
Khalil Ahmad, Samat Kassymov, Mohammad Ali Shariati,
Muhammad Akram, Abhay Prakash Mishra,
and Chukwuebuka Egbuna
17 Mushroom: Nutraceutical, Mineral, Proximate Constituents
and Bioactive Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Sakshi Painuli, Prabhakar Semwal, and Chukwuebuka Egbuna
18 Aloe Species as Valuable Sources of Functional Bioactives . . . . . . . . . 337
Chukwuebuka Egbuna, Ena Gupta, Shahira M. Ezzat,
Jaison Jeevanandam, Neha Mishra, Muhammad Akram,
N. Sudharani, Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji, Priyanka Singh,
Jonathan C. Ifemeje, M. Deepak, A. Bhavana,
Angelo Mark P. Walag, Rumaisa Ansari,
Juliana Bunmi Adetunji, Umme Laila,
Michael Chinedu Olisah, and Peculiar Feenna Onyekere
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9 Vitamins and Minerals: Types, Sources and their Functions . . . . . . . 149
Muhammad Akram, Naveed Munir, Muhammad Daniyal,
Chukwuebuka Egbuna, Mihnea-Alexandru Găman,
Peculiar Feenna Onyekere, and Ahmed Olatunde
10 Prebiotics, Probiotics, Synbiotics and Its Importance
in the Management of Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Santwana Palai, Cecile Melisse P. Derecho, Shyam Sundar Kesh,
Chukwuebuka Egbuna, and Precious Chidinma Onyeike
11 Honey as Functional Food and Prospects in Natural
Honey Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Maria Catherine B. Otero and Leslie Bernolo
12 Health Benefits of Milk and Milk Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Muhammad Akram, Maliha Sami, Olatunde Ahmed,
Peculiar Feenna Onyekere, and Chukwuebuka Egbuna
13 Nutritional and Health Benefits of Seafoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Sadia Hassan, Neelam Faiza, Muhammad Adil Farooq,
Chukwuebuka Egbuna, and Mihnea-Alexandru Găman
14 Fruits and Vegetables and its Nutritional Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Jyothi Kaparapu, Prayaga Murthy Pragada,
and Mohana Narasimha Rao Geddada
15 Cereals and Grains as Functional Food in Unani
System of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Shaikh Ajij Ahmed Makbul, Nasreen Jahan, and Abid Ali Ansari
16 Effect of Germination Processing on Bioactive Compounds
of Cereals and Legumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Sadia Hassan, Muhammad Bilal Hussain, Marwa Waheed,
Khalil Ahmad, Samat Kassymov, Mohammad Ali Shariati,
Muhammad Akram, Abhay Prakash Mishra,
and Chukwuebuka Egbuna
17 Mushroom: Nutraceutical, Mineral, Proximate Constituents
and Bioactive Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Sakshi Painuli, Prabhakar Semwal, and Chukwuebuka Egbuna
18 Aloe Species as Valuable Sources of Functional Bioactives . . . . . . . . . 337
Chukwuebuka Egbuna, Ena Gupta, Shahira M. Ezzat,
Jaison Jeevanandam, Neha Mishra, Muhammad Akram,
N. Sudharani, Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji, Priyanka Singh,
Jonathan C. Ifemeje, M. Deepak, A. Bhavana,
Angelo Mark P. Walag, Rumaisa Ansari,
Juliana Bunmi Adetunji, Umme Laila,
Michael Chinedu Olisah, and Peculiar Feenna Onyekere
Contents