Nutrigenomics and Nutraceuticals

This new volume provides an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the field of nutraceuticals and genomics--also called nutrigenomics, a rapidly growing field. It discusses both nutrigenomic and nutrigenetic techniques to investigate the nutritional basis of several health disorders because scientists have found that diet can affect gene expression. The book covers the nutrigenomic tools for the prevention of disease conditions such as cancer, viral infection, microbial infection, COVID-19, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, hypertension, neurodegenerative disease, obesity, baldness, and anemia. Some nutrigenomic tools that can also be used for brain health, weight loss, human nutrition, skin care, and maintaining health during pregnancy are also explored.

Raj K. Keservani, MPharm, is an Associate Professor, Faculty of B. Pharmacy, CSM Group of Institutions, Allahabad, India. He has more than 12 years of academic (teaching) experience from various institutes of India in pharmaceutical education. He has published 31 peer-reviewed papers in the field of pharmaceutical sciences in national and international journals, 43 book chapters, three co-authored books, and 18 edited books. He is also active as a reviewer for several international scientific journals. Mr. Keservani graduated with a pharmacy degree from the Department of Pharmacy, Kumaun University, Nainital (Uttarakhand), India. He received his Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) (specialization in pharmaceutics) from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, India. Mr. Keservani is a life member of Society of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER). His research interests include nutraceutical and functional foods, novel drug delivery systems (NDDS), transdermal drug delivery/drug delivery, health science, cancer biology, and neurobiology.

Eknath D. Ahire, MSPharm, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics at MET’s, Institute of Pharmacy, Bhujbal Knowledge City, Adgoan, Nashik, affiliated with Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India. He earned his BPharm degree at Savitribai Phule Pune University, India, and his master’s degree (MSPharm) in Pharmaceutics at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research-Ahmedabad (NIPER-A), India. Currently he is a PhD Scholar with Savitribai Phule, Pune University, India. He has been awarded with a NFST (RGNF) PhD Research Scholar fellowship by the Govt. of India. He is working for QCS Labs LLP, Mumbai, as Inspector for Nigeria regulatory market pre-shipment inspection under the Earn and Learn Scheme. He has total of five years of experience as Formulation Scientist II at Torrent Research Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujrat, as well as four years of academic experience. He is working as a reviewer for several reputed international journals, including Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, International Journal of Applied Nanotechnology Research, and Exploration of Immunology Journal. He is an editorial board member at Acta Scientific and Community Acquired Infection. He is a life member of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI). He has more than 30 publications published in national and international journals as well as six textbooks. He has participated and attended several national and international conferences and workshops. He has worked on nanotechnology-based novel drug delivery systems, nutraceuticals, and immunology.

Shubham Jagdish Khairnar, MPharm, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at MET’s Institute of Pharmacy, Bhujbal Knowledge City, Adgaon, Nashik (Savitribai Phule Pune University), Pune, India. He obtained his BPharm degree at North Maharashtra University in 2016. He obtained his master’s degree (MPharm) in Pharmacology in 2019 from MGV’s College of Pharmacy, Panchavati, Nashik (Savitribai Phule Pune University). He has also three years of academic experience. He has attended several national and international conferences and workshops. He has worked on neuropharmacological evaluation of polyphenols and phenolic acids, such as vanillic acid, sinnapic acid, and ferulic acid, screened for neuroprotective activity. He has several publications in national and international journals, including research, reviews. and many book chapters. In addition, he has several book publications.

Sanjay J. Kshirsagar, PhD, is working as Professor and Principal at MET’s Institute of Pharmacy, Bhujbal Knowledge City, Adgoan, Nashik, affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India. He has more than 19 years of experience in the pharmacy field. He has guided 50 students for MPharm degrees, and eight students are now pursuing their PhD with him. He has published more than 160 research and review articles in reputed national/international journals with cumulative impact factors of 70. He has received several awards such as Best Research Guide by national-level Pharma Innova; Pharma Excipients Poster Award from International AG, SCHWEIZ; best original paper awards; among others. He is acting as a member of the Board of Studies in Pharmaceutics of Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, and Inspector of the Pharmacy Council of India. He holds one patent granted by the Indian Patent Office, with four in progress. He is author of five books and several book chapters. He has presented more than 20 papers at national and international conferences. He is a well-known personality in the pharmacy field and expert in the colon-targeted drug delivery system. He earned his PhD from JNTU Hyderabad, India

Rajesh K. Kesharwani, PhD, MTech, is working as Associate Professor, Department of Computer Application, Nehru Gram Bharati (Deemed to be University), Prayagraj, India. He has more than 11 years of research and nine years of teaching experience at various institutes of India, imparting bioinformatics and biotechnology education. He has received several awards, including the NASI-Swarna Jayanti Puruskar by The National Academy of Sciences of India. He has supervised one PhD and more than 20 undergraduate and graduate students for their research work. Dr. Kesharwani has authored over 49 peer-reviewed articles, 20 book chapters, and 14 edited books with international publishers. He has been a member of many scientific communities as well as a reviewer for many international journals. He has presented many papers at various national and international conferences. Dr. Kesharwani received his PhD from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, and worked at NIT Warangal for two semesters. He has been a recipient of a Ministry of Human Resource Development (India) Fellowship and a Senior Research Fellowship from the Indian Council of Medical Research, India. His research fields of interest are medical informatics, protein structure and function prediction, computer-aided drug designing, structural biology, drug delivery, cancer biology, nanobiotechnology, and biomedical sciences.