Böcker av Urvashi Swami

The handbook of dietary phytochemicals explains the significance and types of phytochemicals. This book also outlines the various sources of antioxidants and their role in disease prevention. It highlights the complex chemistry and classifications of dietary phytochemicals, along with the pharmacology of phytochemicals. It explains the concept of antimicrobial and antiviral properties of phytochemicals. This book addresses the role of dietary pohytochemicals in health and nutrition.

Focuses on food safety and contamination practices. The microbial contamination of food products is emphasized in detail. Some of the harmful bacteria that produces food borne toxins are illustrated. Some of the advanced techniques that can be used in the analysis of the food contaminants are explained.

Highlights existing knowledge about various methods of soil-borne disease control, including steam soil disinfection, crop rotation, hydroponic and soil-less culture systems, soil amendments, soil solarization, natural compounds grafting and biological control.

Introduces the fundamentals of environmental neurotoxicology and explains various environmental chemicals and their relationship with human neurotoxicology. The book also covers the various biological markers in neurotoxicology and explains methods of testing for neurotoxicology.

Provides an introduction to geomicrobiology and its physiological aspects. The book covers molecular and non-molecular methodologies used in geomicrobiology, and explores the geomicrobiology of fossil fuels and the molecular and non-molecular methodologies involved in geomicrobiology.