BIBFRAME Work

Title

Medicinal fruits of the Middle East

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Selvamuthukumaran, M. (editor)

Subject

• Fruit--Therapeutic use--Middle East (LCSH)
• Materia medica, Vegetable--Middle East (LCSH)
• Medicinal plants--Middle East (LCSH)

Language

• eng

Classification

• LCC: QK99.M628 M44 2025 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: uba)
• DDC: 581.6/340956 (Assigner: dlc)
• NAL: QK99.M628 M43 2025 (Assigner: dnal) (Status: uba)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• index
• bibliography

Summary

"Medicinal plants, including fruits, contain bioactive components which present health benefits for humans. There are several medicinal fruits including jack fruit, pomegranate, date palm, papaya, and lemons grown commercially in countries throughout the Middle East. Medicinal Fruits of the Middle East explores this subject by featuring information on bioactive properties, extraction techniques, natural colorants, nutraceutical preparations, and traditional food preparations of these unique, medicinal fruits. A volume in the Nutraceuticals: Basic Research/Clinical Applications series, Medicinal Fruits of the Middle East presents a wealth of knowledge from chapter authors versed with the local traditions and expert knowledge of these fruits. It is a key text for food scientists, engineers and nutritionists, as well as researchers, academicians, and those who work in the functional foods and nutraceuticals industry"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

1. Exploration of medicinal fruits of Saudi Arabia -- 2. Processing of functional foods from medicinal fruits of UAE -- 3. Extraction of natural colorants from medicinal fruits of Iran -- 4. Extraction of antioxidants from medicinal fruits of Iraq -- 5. Therapeutic potential of medicinal fruits of Lebanon -- 6. Value addition of medicinal fruits of Muscat -- 7. Development of nutraceuticals from medicinal fruits of Bahrain -- 8. Bioactive properties of processed products of medicinal fruits from Kuwait -- 9. Bioavailability of therapeutic constituents of medicinal fruits of Jordan -- 10. Traditional/Ethnic food preparations from medicinal fruits of Egypt

Authorized Access Point

Medicinal fruits of the Middle East

Geographic Coverage

• Middle East

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-30T17:45:46.219986+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 24045044

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-30
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc