This book provides an overview of the state of our understanding regarding the biosynthesis of bioactive compounds from plant and microbial sources. Additionally, examples of how these compounds have been used in food, agriculture, and human health are provided, as well as the biotechnological approach for screening and characterizing bioactive compounds.

In the pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and agrochemicals industries, bioactive molecules are crucial to the production of high-value products. The discovery of bioactive chemicals from diverse sources has supported their use as medications, functional food ingredients, herbicides, and insecticides due to their medicinal advantages, nutritional importance, and protective impacts in healthcare and agriculture. The systematic investigation of biologically active products and the prospective biological activities of these bioactive compounds, comprising their medical uses, standardization, quality control, mode of action, and possible biomolecular interactions, are among the greatest sensational expansions in modern natural medication and healthcare.

This book is a useful resource for graduate and undergraduate biomedical chemistry and agriculture students who are interested in learning more about the possibilities of bioactive natural products. This book is useful to researchers in a variety of scientific domains where natural products are important.

Discusses the role of Biotechnology in Biosynthesis, Characterization, and Applications of Bioactive compounds Describes future trends in production of pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and agrochemical bioactive compounds Outlines technological advances in bioactive compounds extraction and characterization

Autorentext

Dr. Jyoti Devi is an Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Govardhan Agricultural University, Bulandpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Devi completed her doctoral degree in Plant Biology from Patiala University, Punjab, India. Her specialization is genetic improvement of plants, molecular breeding, and bioactive compounds characterization. She has published more than 11 research articles in leading international and journals having high impact factors. She has received many awards and fellowships from different government organizations. She is involved in teaching and research, and her area of research is plant biotechnology. She is an active reviewer for journals Plant Gene, Plant Biotech Reports, 3 Biotech, Industrial Cropsand Products, Gene, Current Science, Biologia, etc.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Exploring Bioactive Compounds: Biosynthesis, Extraction, Characterization, and Diverse Applications -An Overview (Narasimha Golla).- Chapter 2. Bioactive Molecules of Microbial Origin (Gargi Goswami).- Chapter 3. Role of biotechnology in improvement and regulation of biosynthesis of bioactive compounds (Ritu Mahajan).- Chapter 4. Bioactive Compounds for Food, Agricultural and Health Sector: Opportunities and Challenges (Anupama Shrivastav).- Chapter 5. Biotechnological Application of Health Promising Bioactive Compounds (Pradeep Singh Negi).- Chapter 6. Biosynthesis of the Immunomodulatory Bioactive Molecule (Gayathri M).- Chapter 7. Biotechnological Application in the Production of Natural Sweeteners (Gayathri M).- Chapter 8. Role of Biotechnology in the Production of Health Promising Bioactive Molecules (Munish Sharma).- Chapter 9. Role of Bioactive Compounds in Plant Disease Management (José Basilio Heredia).- Chapter 10. Bioactive Compounds: Industrial and Agricultural Applications (Anupama Shrivastav).- Chapter 11. Cancer-Fighting Bioactive agents derived from Microbes (Aditya Kumar).- Chapter 12. Interventional studies of Bioactive compounds and their extracts on Metabolic disorders (Luxita Sharma).- Chapter 13. Microbial Production of bioplastics: Current status and Future Prospects (Anupama Shrivastav).- Chapter 14. Biotechnological exploitation of Cyanobacteria and Microalgae for Bioactive compounds (Indira Mikkili).- Chapter 15. Exploring the therapeutic potential bioactive compounds from plant sources (Narasimha Golla).