Nutraceuticals and Bone Health

Here is an informative volume on the importance of nutraceuticals and herbal remedies for bone health. It explains the probable mechanisms of nutraceuticals for the prevention, treatment, and management of bone-related diseases as well as their curable effects on bone injuries. The volume covers the progression and development of bones, which is a multifaceted process that requires an endless and ample supply of nutrients, such as calcium, phosphorus, potassium, protein, vitamin D, magnesium, and fluoride. The book delves into the beneficial effects of nutraceuticals on overall bone health and for the treatment of bone disorders such as osteoporosis, bone fractures, scoliosis and related complications, rheumatoid arthritis, Paget’s disease, bursitis, gout, and carpal tunnel syndrome. It also addresses the use of nutraceuticals for inflammatory deformities and rickets.

Deepak Sharma, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Medical Sciences, Adamas University, Kolkata, India. With a background of classical and instrumental methods of analysis, Dr. Sharma is an expert in the area of analytical method development and validation and stability testing of drug substance and drug products. He has contributed more than 27 research articles in various peer-reviewed and Scopus-indexed journals. He has written one book and one book chapter to date. He is serving various reputed journals as a reviewer. He is also associated as an examiner with various government and private universities. His research interests include analytical methods development, drug therapeutics, pharmacokinetics, and dissolution.

Madan Mohan Gupta, PhD, is Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in the School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. He has more than 18 years of experiences in teaching, research, and administration. He has published more than 68 research and review papers. He has written five books and one book chapter. Dr. Gupta has received six national and international awards for excellence in teaching and research. His research interests include conventional and novel drug delivery systems, nutraceuticals, solubility enhancement, taste-masking of bitter drugs, and meta-analysis of different types of cancers.

Anil K. Sharma, PhD, MPharm, is an expert in the area of pharmaceutics with a background in drug delivery. He has taught these subjects for nearly 13 years at universities such as the Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, University of Delhi, and School of Medical and Allied Sciences, G D Goenka University, India. Dr. Sharma served in academic positions such as Lecturer (Pharmaceutics), Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, University of Delhi, India. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed papers in the field of pharmaceutical sciences in both national and international journals as well many book chapters and several edited books. He holds a PhD (Pharmaceutical Sciences) from the University of Delhi; MPharmacy (Pharmaceutics) from the Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya; and BPharmacy from the University of Rajasthan.

Raj K. Keservani, MPharm, is an Associate Professor, Faculty of B. Pharmacy, CSM Group of Institutions, Allahabad, India. He has more than 15 years of academic (teaching) experience from various institutes of India in pharmaceutical education. He has published many peer-reviewed papers in the field of pharmaceutical sciences in national and international journals, over 40 book chapters, several co-authored books, and nearly 20 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.

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.