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Phytophenolic Nutrients in Citrus: Biochemical and Molecular Evidence

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Natural products as disease remedies have a history of near 5,000 years (India, China and Greece), and even today, in this advanced technological age, a revival of interest is being witnessed in the use of natural or plant-based therapeutic agents for the treatment of several pathological conditions. Citrus fruits have been utilised as a traditional medicine in India, China, Korea and Japan, and many studies have highlighted the various biological properties of their phytophenolics which are suggested to be responsible for the prevention of degene­rative diseases such as diabetes and cancer. With the background of comprehensive studies conducted on Mauritian citrus fruits, this chapter reviews some of the literature data on the phytophenolic contents, vitamin C composition and antioxidant functions of citrus extracts and emphasises on their potential applications in nutrition management programmes for diabetes and cancer chemoprevention.

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The authors are thankful to the University of Mauritius, University of Réunion (France) and Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Kanpur (India) for their full support. One of the authors (TB) is particularly thankful to Mr Gaurav Gaur, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) and the Government of India for the award of the CV Raman International Senior Fellowship for African Researchers. Part of this work has been carried out in the context of this fellowship.

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  1. ANDI Centre of Excellence for Biomedical and Biomaterials Research, University of Mauritius, Réduit, Republic of Mauritius

    Theeshan Bahorun (National Research Chair)

  2. Department of Agricultural and Food Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius, Réduit, Republic of Mauritius

    Deena Ramful-Baboolall

  3. Department of Health Sciences and ANDI Centre of Excellence for Biomedical and Biomaterials Research, University of Mauritius, Réduit, Republic of Mauritius

    Vidushi Neergheen-Bhujun

  4. School of Biomedical Sciences and School of Pharmacy, American University of Health Sciences, 1600 East Hill Street, Signal Hill, CA, 90755, USA

    Okezie I. Aruoma

  5. Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Ashok Kumar (Vice Chancellor)

  6. Department of Biotechnology and School of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Kanpur and Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Bahorun, T. et al. (2012). Phytophenolic Nutrients in Citrus: Biochemical and Molecular Evidence. In: Srivastava, A. (eds) Advances in Citrus Nutrition. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4171-3_3

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