Bioactive Compounds in Fruits: Biomedical Applications and Functional Foods
暫譯: 水果中的生物活性化合物：生醫應用與功能性食品

本書探討了水果衍生的生物活性化合物的豐富世界及其在健康和醫學中的新興角色。從抗氧化劑到抗炎劑，本書強調這些天然化合物如何支持疾病預防並促進健康。

Dr. Shandesh Bhattarai is a Senior Scientific Officer at Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal. He holds a PhD in Botany (Ethnopharmacology) from the Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. His major fields of research interest are applied ethnobotany/ethnopharmacology, plant systematics, biological invasion, and conservation biology of useful plants. He has research and training experience in over 10 research projects funded by national and international organizations (Flora of Nepal, Nepal, UK, Japan; NUFU, Norway; VW Foundation, Germany; Darwin Initiative, UK; DFID, UK; IUCN Bangkok; EvK2CNR Italy; CESVI Italy; UGC Nepal, etc.). Dr. Bhattarai has nearly 55 research and review papers published in national and international journals. Additionally, he has edited and authored seven books, one conference proceeding, and one report.

Dr. Edivan Carvalho Vieira is Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Piaui (UFPI), Teresina, Brazil. He holds a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from UFSCar and completed postdoctoral research at the Universidade de São Paulo. His expertise includes inductively coupled plasma spectrometry and multielemental analysis of agricultural samples. He has worked at Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste, focusing on analytical methods for phosphorus determination. Dr. Vieira has published extensively in leading journals, with notable citations in Web of Science and Scopus, contributing to food science, environmental analysis, and material chemistry through innovative analytical techniques. He was the coordinator of the postgraduate program in Chemistry at UFPI.

Dr. Mahendra Rai is presently a Senior visiting Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Piaui (UFPI), Teresina, Brazil. Formerly, he was a Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology at SGB Amravati University in Maharashtra, India. He has also held positions as a visiting scientist at several prestigious institutions, including the University of Geneva, Debrecen University in Hungary, the University of Campinas in Brazil, VSB Technical University of Ostrava in the Czech Republic, the National University of Rosario, in Argentina, and the University of São Paulo. Dr. Rai has an impressive publication record, with over 450 research papers published in national and international journals with 95 h-index. In addition, he has edited/authored more than 70 books and holds 6 patents. Notably, he has been recently featured in Stanford's list of the top 2% of scientists in nanoscience and nanotechnology, and ranks 7th nationally in Biology and Biochemistry, according to Research.com.

Dr. Shandesh Bhattarai 是尼泊爾科學與技術學院（Nepal Academy of Science and Technology）高級科學官，位於尼泊爾拉利特普爾的庫馬塔爾。他擁有尼泊爾特里布胡萬大學中央植物學系的植物學（民族藥理學）博士學位。他的主要研究興趣領域包括應用民族植物學/民族藥理學、植物系統學、生物入侵以及有用植物的保育生物學。他在超過10個由國內外組織資助的研究項目中擁有研究和培訓經驗（尼泊爾植物誌、尼泊爾、英國、日本；NUFU，挪威；VW基金會，德國；達爾文倡議，英國；DFID，英國；IUCN曼谷；EvK2CNR意大利；CESVI意大利；UGC尼泊爾等）。Bhattarai博士在國內外期刊上發表了近55篇研究和評論論文。此外，他編輯和撰寫了七本書籍、一份會議論文集和一份報告。

Dr. Edivan Carvalho Vieira 是巴西皮奧伊聯邦大學（Federal University of Piaui, UFPI）化學系的教授。他擁有UFSCar的分析化學博士學位，並在聖保羅大學完成了博士後研究。他的專業領域包括感應耦合等離子體光譜法和農業樣本的多元素分析。他曾在Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste工作，專注於磷的分析方法。Vieira博士在領先的期刊上發表了大量文章，並在Web of Science和Scopus上獲得了顯著的引用，通過創新的分析技術對食品科學、環境分析和材料化學做出了貢獻。他曾擔任UFPI化學研究所的研究生課程協調員。

Dr. Mahendra Rai 目前是巴西皮奧伊聯邦大學（UFPI）化學系的高級訪問教授。此前，他曾擔任印度馬哈拉施特拉邦SGB Amravati大學生物技術系的教授及系主任。他還曾在多個著名機構擔任訪問科學家，包括日內瓦大學、匈牙利德布勒森大學、巴西坎皮納斯大學、捷克共和國奧斯特拉瓦的VSB技術大學、阿根廷羅薩里奧國立大學以及聖保羅大學。Rai博士擁有令人印象深刻的出版記錄，在國內外期刊上發表了超過450篇研究論文，h-index達到95。此外，他編輯/撰寫了70多本書籍並擁有6項專利。值得注意的是，他最近被斯坦福大學列入納米科學和納米技術前2%的科學家名單，並根據Research.com在生物學和生物化學領域的全國排名中位居第七。