Bentham Books announces the release of Novel Extraction Methods for Herbal Products: A Comprehensive Review , an edited reference exploring modern extraction technologies for recovering valuable bioactive compounds from medicinal plants and herbal materials. The book examines how advances in extraction science are improving efficiency, product quality, and sustainability in herbal drug research and natural-product development.
The book provides a comprehensive overview of conventional and emerging extraction techniques, highlighting their role in the recovery, characterization, and optimization of bioactive constituents. It addresses the growing need for standardized, safe, effective, and environmentally sustainable herbal products, with particular attention to extraction efficiency, solvent consumption, processing time, and the preservation of sensitive phytochemicals.
Across ten edited chapters, the volume explores innovative approaches such as ultrasound-assisted extraction, microwave-assisted extraction, supercritical fluid extraction, pressurized liquid extraction, enzyme-assisted extraction, and pulsed electric field-assisted extraction. It also examines green extraction technologies, solvent selection, process optimization, purification of phytoconstituents, analytical characterization, quality control, and the challenges of scaling up laboratory processes for industrial use.
By connecting fundamental principles with recent technological developments, the book offers insights into the relationship between extraction conditions and the yield, stability, quality, and biological activity of herbal extracts. It also highlights the potential of advanced extraction methods in pharmaceutical research, phytopharmaceutical development, nutraceuticals, and natural-product industries.
Readership: Pharmacy and pharmaceutical science students, researchers, academics, and professionals in pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, herbal drug technology, natural-product chemistry, and formulation development. The book will also benefit food scientists, nutraceutical researchers, biotechnology professionals, quality-control specialists, and herbal-product manufacturers.
Dr. Sarita Khatkar, Dr. Priyanka Rathee, and Dr. Anurag Khatkar are the editors of this volume, which brings together current knowledge and emerging approaches in herbal extraction technologies and natural-product research.
Book Link: https://bit.ly/4zHK7SZ
DOI: 10.2174/97988988181351260101