1. Antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of phytochemicals: Current status and future perspective 2. Functional food ingredients from old age cereal grains 3. Aquatic plants as a natural source of antimicrobial and functional ingredients 4. Antimicrobial properties of selected plants used in Chinese traditional medicine 5. Natural Products from Plants: Recent Developments in Phytochemicals, Phytopharmaceuticals and Plant Based Nutraceuticals as Anticancer Agents 6. Food borne microbial toxins and their inhibition by plant-based chemicals 7. Recent advances in extraction technologies of phytochemicals applied for the revaluation of agri-food by-products 8. Application of nanotechnology to boost the functional and preservative property of essential oils 9. Biotechnology: a tool for synthesis of novel bioactive compounds 10. Prospects of Omics technologies and bioinformatics approaches in food science 11. Phytochemicals: extraction process, safety assessment, toxicological evaluations and regulatory issues 12. Phytochemicals: Intellectual Property Rights 13. Innovations and Future Trends in Product Development and Packaging Technologies

Provides collective information on recent advancements that increase the potential use of phytochemicals Fosters an understanding of plant-based dietary bioactive ingredients and their physiological effects on human health at the molecular level Thoroughly explores biotechnology, omics, and bioinformatics approaches to address the availability, cost, and mode of action of plant-based functional and preservative ingredients