Bioactive Compounds in the Storage Organs of Plants, 2024 Reference Series in Phytochemistry Series

This book offers a comprehensive and authoritative review of bioactive substances found in plant underground stems, roots, rhizomes, corms, and tubers from all around the world. Tubers and starchy roots are plants that store edible starch content in underground stems, roots, rhizomes, corms, and tubers. They are a key source for both human and animal consumption and are rich in carbohydrates. They are widely used as industrial crops as well. Phytochemicals found in tubers and roots, such as phenolics, terpenoids, and alkaloids, have anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, hypoglycemic, hypocholesterolemic, and antibacterial properties. Except for common potatoes, sweet potatoes, and cassava, the nutritional and health benefits of many tuberous crops have not yet been adequately investigated. This book sheds new insights into these topics by addressing several plant metabolites found in storage organs, which can be seen as scientifically neglected even though they have a high economic relevance as food and pharmaceutical sources.

Divided into 6 parts, this book discusses how bioactive chemicals found in plant storage organs are synthesized and how their bioactive principles are specifically expressed in underground stems, roots, rhizomes, corms, and tubers. Additionally, each chapter includes background information on the plant, its parts, its nutritional makeup, chemical components, and biological functions. Given its breadth, the book appeals to a wide readership, from scholars through graduate and post-graduate students to professionals in the industry.

.- Part I: Importance of Corm, Bulb, Rhizome, and Tuber-bearing Plants.
.- Part II: Bioactive Compounds in Corm-bearing Plants.
.- Part III: Bioactive  Compounds in Bulb-bearing Plants.
.- Part IV: Bioactive Compounds in Rhizome-bearing Plants.
.- Part V: Bioactive Compounds in Stem-tuber  Bearing Plants.
.- Part VI: Bioactive Compounds in Root-tuber Bearing Plants.

Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy has obtained his Ph.D. degree from Karnatak University, Dharwad, India, where he was Professor of the Post-Graduate Department of Botany. He has a tremendous passion for research and academics. Since 1986, Prof. Murthy has been serving in various positions in the Post-Graduate Department of Botany at Karnatak University. Apart from teaching experience in the area of plant biotechnology, Prof. Murthy has post-doctoral and collaborative research experience in many foreign research institutes. He worked at Biotechnology Division, Tata Energy Research Institute, New Delhi, India (1992); Crop Science Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada (1993); Research Centre for the Development of Horticultural Technology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea (2000–2001; 2002, 2004, 2006–2007, 2013–2014; 2022–2024); and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK (2005–2006) as a post-doctoral fellow/visiting scientist. Prof. Murthy is the recipient of various prestigious fellowships including Biotechnology National Associate and Biotechnology Overseas Associate (awarded by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India), Brian Pool Fellowship (awarded by Korean Society of Science and Technology, South Korea), visiting fellowship (awarded by Korean Science and Engineering Foundation, South Korea), and Commonwealth Post-doctoral Fellowship (awarded by Korean Association of Commonwealth Universities, UK). He has completed more than 15 research projects funded by various agencies and supervised 22 Ph.D. students. Prof. Murthy has published 285 research articles in international peerreviewed journals with high impact factors. His research has been cited more than 6100 times by fellow researchers and has H-index (Hirsch Index) of 41 as recorded by Scopus.
Prof. Murthy has developed biotechnological methods for the production of pharmaceutica