**Meet the editors**

Dr. Emad A. Shalaby is an Associate Professor (specialty: Biochemistry) at the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University. He received a shortterm scholarship from JICA, Japan, and Egyptian Government to carry out his postdoctoral studies abroad. Dr. Shalaby has published 75 international research papers and attended 15 international conferences. He is a mem-

ber of seven international specialized scientific societies besides the local one. He has published 15 international books and chapters. He received six prizes. He is a reviewer of more than 100 international journals. He is an editorial board member of more than 23 international journals.

Dr. Ghada M. Azzam is an Assistant Professor (specialty: Egyptology) at the Egyptology Department, Faculty of Archeology, Cairo University. She obtained her master's degree in 2007 and PhD degree in 2013 from the Cairo University. She is a reviewer of more than 10 international journals.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Antioxidant Compounds and Biological Activities 1**

Chapter 2 **Biological Activities of Plants from Genus Annona 29**

**Extract and Its Bioactive Components 49**

Chapter 4 **Natural Beverages and Sensory Quality Based on Phenolic**

Romeo Rojas-Molina and Ernesto Javier Sánchez-Alejo

Chapter 5 **Plant Extracts as Antioxidant Additives for Food Industry 87**

Chapter 6 **Traditional Foods as Putative Sources of Antioxidants with**

**Section 2 Natural Antioxidants and Applications 67**

**Health Benefits in Konzo 117**

Kabamba Ngombe

Haseeb Anwar, Ghulam Hussain and Imtiaz Mustafa

Chapter 3 **Biological Activities of the Doum Palm (Hyphaene thebaica L.)**

Norma Francenia Santos-Sánchez, Raúl Salas-Coronado, Beatriz Hernández-Carlos, Aleyda Pérez-Herrera and Dora Jhanina

Hossam S. El-Beltagi, Heba I. Mohamed, Hany N. Yousef and Eman

Saúl Saucedo-Pompa, Guillermo Cristian Guadalupe Martínez-Ávila,

Ludy C. Pabón-Baquero, Ángela María Otálvaro-Álvarez, Margarita Rosa Rendón Fernández and María Patricia Chaparro-González

Paulin Mutwale Kapepula, Désiré Tshala-Katumbay, Dieudonné Mumba, Michel Frédérich, Théophile Mbemba and Nadege

Chapter 1 **Antioxidants from Natural Sources 3**

Rodríguez-Fernández

M. Fawzi

**Contents 69**
