**Meet the editors**

Dr. Toshiki Asao is a specialist in hydroponic crop production and a professor at the Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, Japan. Dr. Asao is a native of Kyoto, Japan, and received his PhD majoring in Agriculture from Kyoto University. His main research focus is the development of hydroponic techniques for

vegetables and ornamentals in greenhouses and also the development of specialty vegetables through hydroponics under controlled environmental agriculture providing human health benefits beyond basic nutrition. His other research interest is the study of autotoxicity in vegetables and ornamentals in hydroponics and developing possible control measures. He has published a number of original research articles, book chapters, and edited books.

Dr. Asaduzzaman is a native of Bangladesh and received his PhD majoring in Bioproduction Science from Tottori University, Japan. He is currently working at the Horticulture Research Center at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Bangladesh. His main research focuses are the development of hydroponic techniques for fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals in greenhouses,

and the production of specialty crops under controlled environmental agriculture. His other research interest includes the study of autotoxicity, a phenomenon of intraspecific allelopathy in vegetables and ornamentals through hydroponics, and developing suitable control measures to overcome it. He has published a number of original research articles, book chapters, and edited books. He was awarded a Gold Medal from Bangladesh Agricultural University in 2011 and the World Academy of Science 2016 Prize for Young Scientists from Bangladesh.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Prevention 1**

**in Plants 7**

**Importance 25**

Godwill Azeh Engwa

Rugina and Carmen Socaciu

Chapter 6 **Role of Flavonoids as Wound Healing Agent 95**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Phytochemicals and Disease**

Chapter 2 **Phytochemicals—God's Endowment of Curative Power**

Nadia Mendoza and Eleazar M. Escamilla Silva

Chapter 4 **Free Radicals and the Role of Plant Phytochemicals as**

Chapter 5 **Anthocyanins-Smart Molecules for Cancer Prevention 75**

Chapter 3 **Introduction to Phytochemicals: Secondary Metabolites from Plants with Active Principles for Pharmacological**

**Antioxidants Against Oxidative Stress-Related Diseases 49**

Zorița M. Diaconeasa, Alexandra D. Frond, Ioana Ştirbu, Dumitrița

Vasil Pirgozliev, Stephen C. Mansbridge, Paul Rose and David Bravo

Muhammad Shahzad Aslam, Muhammad Syarhabil Ahmad, Humayun Riaz, Syed Atif Raza, Shahzad Hussain, Omer Salman Qureshi, Povydysh Maria, Zainab Hamzah and Osama Javed

Chapter 7 **Plant Extracts, Energy, and Immune Modulation in Broilers 103**

Md Asaduzzaman and Toshiki Asao

Olayinka Temitayo Ogunmefun
