Nutraceuticals in Insomnia and Sleep Problems

Sleep is one of the most important and crucial physiological needs for maintaining a healthy life. However, in today’s day and age, along with the plethora of noncommunicable lifestyle diseases such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, etc., insomnia and other sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea, are also increasing rapidly. This new book, Nutraceuticals in Insomnia and Sleep Problems, details the nutraceuticals from foods that help to promote good health and optimum sleep.

Divided into three sections, the book looks at nutraceutical diets for good sleep, the nutraceutical components related to sleep and insomnia, and new technologies and future directions in the use of nutraceuticals for insomnia and sleep.

The authors discuss the importance of sleep, the role of diet in sleep, the role of specific vitamins and minerals, amino acids and opioids as nutraceuticals for sleep, newer technologies for use and delivery of nutraceuticals for treating insomnia, and more. The book not only explores nutraceuticals that promote optimum sleep but also details foods that cause insomnia, such as processed, chemical-rich, and refined foods. Chapters also cover commensal and symbiotic microbes, microbial metabolites, and bacteriocins and their impact on sleep. A chapter on the ethical issues related to addiction to nutraceuticals for sleep induction is also included.

Nutraceuticals in Insomnia and Sleep Problems will be highly beneficial to researchers, faculty, and students in the fields of nutrition, medical, microbiology, pharmacy, plant science, food science, and of course, those studying sleep disorders.

Raj K. Keservani, PhD, MPharm, is working as Associate Professor in the Faculty of B. Pharmacy at the CSM Group of Institutions, Prayagraj, India. He has more than 12 years of academic (teaching) experience from various institutes of India in pharmaceutical education. He has supervised more than 25 undergraduate students for their research work. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers in the field of pharmaceutical sciences in national and international journals, six patents, over 70 book chapters, three co-authored books, and over 40 edited books. He is also active as a reviewer for several international scientific journals. His research interests include nutraceutical and functional foods, novel drug delivery systems (NDDS), transdermal drug delivery/drug delivery, health science, cancer biology, and neurobiology. Dr. Keservani graduated with a pharmacy degree from the Department of Pharmacy, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India. He received his Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) (specialization in pharmaceutics) from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, India. He earned his PhD degree from IKG Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. Dr. Keservani is a life member of the Society of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER).

Sayan Bhattacharyya, MBBS, MD, is now working as Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata, India. Before this he had worked for more than four years in the Department of Microbiology at AIIMS Patna as Assistant Professor. He has more than 13 years of experience in teaching, patient care, laboratory work, and biomedical research in the field of medical microbiology and has over 75 publications in various peer-reviewed international medical journals. He has guided many students in their dissertation work. Dr. Bhattacharyya won the second-best oral paper at STMIDI TROPICON 2018, Kolkata, India. He has also won the best English essay award at Rabies and One Health, organized by Pashudhan Praharee in 2021. He is engaged in whole genome sequencing from clinical bacterial isolates (project work) with the Central Research Laboratory, KIMS, Bengaluru, India. His fields of interest are medical mycology, nosocomial infections, antimicrobial stewardship, and public health. He pursued his MD in Microbiology at Chandigarh! Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh and MBBS from Medical College Calcutta, India.

Rajesh K. Kesharwani, PhD, MTech, is Associate Professor, Department of Computer Application, Nehru Gram Bharati (Deemed to be University), Prayagraj, India. He has more than 11 years of research and nine years of teaching experience at various institutes of India, imparting bioinformatics and biotechnology education. He has received several awards, including the NASI-Swarna Jayanti Puruskar by the National Academy of Sciences of India. He has supervised one PhD and more than 20 undergraduate and graduate students for their research work. Dr. Kesharwani has authored over 49 peer-reviewed articles, 49 book chapters, and 35 edited books with international publishers. He has been a member of many scientific communities as well as a reviewer for many international journals. He has presented many papers at various national and international conferences. Dr. Kesharwani received his PhD from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, and worked at NIT Warangal for two semesters. He has been a recipient of a Ministry of Human Resource Development (India) Fellowship and a Senior Research Fellowship from the Indian Council of Medical Research, India. His research fields of interest are medical informatics, protein structure and function prediction, computer-aided drug designing, structural biology, drug delivery, cancer biology, nanobiotechnology, and biomedical sciences.