Intro -- Title page -- Table of Contents -- Copyright -- Contributors -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Role of food or food component in brain health -- Introduction -- Energy status and brain health -- Neuroactive in foods -- Omega-3 and phytochemicals: potential future therapeutic candidates -- Cognition beyond foods: just diet or lifestyle pattern? -- Food "liking" versus food "wanting" -- Diet, aging, and neurodegenerative diseases -- Diet, cognition, and epigenetics -- Microbiota-targeted functional foods for brain health -- Thinking outside the brain -- Conclusion

Chapter 3. Bacopa monnieri for cognitive health-a review of molecular mechanisms of action -- Cognition -- Approved drugs as cognition enhancers -- Nutraceuticals for cognitive performance -- Bacopa monnieri for cognitive performance -- Neuronal molecular mechanisms of cognitive benefits of BM in relation to signal transduction -- Summary -- Chapter 4. Indian medicinal plants as drug leads in neurodegenerative disorders -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Etiopathology of neurodegenerative disorders -- Ayurvedic herbs: traditional usages in brain disorders

Role of Indian ayurvedic herbs in neurodegenerative brain disorders -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Role of nutraceuticals in the management of severe traumatic brain injury -- Introduction -- Traumatic brain injury -- Nutritional management in TBI -- Herbs and traditional medicines -- Conclusions -- Chapter 6. Understanding the relationship between oxidative stress and cognition in the elderly: targets for nutraceutical interventions -- The aging population -- What is cognitive aging? -- What are the biological factors influencing cognitive aging? -- Oxidative stress

Oxidative stress and cognition -- Potential nutraceutical targets for improving cognition via reducing oxidative stress -- Coenzyme Q10 -- Pycnogenol -- Vitamins E and C -- Carotenoids -- Polyphenols -- Conclusions -- Chapter 7. Brain and mental health in Ayurveda -- Ayurvedic principles of brain health -- Brain diseases in Ayurveda -- Manas roga -- Ayurvedic drugs used in management of brain disorders -- Ayurvedic herbs in brain health- medhya rasayan herbs -- Chapter 8. 10 Persian herbal medicines used for brain health -- Introduction -- Herbal medicines for brain health

Polyherbal formulations and synergistic effects -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9. Beneficial effects of nutraceuticals in healthy brain aging -- Introduction -- Brain aging and associated neurodegenerative diseases -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10. Investigating the acute effect of pomegranate extract on indicators of cognitive function in human volunteers: a double-blind placebo-controlled crossover trial -- Introduction -- Potential mechanisms -- Conclusions -- Chapter 11. Glucosinolates: paradoxically beneficial in fighting both brain cell death and cancer -- Introduction -- Background and significance