Genus Citrus: Citrus is the most consumed fruit in the world due to its nourishing, nutritional, health and other related benefits.

Genus Citrus: Citrus is the most consumed fruit in the world due to its nourishing, nutritional, health and other related benefits.

BOOK DESCRIPTION Genus Citrus is one of the most common and popular fruit commodities in the world, it is an enduring crop that has been cultivated for centuries as a food source due to its nourishing fruit as well as nutritional, health, and other related benefits. This book offers a comprehensive coverage of the Citrus general and morphological description, origin and different species concept, economic products derived from Citrus, medicinal values, bioactive compounds and bioactivity evaluations. The citrus by-products generated from citrus processing include peel, pulp, and seeds. These materials still contain large amounts of fibre, polyphenols, protein, and essential oils. Recently, Citrus waste products are predominantly utilized as animal fodder. Transforming Citrus by-products to other value-added products is turning out to be more alluring with the advancement of novel extraction and transformation innovations. Moreover, Citrus contains a wide combination of bioactive natural products such as alkaloids, flavonoids, carotenoids, simple phenolics and limonoids. Many of these secondary metabolites have identified numerous bioactivity such as antioxidant, anti-bacterial, anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory activities as well as cardiovascular defensive, and neuroprotective advantages. This book gives an extensive view from Citrus description to its bioactivity. It is of great significant for every one of those engaged with research work, nutritionist and those engaged with indigenous medicine.