This book explores the potential role of prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics in managing various metabolic disorders, chronic diseases, and metabolic syndromes.
A bioactive compound is a type of chemical found in small amounts in plants and certain foods (such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, oils, and whole grains).
Once feared as a deadly intracellular bacterium with the extraordinary capacity to survive a wide array of arduous external stressors, Listeria monocytogenes is increasingly recognized as a preferred vector for delivering anti-infective and anti-cancer vaccine molecules.
Microbiology of Fruits and Vegetables presents a holistic view of the problem of produce contamination that examines both pre-harvest and post-harvest sources and practices.
Starch is one of the major polysaccharides employed as biopolymers by the food industry, and its wide range of applications has resulted in intense research of starch structure and technology.
An A-to-Z look at the world of small fruits While there are many books on small fruit culture, their focus is often very specific or confined to just a few species.
Frying of Food is the first reference to examine frying of food from the point of view of changes occurring to biologically-active constituents and the effects of such changes on the stability, performance and nutritive value of frying oil.
While one may not find ancient studies that substantiate the pomegranate's curative and preventive qualities, the exalted status of this fruit goes back as far as the history of agriculture itself.
With tentacles that reach into several biological and medical sciences, including epidemiology, infectious diseases, community medicine, and public health, food science has become a truly interdisciplinary discipline.
Mobilizing Food Vending investigates the gourmet food truck movement in the United States and provides a clearer understanding of the social and economic factors that shape vendor autonomy and industry growth.
This book analyses the current debates within food system governance, covering different aspects of food systems (from production to consumption) as well as different fields of law (from human rights law to environmental law).
Responding to an estimated 14 million cases of food-borne disease that occur every year in the United States alone, the Food and Drug Administration and US Department of Agriculture have begun implementing new regulations and guidance for the microbial testing of foods.
Modern farming practices involve more stakeholders in the supply chain, presenting issues of storage, transportation, and distribution prior to reaching the consumer.
Essential Microbiology and Hygiene for Food Professionals is an accessible and practical introduction, providing the basic science relating to microorganisms in food.
This unique book covers diverse aspects of sexual dysfunctions and the role of nutraceutical therapeutics, applying both traditional knoweldge and modern evidence-based research.
Food-Borne Delivery Systems of Functional Substances for Precision Nutrition, Volume 112 highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a range of topics, including Biological activity, limitations, and steady-state delivery of functional substances for precision nutrition, Nanoparticles delivery systems of functional substances for precision nutrition, Micelles delivery systems of functional substances for precision nutrition, Microgel delivery systems of functional substances for precision nutrition, Emulsions delivery systems of functional substances for precision nutrition, and Microencapsule delivery systems of functional substances for precision nutrition, and much more.
The most talked about metalloid in the modern world, arsenic affects the liver, kidney, and lungs; leads to cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and diabetes; and may cause blindness with long-time exposure.
Food-Borne Delivery Systems of Functional Substances for Precision Nutrition, Volume 112 highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a range of topics, including Biological activity, limitations, and steady-state delivery of functional substances for precision nutrition, Nanoparticles delivery systems of functional substances for precision nutrition, Micelles delivery systems of functional substances for precision nutrition, Microgel delivery systems of functional substances for precision nutrition, Emulsions delivery systems of functional substances for precision nutrition, and Microencapsule delivery systems of functional substances for precision nutrition, and much more.
The genus Cordyceps and allied species, such as entomopathogenic fungi, mainly parasitize insects and other arthropods and have been known since ancient times.
Provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges facing agri-food supply chains, including the need to be more sustainable in light of the high environmental costs of global distribution Addresses the external factors that can impact the logistics and performance of supply chains, including political developments, international conflicts and pandemics such as COVID-19 Reviews the main agri-food supply chains used in different regions around the world, focussing on those implanted in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East
Human Nutrition: From Molecular Biology to Everyday Life presents an integrated approach on how nutrients and non-nutrients affect cellular biochemistry, and how, in turn, they shape human physiology.
Human Nutrition: From Molecular Biology to Everyday Life presents an integrated approach on how nutrients and non-nutrients affect cellular biochemistry, and how, in turn, they shape human physiology.
Written out of extensive research on vegetable grafting, this book contains current scientific and applied practical knowledge about its various aspects.
This volume provides food researchers with advanced destructive and non-destructive techniques for measuring the chemical composition, functional bioactivities physicochemical changes, and explaining the functional mechanisms for facilitating the tracking of the functional molecules during the different industrial processes.
This book presents a unique collection of up-to-date UPLC-MS/MS (ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric) methods for the separation and quantitative determination of pesticides, capsaicinoids, heterocyclic amines, aflatoxin, perfluorochemicals, acrylamide, procyanidins and alkaloids, lactose content, phenolic compounds, vitamins, and aroma and flavor compounds in a wide variety of foods and food products.
Casein: Structural Properties, Uses, Health Benefits and Nutraceutical Applications investigates casein properties, uses, and applications in food and non-food products, in addition to exploring its health benefits and uses in manufacturing, such as in cheese products, along with an in-depth discussion on the future scope, challenges, and market trends of this protein.
Casein: Structural Properties, Uses, Health Benefits and Nutraceutical Applications investigates casein properties, uses, and applications in food and non-food products, in addition to exploring its health benefits and uses in manufacturing, such as in cheese products, along with an in-depth discussion on the future scope, challenges, and market trends of this protein.
