Nutraceuticals & Functional Foods

In the past thirty years, substantial progress has been made in chitosan technology. Chitosan is no longer just a waste by-product from the seafood processing industry, but is now being used by industry to solve problems, improve existing products, and create new ones. Applications of Chitin and Chi..

Asian Functional Foods analyzes the biochemistry, nutrition, physiology, and food technology for a wide range of Asian foods. Fundamental introduction begins with the source, history, functionality, chemical, physical, and physiological properties of foods, followed by their health benefits, mechani..

Valued for its unique flavors, textures, and colors, berry fruit is a rapidly-growing crop that provides significant health benefits due to its many bioactive components. Berry Fruit: Value-Added Products for Health Promotion provides an understanding of the functional chemicals, shelf-life and micr..

Many naturally occurring compounds from foods inhibit pathophysiological mechanism or suppress activities of pathogenic molecules. Proteins and peptides play significant roles in such activities and are gaining importance as nutraceuticals that benefit numerous aspects of health and nutrition. This ..

By-products of food processing operations may still contain valuable substances such as dietetic fiber, organic acids, pigments, and flavors. Drying these by-products and converting them into powder offers a way to preserve them as useful and valuable products. Food By-Product Based Powders as Funct..

Presenting a collection of up-to-date global findings on the health benefits of green tea polyphenols, this book confirms their position as healthy functional ingredients. With chapters contributed by experts in the field and the inclusion of extensive references, it provides an authoritative volume..

Presenting a collection of up-to-date global findings on the health benefits of green tea polyphenols, this book confirms their position as healthy functional ingredients. With chapters contributed by experts in the field and the inclusion of extensive references, it provides an authoritative volume..

Handbook of Dietary Fiber..

Natural foods, like fruits and vegetables, represent the simplest form of functional foods and provide excellent sources of functional compounds. Maximizing opportunities to make use of and incorporate these compounds requires special processing. Fortunately, technologies available to produce food w..

Now considered an organ with defensive and metabolic capabilities, the intestinal microbiota plays a major role in the local host immune system development and education. It contributes to the generation of a homeostatic balance characterized by the capacity to react against pathogens while remainin..

This book provide information related to Korean functional food. It first describes the history and culture of Korean foods, and then compares Korean diet tables with other Asian countries and Western countries...

Through scientific, evidence-based research, this book provides comprehensive information on micronutrients and their ability to promote healthy aging and mitigate the effect and reduce the risk of disease. It examines micronutrients in oxidative stress, inflammation, and immune function and provide..