Functional Foods: Biochemical and Processing Aspects

✍ Scribed by Shi, John

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 437
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Foreword; Series Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Contents; 1 Tocopherols and Tocotrienols from Oil and Cereal Grains; 2 Isoflavones from Soybeans and Soy Foods; 3 Flavonoids from Berries and Grapes; 4 Lycopene from Tomatoes; 5 Limonene from Citrus; 6 Phenolic Diterpenes from Rosemary and Sage; 7 Organosulfur Compounds from Garlic; 8 Phytochemicals from Echinacea; 9 Pectin from Fruits; 10 Human Health Effects of Docosahexaenoic Acid; 11 Solid-Liquid ExtractionTechnologies for Manufacturing Nutraceuticals; 12 Safety of Botanical Dietary Supplements; Index.;A nutraceutical is a product isolated or purified from a biological material that is generally sold in medicinal form. Functional foods are those that have a demonstrated physiological benefit beyond their basic nutritional function. In this volume, 12 contributions from international researchers discuss the biochemical and processing aspects assoc.

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword......Page 9
Series Preface......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
Acknowledgments......Page 15
Contributors......Page 17
Contents......Page 21
1 Tocopherols and Tocotrienols from Oil and Cereal Grains......Page 23
2 Isoflavones from Soybeans and Soy Foods......Page 61
3 Flavonoids from Berries and Grapes......Page 93
4 Lycopene from Tomatoes......Page 157
5 Limonene from Citrus......Page 191
6 Phenolic Diterpenes from Rosemary and Sage......Page 211
7 Organosulfur Compounds from Garlic......Page 235
8 Phytochemicals from Echinacea......Page 261
9 Pectin from Fruits......Page 285
10 Human Health Effects of Docosahexaenoic Acid......Page 333
11 Solid-Liquid ExtractionTechnologies for Manufacturing Nutraceuticals......Page 353
12 Safety of Botanical Dietary Supplements......Page 389
Index......Page 417