New Developments in Food Policy, Control & Research

This new book presents and discusses current research in the study of polymer research. Topics discussed include a raman study of the pressure and ...

This book presents new research in the growing field of food engineering which refers to the engineering aspects of food production and processing....

This book examines in detail food policy, control and research.

In the development of food engineering, one of the many challenges is to employ modern tools and knowledge to develop new products and processes. S...

Marine and freshwater biotoxins are a well-known problem in food safety, mainly for filter-feeding molluscs and for freshwater aquaculture. This is...

Marine and freshwater biotoxins are a well-known problem in food safety, mainly for filter-feeding mollusks and for freshwater aquaculture. This is...

This book presents current research in the study of niobium including the role of niobium species in heterogeneous catalysis; the geochemistry of N...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the chemical properties, applications and environmental effects of niobium. Topi...

This book compares the process of denitrification/anaerobic digestion/nitrification for the simultaneous removal of nitrogen and carbon from organi...

The intense application of chemicals in different crops has created many complications among which the development of resistance to pesticides in i...

Non-ionic surfactants are chemically potent molecular species that are becoming increasingly important as an excipient component used in the formul...

Bioactive phytochemicals contribute immensely to the operations and functions that occur within human beings. Scientists have coined the term nutra...

Most foods are considered functional in terms of providing nutrients and/or energy to sustain basic life, but nutraceuticals and functional foods a...

Vegetables and fruits with diverse natural colours contain abundant functional phytochemicals such as carotenoids, anthocyanins and betalains. Addi...

Most food nutrition contains the phytochemicals for human health. Carotenoids and polyphenols, such as flavonoids and phenolic acids, might be espe...

Today, the vegetables and fruits humans ingest daily contain a multitude of compounds; these include polyphenols, dietary fibers, organosulfides, i...

Epidemiologically, nutritious values of vegetables and fruits have been the focus for daily health maintenance and disease prevention. Health phyto...

Diverse phytochemical functions on vegetables and fruits are discussed. Each chapter of Volume 5 describes the components and health effects. These...

Interestingly, vegetables and fruits represent different medicinal effects for age-related diseases such as hypertension, different types of cancer...

In East Asia, Korean ginseng has long been used as a private medicine and nourishing tonic, used for maintaining physical strength as well as treat...

Summary of these eight titles is made as follows: Chapter 1: Ginkgo biloba has long been used as a folklore medicine in China, India and these neig...

In India and the surrounding countries, turmeric has long been used as a traditional folk medicine for treating and preventing various diseases as ...

Herbal or plant ingredients demonstrate beneficial effects against human disease treatment and prevention. These ingredients are collectively refer...

Ochratoxin is a kind of secondary metabolite produced by Aspergillus and Penicillium. It mainly contains Ochartoxin A (OTA), Ochratoxin B (OTB), Oc...

This book "The olive, its processing and waste management", endeavours to cover a broad spectrum regarding different aspects of the olive oil secto...

Olive oil, which has been part of the human diet for more than 5,000 years, is almost unique among oils in that it can be consumed in the crude for...

In Chapter One, D M Salazar, I López-Cortés, and D C Salazar-García give an overview of the composition of fatty acids, tocopherols, and polyphenol...

Olive oil is an important component in the food system in most European markets. Moreover, its consumption is gaining interest among consumers, par...

The economic impact of food-borne illnesses caused by bacteria associated with food animals ranges from $10 to 40 billion (USD) per year, and effec...

Flavonoids and organosulfur compounds are the two major classes of secondary metabolites found in onions that are believed to play a role as health...

Plastics processing is a major industrial activity, which yields components and systems for a wide range of industries, such as packaging, automoti...

A solvent is a liquid that becomes a solution by dissolving a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute. The most common solvent in everyday life is water. ...

Palm oil is considered as one of the most traded agricultural commodities in the world. It is conventionally being used for food and dietary applic...

Members of the genus Vibrio are natural habitants of the marine environments. Many of them are human pathogens and can cause illness associated wit...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the cultivation, varieties and nutritional uses of peas. Topics discussed in thi...

Pectins are biopolymers with multiple applications because of their structural diversity and complexity. Although pectins from different sources ha...

The pepper fruit is commonly consumed as fresh fruit. In addition, the fruit is used in food industry and in manufacture processing, either ferment...

Pepsi-Cola*r marked its 100th anniversary in 1998 with much fanfare for the internationally known beverage! This book compiles a fabulous array of ...

Perchlorates are the salts derived from perchloric acid (HClO4). They occur both naturally and through manufacturing. They have been used as a medi...

Perovskite is a calcium titanium oxide mineral species composed of calcium titanate. This book discusses perovskite thin films, which are widely em...

PEZ made it OK to play with your food, and now those imaginative, colorful candy dispensers are sought after by collectors worldwide. After PEZ can...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the properties, health effects and environmental issues relating to phosphorus. ...

This book demonstrates outstanding improvement of photo-catalytic degradative efficiency by the coupling of microwave (MW) radiation with the titan...

This book presents current research in the study of photochemistry, including novel electron-transfer three-component visible light photoinitiating...

This new century will be an age in which humanity will strive for the recovery and preservation of a more natural environment and also for the esta...

The effect of polyvalent dopants on photoinduced defect formation was studied in different glasses. Ionisation of the glass matrix results in intri...

Metallic, organic and mineral glasses evolve similarly with the time and approach an equilibrium state. This physical aging, a basic feature of the...