Research Catalog

Title

Exploring the nutrition and health benefits of functional foods / Hossain Uddin Shekhar, Zakir Hossain Howlader, and Yearul Kabir [editors].

Publication

Hershey, PA, USA : Medical Information Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global, [2017]

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Additional Authors

• Shekhar, Hossain Uddin, 1965-
• Howlader, Zakir Hossain, 1968-
• Kabir, Yearul, 1958-

Description

xx, 523 pages; 30 cm.

Summary

"This book provides a comprehensive overview of how dietary nutrition can impact people's lives, prevent disease, and maintain an overall healthier lifestyle, highlighting theoretical and practical attributes of different functional foods and how they are utilized globally"--Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

Advances in environmental engineering and green technologies (AEEGT) book series

Uniform Title

Advances in environmental engineering and green technologies (AEEGT) book series

Subject

• Functional Food
• Functional foods

Note

• "Premier reference source"--Cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Food and cardiac health : protective effects of food on cardiovascular system / Aditi Jain and Vibha Rani -- Functional food and cardiac health / Santosh Jain Passi -- Lentils : a novel functional food / "Mo'ez Al-Islam" Ezzat Faris and Amita Attlee -- Health promoting effects of kimchi / Kim Hyun Ju and Han Eung-Soo -- Health benefits of tea / Sumonto Mitra and Shashi Khandelwal -- Herbal benefits of tea / Etetor Roland Eshiet, and Ernest E. Smith -- Functional properties of camel milk / Omar Amin Alhaj -- Pomegranate peel and fruit extracts : a novel approach to avert degenerative disorders / Saeed Akhtar, Tariq Ismail, and Muhammad Riaz -- Yerba mate : chemistry, technology, and biological properties / Roberto Buffo -- Health benefits and risks of rice / Zakir Hossain Howlader and Hossain Uddin Shekhar -- Soy and soy products, isoflavones, equol, and health / Baltasar Mayo, Lucia Guadamuro, Ana Belen Florez, and Susana Delgado -- Application of the dietary processed sulphur supplementation for enhancing nutritional and functional properties of meat products / Chi Ho Lee -- Food in health preservation and promotion : a special focus on the interplay between oxidative stress and pro-oxidant/antioxidant / Saikat Sen and Raja Chakraborty -- Antimicrobial edible films and coatings for fruits and vegetables / Amrita Poonia -- Traditional African foods and their potential to contribute to health and nutrition / John H. Muyonga, Sophie Nansereko, Ilona Steenkamp, Marena Manley, and Judith Okoth -- Functional foods of Indian subcontinent / Jiwan S. Sidhu and Tasleem A. Zafar.

ISBN

• 9781522505914
• 1522505911
• 9781522505921 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2016017433

OCLC

• 946987566
• SCSB-10648947

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library