Authors:Michael Eskin, Snait Tamir,
Publisher: CRC
Keywords: foods, functional, nutraceuticals, dictionary
Number of Pages: 520
Published: 2005-12-19
List price: $93.95
ISBN-10: 0849315727
ISBN-13: 9780849315725

Author: Brian Lockwood
Publisher: Pharmaceutical Pr
Keywords: nutraceuticals
Number of Pages: 426
Published: 2007-04-26
List price: $57.50
ISBN-10: 0853696594
ISBN-13: 9780853696599

Nutraceuticals are complementary medicines of natural origin. Usually obtained from a food source, they are sold as isolated, purified components in pharmacological doses for specific ailments. The international market for nutraceuticals is rapidly expanding and new research is constantly being conducted. New products are appearing on the market, some with novel therapeutic applications. This new edition of "Nutraceuticals" reflects these changes and has broadened its scope and coverage. This authoritative text assesses the medical and scientific evidence for the use of nutraceuticals for prev

Authors:Fereidoon Shahidi, Marian Naczk,
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: nutraceuticals, food, phenolics
Number of Pages: 576
Published: 2003-07-29
List price: $194.95
ISBN-10: 1587161389
ISBN-13: 9781587161384

Phenolics in Food and Nutraceuticals is the first single-source compendium of essential information concerning food phenolics. This unique book reports the classification and nomenclature of phenolics, their occurrence in food and nutraceuticals, chemistry and applications, and nutritional and health effects. In addition, it describes antioxidant activity of phenolics in food and nutraceuticals as well as methods for analysis and quantification. Each chapter concludes with an extensive bibliography for further reading. Food scientists, nutritionists, chemists, biochemists, and health professio

Author: Robert E.C. Wildman
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: modern, nutrition, second, foods, nutraceuticals, functional, handbook
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 2006-10-25
List price: $164.95
ISBN-10: 0849364094
ISBN-13: 9780849364099

Scientific advances in this field have not only given us a better understanding of what is an optimal diet, but has allowed food and nutraceutical companies to market products with specific health claims, fortify existing foods, and even create new foods designed for a particular health benefit. Handbook of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Second Edition, compiles the latest data from authoritative, scientific sources. It provides hard evidence on the prophylactic and medicinal properties of many natural foods. This handbook reviews more than 200 nutraceutical compounds. Each chapter inclu

Authors:Costas G. Biliaderis, Marta S. Izydorczyk,
Publisher: CRC
Keywords: foods, nutraceuticals, funtional, carbohydrates, food, functional
Number of Pages: 570
Published: 2006-10-10
List price: $154.95
ISBN-10: 084931822X
ISBN-13: 9780849318221

Functional Food Carbohydrates presents comprehensive coverage of a broad range of physiologically active carbohydrate compounds and their roles in the promotion of health and the prevention of disease. It provides the most up-to-date information available on the chemistry, physical properties, processing effects, production, and physiological function of these food constituents. The volume discusses the specific classes of carbohydrates in foods that seem to exert health-enhancing effects based on clinical and/or epidemiological studies and reviews the physiological and metabolic roles that

Authors:Colin Barrow, Fereidoon Shahidi,
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: science, technology, nutraceutical, foods, nutraceuticals, functional, marine
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2007-08-13
List price: $179.95
ISBN-10: 1574444875
ISBN-13: 9781574444872

Two of the most popular nutraceutical products on the market, omega-3 oil and glucosamine, were originally derived from waste products. Discarded oil from the manufacture of fishmeal became wildly popular as omega-3, a polyunsaturated fat, and the fully hydrolyzed chitosan from shrimp and crab shell, glucosamine, found wide use in joint health. Hundreds of tons of marine by-products are available annually and previous commercial success, together with an overall consumer interest in novel healthy food ingredients, are driving both research and commercialization in the area of marine nutraceuti

Author: Clare M. Hasler
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: institute, food, technologists, series, perspective, global, functional, foods, nutraceuticals, regulation
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2005-04-11
List price: $219.99
ISBN-10: 0813811775
ISBN-13: 9780813811772

Regulation of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals: A Global Perspective offers a comprehensive resource for information on regulatory aspects of the growing and economically important functional food industry. Regulatory systems and definitions of key terms-food, supplement, drug, etc-vary from country to country. A thorough understanding of laws and regulation within and among key countries with regard to functional foods, herbal extracts or drugs, and nutritional supplements is critical to the direction of food companies that are developing products for these markets.International experts wi