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Record Nr.

UNINA9910131613603321

Autore

Rodriguez-Amaya Delia

Titolo

Food carotenoids : chemistry, biology and technology / / Delia B. Rodriguez-Amaya

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : IFT Press : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-118-86431-X

1-118-86433-6

1-118-86436-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (429 p.)

Collana

IFT Press series

Disciplina

612/.01528

Soggetti

Carotenoids

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Nomenclature, structures, physical and chemical properties -- Biosynthesis and metabolism -- Qualitative and quantitative analysis -- In vitro assays of bioaccessibility and antioxidant capacity -- Composition and influencing factors -- Effects of processing and storage -- Isomerization and oxidation -- Carotenoids as food colorants and precursors of aroma compounds -- Bioaccessibility and bioavailability -- Provitamin A activity -- Carotenoids and chronic diseases.