1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910815998003321

Autore

Engelhardt Tom <1944->

Titolo

Shadow government : surveillance, secret wars, and a global security state in a single superpower world / / Tom Engelhardt ; foreword by Glenn Greenwald ; cover design by Eric Ruder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Illinois : , : Haymarket Books, , 2014

[Place of distribution not identified] : , : Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, , [date of distribution not identified]

©2014

ISBN

1-60846-427-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Classificazione

POL004000POL036000POL040000

Disciplina

355/.033073

Soggetti

Intelligence service - United States

Electronic surveillance - Government policy - United States

National security - United States

Internal security - United States

Strategic culture - United States

Secrecy - Political aspects - United States

World politics - 21st century

United States Politics and government 2009-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

The shadow government's secret religion -- How the US intelligence community came out of the shadows -- How to be a rogue superpower -- Mistaking omniscience for omnipotence -- Definitions for a new age -- Why Washington can't stop -- Overwrought empire -- The Obama contradiction -- Destroying the planet for record profits -- A golden age for journalism.

Sommario/riassunto

"In his new book, Tom Engelhardt takes in something new under the sun: what is no longer, as in the 1960s, a national security state, but a global security one, fighting secret wars that have turned the president into an assassin-in-chief. Shadow Government offers a powerful survey of a democracy of the wealthy that your grandparents wouldn't have recognized"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910595061003321

Autore

Dwivedi Ram Snehi

Titolo

Alternative Sweet and Supersweet Principles : Natural Sweeteners and Plants / / by Ram Snehi Dwivedi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

981-336-350-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (792 pages)

Disciplina

664.1

Soggetti

Botanical chemistry

Food science

Plant physiology

Biotechnology

Plant Biochemistry

Food Science

Plant Physiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Search of Sweeteners, their general classification, synthesis, and saccharide sweeteners plant - animal interphases -- Chapter 3. Molecular basis of sweetness and recent concepts, An ideal sweetener and saccharide and non-saccharide sweet principles qualifying it -- Chapter 4. Saccharide sweet (SS) principles, classification and structural and functional details of SS sweeteners and plants -- Chapter 5. Non saccharide super sweet principles, their general characteristics, outline of synthesis, classification, ecological significance and eco-friendly adherence -- Chapter 6. Perillartine (Mono-terpenoid) -- Chapter 7. Steviosides (Diterpenoids) -- Chapter 8. Triterpenoids -- Chapter 9. Hernandulcin: (Sesquiterpene) -- Chapter 10. Falvonoid Super Sweet Principles Dihydrochalcone -- Chapter 11. PHYLLODULCIN -- Chapter 12. Osladin, Polypodoside A, B, and C (Steroidal saponins) -- Chapter 13. Monatin:(Super Sweet Amino acid) -- Chapter 14. Super sweet and



tastemodifier proteins -- Chapter 15. Vegetal Taste modifiers -- Chapter 16. Eco-Physiological difference between sacchariferous sweet (SS) and non sacchariferous super sweet (NSSS) principles and Plants -- Chapter 17. Molecular approaches for the improvement of Non sacchariferous super sweet (NSSS) plants -- Chapter 18. Commercial Production of natural NSSS sweeteners-A concised sketch.

Sommario/riassunto

This book gathers the latest information on various kinds of natural, plant-based sweet and super sweet sweeteners. A book on alternative, natural sweeteners with zero or very few calories is extremely timely and useful, especially in light of the decreasing amount of cultivable land, ever-increasing demand for sucrose, and the well-known risks of sugar consumption. Every year, more than five million people die due to diabetes and diabetes-associated diseases like cardiovascular conditions, kidney disorders, liver cancer, etc. This book describes the use of natural non-saccharide super sweet (NSSS) principles to avoid such maladies. Readers will gain an in-depth understanding of various sweeteners, the molecular basis of sweetness, sweeteners’ general classification, plant sources, etc. In turn, the book focuses on the propagation, cultivation and conservation of NSSS plants (NSSSP) and extraction of super sweet principles and granting of Generally Recognised As Safe(GRAS) certificates for sweeteners. The closing chapter describes the eco-physiological difference between sacchariferous sweet and non-sacchariferous super sweet plants and principles. This book will be of great interest to researchers, professors, graduate students and practitioners in the fields of food science, nutrition, ayurveda, plant physiology, unani, chemotaxonomy, naturopathy, biochemistry and plant breeding. It will also be of interest to industry and alternative sweetener manufacturers.