LEADER 02334oam 2200529I 450 001 9910153181603321 005 20240501163958.0 010 $a1-315-35438-1 010 $a1-315-37162-6 010 $a1-4987-0610-X 024 7 $a10.1201/9781315371627 035 $a(CKB)3710000000960847 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4748389 035 $a(OCoLC)964527624 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000960847 100 $a20180331h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aFood as medicine $efunctional food plants of Africa /$fMaurice M. Iwu 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBoca Raton :$cCRC Press,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (407 pages) 225 1 $aFunctional Foods and Nutraceuticals Series 311 08$a1-4987-0609-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $asection I. Introduction to African functional foods -- section II. Functional foods in the management of certain diseases -- section III. Monographs. 330 $aThis comprehensive book documents African plants used for functional and medicinal foods. It contains more than 60 detailed monographs of African foods, describing foods with various characteristics such as prebiotic, probiotic, satiety, immune modulation, stress-reduction, sports performance, mental acuity, sleep-supporting, metabolic syndrome, antioxidant, and unsaturated fats. Plant description, botanical names and synonyms, plant part used, habitat and distribution, folk use, nutritional content, and chemistry are all fully detailed. The book highlights indigenous African food processing technologies up to the modern era. 410 0$aFunctional foods & nutraceuticals series. 517 3 $aFunctional food plants of Africa 606 $aMedicinal plants$zAfrica 606 $aFunctional foods$zAfrica 606 $aTraditional medicine$zAfrica 615 0$aMedicinal plants 615 0$aFunctional foods 615 0$aTraditional medicine 676 $a615.3/21096 700 $aIwu$b Maurice M.$094038 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910153181603321 996 $aFood as medicine$92223891 997 $aUNINA