Current Topics in Functional Food / / edited by Naofumi Shiomi, Anna Savitskaya

• Pubblicazione: [Place of publication not identified] : , : IntechOpen, , 2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 pages)
• Disciplina: 613.2
• Soggetto topico: Functional foods - Analysis; Functional foods
• Persona (resp. second.): ShiomiNaofumi; SavitskayaAnna
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Sources and Health Benefits of Functional Food Components -- 2. Categories and Management of Functional Food -- 3. Bioactive Ingredients in Functional Foods: Current Status and Future Trends -- 4. Functional Foods and Antioxidant Effects: Emphasizing the Role of Probiotics -- 5. Is There Still Room to Improve Medicinal Herbs (Functional Herbs) by Gene Editing for Health? -- 6. Food-Based PPARγ Ligands -- 7. Food as a Dietary Source of Melatonin and Its Role in Human Health: Present and Future Perspectives -- 8. Ginger in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases -- 9. An Overview of Functional Food -- 10. MIND Diet -- 11. Mushroom; Chemistry, Bioactive Components, and Application -- 12. Edible Mushrooms, a Sustainable Source of Nutrition, Biochemically Active Compounds and Its Effect on Human Health -- 13. Medicinal Mushroom of Potential Pharmaceutical Toxic Importance: Contribution in Phytotherapy -- 14. Medicinal Mushroom Mycelia: Characteristics, Benefits, and Utility in Soybean Fermentation.
• Sommario/riassunto: The market for functional foods is steadily expanding as more people worldwide realize the value of the daily consumption of healthy foods in maintaining good health. Recent studies have revealed new functional compounds in foods. Genetically modified foods will soon be commercially available. This book discusses the characteristics of functional foods and the health benefits of ingredients including ginger, herbs, probiotics, mushrooms, and dairy products. It also provides new ideas for the production of new functional foods and managing health through the daily diet.
• Titolo autorizzato: Current Topics in Functional Food
• ISBN: 1-80355-793-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910633965703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II