Food as medicine : functional food plants of Africa / / Maurice M. Iwu

• Autore: Iwu Maurice M.
• Pubblicazione: Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (407 pages)
• Disciplina: 615.3/21096
• Soggetto topico: Medicinal plants - Africa; Functional foods - Africa; Traditional medicine - Africa
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: section I. Introduction to African functional foods -- section II. Functional foods in the management of certain diseases -- section III. Monographs.
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Functional food plants of Africa
• Titolo autorizzato: Food as medicine
• ISBN: 1-315-35438-1; 1-315-37162-6; 1-4987-0610-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910153181603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Functional foods & nutraceuticals series.