Wild plants, mushrooms and nuts : functional food properties and applications / / edited by Isabel C. F. R. Ferreira, Patricia Morales, and Lillian Barros

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (496 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 581.6/32
• Soggetto topico: Functional foods; Mushrooms; Nuts; Wild plants, Edible
• Persona (resp. second.): FerreiraIsabel C. F. R. <1979->; MoralesPatricia; BarrosLillian
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : the increasing demand for functional foods -- The numbers behind mushrooms biodiversity -- The nutritional benefits of mushrooms -- The wide range of bioactive properties of mushrooms -- The use of mushrooms in the development of functional foods, drugs or nutraceuticals -- The consumption of wild edible plants -- Wild greens as source of nutritive and bioactive compounds over the world -- Nutrients and bioactive compounds in wild fruits through different continents -- Wild plant-based functional foods, drugs or nutraceuticals -- Nuts : agricultural and economic importance worldwide -- Recent advances in the biological properties of nuts -- The interest of nuts as sources of nutrients -- The contribution of chestnuts to the design and development of functional foods -- Emerging functional foods derived from almonds.
• Titolo autorizzato: Wild plants, mushrooms and nuts
• ISBN: 1-118-94464-X; 1-118-94463-1; 1-118-94465-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910150327003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: THEi Wiley ebooks.