Phytochemistry of Fruits and Vegetables (Proceedings of the Phytochemical Society of Europe) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198577907 ISBN 13: 9780198577904

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1997

Synopsis

Recent advances in genetic engineering and in the chemistry and biochemistry of fruit and vegetables have radically changed our understanding of the mechanisms underlying these processes, and the potential for modification of the products themselves. This is the first book to examine these topics and address the role of fresh fruits and vegetables in a healthy diet and the prevention of cancer and coronary diseases. The main focus is on the secondary metabolites which are responsible for quality characteristics including color, aroma, and flavor, and their nutritional importance and role in the prevention of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The book also explores how the post-harvest technological treatments to which these commodities are submitted can cause changes in secondary metabolism, with consequences for the quality of the product.

About this title

About the Author:

F. A. Tomas-Barberan is at Laboratorio de Fitoquimica, Murcia. R. J. Robins is at Faculte des Sciences, Nantes.

Review:

"The wide range of topics reviewed in this book provides an excellent text on the role of secondary metabolites in fruits and vegetables. . .We highly recommend this book to anyone interested in quality and health functionality of fruits and vegetables." --HortScience

"This book will be of particular importance to food chemists, flavor and fragrance specialists, and those involved in chemical ecology." --Journal of the American Chemical Society

"The wide range of topics reviewed in this book provides an excellent text on the role of secondary metabolites in fruits and vegetables...The text is well laid out, easy to read with clear figures and tables and comprehensive lists of references (through 1995). We highly recommend this book to anyone interested in quality and health functionality of fruits and vegetables." --Perishables Handling Quarterly

"The strength of this volume lies in the fact that it offers a very broad and good coverage of a number of topics that are normally scattered throughout a very specialized literature. Libraries will want to purchase this volume."--Quarterly Review of Biology

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0198577907
• ISBN 13: 9780198577904
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 392
• Editor: Tomás-Barberán F. A., Robins R. J.