Health-promoting properties of fruit and vegetables /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2011.
• Subjects: Fruit in human nutrition.; Vegetables in human nutrition.; Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Crop Produce.; Food Composition and Quality.; Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products.; Composition and Quality of Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products.; Physiology of Human Nutrition.; Techniques and Methodology.; Man.; Chemical composition.; Extraction.; Fruits.; Health.; Medicinal properties.; Methodology.; Plant composition.; Vegetables.; Electronic books.
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This book has 19 chapters focusing on the beneficial effects of the consumption of fruits and vegetables on human health. Some of the most common fruits and vegetables, their biologically active constituents and their medicinal properties are discussed. Some methodologies used for the extraction, is...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / Leon A. Terry and A. Keith Thompson
• Alliums [onion, garlic, leek and shallot] / Gemma A. Chope, Katherine Cools and Leon A. Terry
• Avocado / Marjolaine D. Meyer, Sandra Landahl, Manuela Donetti and Leon A. Terry
• Blueberry and cranberry / Charles F. Forney and Wilhelmina Kalt
• Brassicas / Peter Glen Walley and Vicky Buchanan-Wollaston
• Citrus [orange, lemon, mandarin, grapefruit, lime and other citrus fruits] / Amarat H. Simonne and Mark Ritenour
• Curcurbits [cucumber, melon, pumpkin and squash] / D. Mark Hodges and Gene E. Lester
• Exotics [litchi, longan, rambutan, pomegranate, mangosteen, kiwifruit, passion fruit, persimmon, carambola] / Nettra Somboonkaew and Leon A. Terry
• Grapes / Pierre-Louis Teissedre and Christian Chervin
• Leafy vegetables and salads / Peter M.A. Toivonen and D. Mark Hodges
• Pome fruit / Chris B. Watkins and Rui Hai Liu
• Potato and other root crops / Anne Pihlanto
• Prunus / Ariel R. Vicente, George A. Manganaris, Luis Cisneros-Zevallos and Carlos H. Crisosto
• Ribes and rubus [blackberry, currants and raspberry, etc.] / Jordi Giné Bordonaba and Leon A. Terry
• Strawberry / Jordi Giné Bordonaba and Leon A. Terry
• Tomato and other solanaceous fruits / Amarat H. Simonne, Cecilia do Nascimento Nunes and Jeffrey K. Brecht
• Tropical fruit [banana, pineapple, papaya and mango] / Thiruchelvam Thanaraj and Leon A. Terry
• Methodologies for extraction, isolation, characterization and quantification of bioactive compounds / Katherine Cools, Ariel Vicente and Leon A. Terry
• Methodologies for evaluating in vitro and in vivo activities of bioactive compounds / Paul J. Thornalley, Mingzhan Xue and Naila Rabbani.