Therapeutic Foods, Volume 8 in the Handbook of Food Bioengineering series, is an essential resource for anyone investigating foods that may be utilized as therapeutic agents. Plants and animal products have been utilized since ancient times as medicine to treat diseases, and the properties within foods and ingredients are still investigated for food therapy and prophylaxis. The book is a comprehensive resource for researchers and scientists already in the field or those just entering. It covers many spices, plant extracts, essential oils and vegetal mixtures that have immune-stimulatory effects and can be efficiently utilized in the treatment of infections and cancer.
1. Cover - p. i 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. List of Contributors - p. iv 6. Foreword - p. xv 7. Series Preface - p. xviii 8. Preface for Volume 8: Therapeutic Foods - p. xxii 9. Section I: State of the Art and Applications - p. xxvi 10. Chapter 1: Nutraceuticals: Myths Versus Realities - p. xxvi 11. Chapter 2: The Impact of Functional Food and Nutraceuticals in Health - p. 21 12. Section II: Nutrition - p. 47 13. Chapter 3: Lipids as Nutraceuticals: A Shift in Paradigm - p. 47 14. Chapter 4: Plant Nutrition and Agronomic Management to Obtain Crops With Better Nutritional and Nutraceutical Quality - p. 98 15. Chapter 5: Mushrooms as Sources of Therapeutic Foods - p. 140 16. Chapter 6: Oregano: A Feed Additive With Functional Properties - p. 178 17. Chapter 7: Potential of Chokeberry (Aronia Melanocarpa L.) as a Therapeutic Food - p. 208 18. Chapter 8: Beta Glucan as Therapeutic Food - p. 237 19. Chapter 9: Nutritionally Enhanced Foods Incorporating Chía Seed - p. 256 20. Section III: Medical Impact - p. 281 21. Chapter 10: Perspective Therapeutic Effects of Immunomodulating Acidic Herbal Heteropolysaccharides and Their Complexes in Functional and Dietary Nutrition - p. 281 22. Chapter 11: Soybeans, Flaxseeds, and Fish Oil in the Treatment of Renal Disease - p. 327 23. Chapter 12: Maca, A Nutraceutical From the Andean Highlands - p. 372 24. Chapter 13: Phytochemical and Pharmacological Properties of Secondary Metabolites in Berries - p. 395 25. Section IV: Cancer Therapy - p. 427 26. Chapter 14: Functional Foods and Chemoprevention in Cancer - p. 427 27. Chapter 15: Epigenetic Nutraceuticals in Cancer Treatment - p. 448 28. Index - p. 493
Therapeutic Foods, Volume 8 in the Handbook of Food Bioengineering series, is an essential resource for anyone investigating foods that may be utilized as therapeutic agents. Plants and animal products have been utilized since ancient times as medicine to treat diseases, and the properties within foods and ingredients are still investigated for food therapy and prophylaxis. The book is a comprehensive resource for researchers and scientists already in the field or those just entering. It covers many spices, plant extracts, essential oils and vegetal mixtures that have immune-stimulatory effects and can be efficiently utilized in the treatment of infections and cancer.
1. Cover - p. i 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. List of Contributors - p. iv 6. Foreword - p. xv 7. Series Preface - p. xviii 8. Preface for Volume 8: Therapeutic Foods - p. xxii 9. Section I: State of the Art and Applications - p. xxvi 10. Chapter 1: Nutraceuticals: Myths Versus Realities - p. xxvi 11. Chapter 2: The Impact of Functional Food and Nutraceuticals in Health - p. 21 12. Section II: Nutrition - p. 47 13. Chapter 3: Lipids as Nutraceuticals: A Shift in Paradigm - p. 47 14. Chapter 4: Plant Nutrition and Agronomic Management to Obtain Crops With Better Nutritional and Nutraceutical Quality - p. 98 15. Chapter 5: Mushrooms as Sources of Therapeutic Foods - p. 140 16. Chapter 6: Oregano: A Feed Additive With Functional Properties - p. 178 17. Chapter 7: Potential of Chokeberry (Aronia Melanocarpa L.) as a Therapeutic Food - p. 208 18. Chapter 8: Beta Glucan as Therapeutic Food - p. 237 19. Chapter 9: Nutritionally Enhanced Foods Incorporating Chía Seed - p. 256 20. Section III: Medical Impact - p. 281 21. Chapter 10: Perspective Therapeutic Effects of Immunomodulating Acidic Herbal Heteropolysaccharides and Their Complexes in Functional and Dietary Nutrition - p. 281 22. Chapter 11: Soybeans, Flaxseeds, and Fish Oil in the Treatment of Renal Disease - p. 327 23. Chapter 12: Maca, A Nutraceutical From the Andean Highlands - p. 372 24. Chapter 13: Phytochemical and Pharmacological Properties of Secondary Metabolites in Berries - p. 395 25. Section IV: Cancer Therapy - p. 427 26. Chapter 14: Functional Foods and Chemoprevention in Cancer - p. 427 27. Chapter 15: Epigenetic Nutraceuticals in Cancer Treatment - p. 448 28. Index - p. 493
