| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 435 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Red Beet: An Overview / Bhagyalakshmi Neelwarne and Sowbhagya B. Halagur -- Biosynthesis and Regulation of Betalains in Red Beet / Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Yoshihiro Ozeki and Nobuhiro Sasaki -- Stability of Betalain Pigments of Red Beet / Shivapriya Manchali, Kotamballi N. Chidambara Murthy, Shruthi Nagaraju and Bhagyalakshmi Neelwarne -- Red Beet as a Model System for Studying Vacuolar Transport of Primary and Secondary Metabolites / Nandini P. Shetty, Kirsten Jørgensen and Hans J. Lyngs Jørgensen -- Plant Respiratory Metabolism: A Special Focus on the Physiology of Beetroot (Beta Vulgaris L.) Mitochondria / Kapuganti J. Gupta and Hardy Rolletschek -- Lipoperoxyl Radical Scavenging and Antioxidative Effects of Red Beet Pigments / Maria A. Livrea and Luisa Tesoriere -- Anticancer Effects of Red Beet Pigments / Govind J. Kapadia and G. Subba Rao -- Anti-diabetic Potentials of Red Beet Pigments and Other Constituents / Kotamballi N. Chidambara Murthy and Shivapriya Manchali -- Cell and Tissue Culture Studies in Beta vulgaris L / Bhagyalakshmi Neelwarne -- Red Beet Hairy Root Cultures / Bhagyalakshmi Neelwarne -- Bioreactors for the Cultivation of Red Beet Hairy Roots / Vasil G. Georgiev, Thomas Bley and Atanas I. Pavlov -- Peroxidases and Other Enzymes from Red Beet Hairy Roots / Bhagyalakshmi Neelwarne and Thimmaraju Rudrappa -- Downstream Processing of Red Beet Hairy Roots / Bhagyalakshmi Neelwarne and Thimmaraju Rudrappa -- Extraction of Red Beet Pigments / Brijesh K. Tiwari and Patrick J. Cullen -- Aqueous Two-Phase Extraction for the Recovery of Beet Pigments and Enzymes / M.C. Madhusudhan and K.S.M.S. Raghavarao -- Techno-commercial Aspects of Relevance to Red Beet / Bhagyalakshmi Neelwarne |
| Summary |
Application of advanced multidisciplinary research techniques has identified red beet as one of the super foods and a research model. This important book on red beet is the first comprehensive worldwide resource that encompasses biotechnological research advances made in the recent past. Documenting the scientific information on the current status and future outlook, the book is a valuable source of information for researchers, students, and entrepreneurs concerned with health foods, pharmaceuticals, and modern bio-techniques. This monumental compendium was contributed by a team of expert scientists from different parts of the world. The 16 chapters of the book are a saga of current research and future perspectives, with the introductory first chapter providing an overview from historical to current status of red beet with its vast applications, which is followed by chapters on betalains biosynthesis, their stability, and other physiological studies made using this plant as a model system. Other chapters deal with morphological, technological, molecular, biochemical, and chemical engineering aspects, culminating in techno-commercial aspects of research developments made in beets. Dr. Bhagyalakshmi Neelwarne, a Senior Principal Scientist in the Plant Cell Biotechnology Department at the Central Food Technological Research Institute of India, is widely regarded for her expertise in Food Biotechnology, particularly in plant biotechnology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Beets -- Biotechnology
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GARDENING -- Vegetables.
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Science des matériaux.
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Chimie.
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Biotechnology
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Chemistry
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Food -- Biotechnology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Neelwarne, Bhagyalakshmi
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| ISBN |
9781461434580 |
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1461434580 |
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1461434572 |
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9781461434573 |
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