| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 372 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Phenols, polyphenols, and tannins : an overview -- Sulphur-containing compounds -- Terpenes -- Alkaloids -- Acetylenes and psoralens -- Functions of the human intestinal flora : the use of probiotics and prebiotics -- Secondary metabolites in fruits, vegetables, beverages and other plant-based dietary components -- Absorption and metabolism of plant secondary metabolites |
| Summary |
"Plant Secondary Metabolites: Occurrence, Structure and Role in the Human Diet" covers the main groups of natural products from a chemical and biosynthetic perspective with illustrations of how genetic engineering can be applied to manipulate levels of secondary metabolites of economic value as well as those of potential importance in diet and health. These descriptive chapters are augmented by chapters showing where these products are found in the diet, how they are metabolised and reviewing the evidence for their beneficial bioactivity |
| Analysis |
Electronic books |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Plants, Edible -- metabolism.
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Food Analysis -- methods.
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Heterocyclic Compounds -- chemistry.
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Heterocyclic Compounds -- metabolism.
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Plants, Edible -- chemistry.
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Botanical chemistry.
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Metabolism, Secondary.
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Plants -- Metabolism.
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| Genre/Form |
Llibres electrònics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ashihara, Hiroshi.
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Clifford, M. N. (Michael N.)
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Crozier, Alan.
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| LC no. |
2006004363 |
| ISBN |
047098855X |
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0470994134 (electronic bk.) |
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9780470988558 |
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9780470994139 (electronic bk.) |
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(hardback ; alk. paper) |
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(hardback ; alk. paper) |
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