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Nutrition: An Approach to Good Health and Disease Management
eISBN: 978-1-68108-108-3
ISBN: 978-1-68108-109-0
This book summarizes key information required for planning and implementing a healthy diet for patients based on sound nutritional concepts. Readers will find information on the background of nutrition in ....
Advances in the Determination of Xenobiotics in Foods
eISBN: 9789811421587
ISBN: 9789811421570
Determining the presence of different types of toxic compounds (or xenobiotics) in food requires precise analytical methodologies. Examples of these techniques include separation techniques coupled to mass spectrometry, Variations in ....
More Food: Road to Survival
eISBN: 978-1-68108-467-1
ISBN: 978-1-68108-468-8
More Food: Road to Survival is a comprehensive analysis of agricultural improvements which can be achieved through scientific methods. This reference book gives information about strategies for increasing plant productivity, ....
Vitamin D and Your Body Volume Title: Why Does Vitamin D Matter?
eISBN: 978-1-60805-083-3
ISBN: 978-1-60805-511-1
New tests and studies continue to reveal exciting information about the power of vitamin D in maintaining good health and preventing major illnesses. ‘Why Does Vitamin D Matter?’ not only ....
Natural Bioactive Compounds from Fruits and Vegetables as Health Promoters: Part II
eISBN: 978-1-68108-243-1
ISBN: 978-1-68108-244-8
Plants have been widely used to treat diseases, owing to the presence of bioactive compounds (phytochemicals) which play important roles in health promotion and disease prevention. In recent years, advances ....
Natural Bioactive Compounds from Fruits and Vegetables as Health Promoters: Part I
eISBN: 978-1-68108-239-4
ISBN: 978-1-68108-240-0
Plants have been widely used to treat diseases, owing to the presence of bioactive compounds (phytochemicals) which play important roles in health promotion and disease prevention. In recent years, advances ....
Advances in Physicochemical Properties of Biopolymers (Part 2)
eISBN: 978-1-68108-544-9
ISBN: 978-1-68108-545-6
There is considerable diversity in polymers extracted from natural sources and much work has been done to classify them according to their physical and chemical properties. In the second part ....
Advances in Physicochemical Properties of Biopolymers (Part 1)
eISBN: 978-1-68108-453-4
ISBN: 978-1-68108-454-1
The last two decades have seen a number of significant advances in the methodology for evaluating the molecular weight distributions of polydispersed macromolecular systems in solution at the molecular level. ....
Phytochemicals in Vegetables: A Valuable Source of Bioactive Compounds
eISBN: 978-1-68108-739-9
ISBN: 978-1-68108-740-5
Phytochemical compounds are secondary metabolites that plants usually synthesize for their own protection from pests and diseases. Phytochemical biosynthesis is also triggered under specific environmental conditions. They cannot be classified ....
Obesity and Disease in an Interconnected World: A Systems Approach to Turn Huge Challenges into Amazing Opportunities
eISBN: 978-1-68108-036-9
ISBN: 978-1-68108-037-6
Globalization and economic progress has been accompanied with an increase in the incidence of obesity, cardiovascular disease and other non-communicable illnesses worldwide among populations in some countries. Obesity and Disease ....