biological activity, potential applications and beneficial health effects
Jason P. Owen, editor.
New York
Nova Publishers
[2015]
: illustrations (some color).
Food and beverage consumption and health series.
FRUIT AND POMACE EXTRACTS: BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY, POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS AND BENEFICIAL HEALTH EFFECTS; FRUIT AND POMACE EXTRACTS: BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY, POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS AND BENEFICIAL HEALTH EFFECTS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: FRUIT AND POMACE EXTRACTS: APPLICATIONS TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF MEAT PRODUCTS; Chapter 2: VALORIZATION OF LIQUID EFFLUENTS FROM OLIVE OIL EXTRACTION ACTIVITY IN THE PRODUCTION OF CERAMIC BRICKS: INFLUENCE OF CONFORMATION PROCESS. Chapter 3: FRUIT AND POMACE EXTRACTS: APPLICATIONS TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF FISH PRODUCTSChapter 4: SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION OF PHARMACEUTIC COMPOUNDS FROM WASTE MATERIALS DERIVED FROM VINIFICATION PROCESSES; Chapter 5: PASSION FRUIT POMACE POWDER: POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR EXTRACTION OF PECTIN; Chapter 6: HESPERETIN: SIMPLE NATURAL COMPOUND WITH MULTIPLE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; Chapter 7: A REVIEW OF THE ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF VARIOUS SOLVENT TYPE EXTRACTS FROM SOME FRUITS AND EDIBLE PLANTS. Chapter 8: COCONUT WATER: AN ESSENTIAL HEALTH DRINK IN BOTH NATURAL AND FERMENTED FORMSChapter 9: EXTRACTION, CHARACTERIZATION AND POTENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM SELECTED CORNUS FRUITS; Chapter 10: KUMQUAT (FORTUNELLA SPP.): BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND PROPHYLACTIC ACTIONS; Chapter 11: ALOE VERA EXTRACTS: FROM TRADITIONAL USES TO MODERN MEDICINE; Chapter 12: ELDERBERRIES EXTRACTS: BIOLOGIC EFFECTS, APPLICATIONS FOR THERAPY: A REVIEW; Chapter 13: TUMOR CELL GROWTH ACTIVITY OF FRUIT AND POMACE EXTRACTS.
The use of natural or naturally-derived antioxidants, instead of synthetic antioxidants, to produce foods with a longer shelf life and a higher degree of safety is a growing trend. Fruit and fruit-processing by-products are considered to be an important source of bioactive molecules (vitamins C, E, carotenoids, phenolic compounds and dietary fiber) of great interest for the food industry, although their content varies greatly depending on origin, source, type of extract and concentration levels. This book discusses biological activity, potential applications and beneficial health effects of fr.