Bioactive Compounds: Health Benefits and Potential Applications - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128147741 ISBN 13: 9780128147740

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Bioactive Compounds: Health Benefits and Potential Applications provides information about different bioactive compounds including their sources, biological effects, health benefits and, potential applications which could contribute as alternatives in the prevention or treatment of multifactorial diseases for vulnerable population groups. Going beyond the basics to include discussion of bioaccessibility and the legislative aspects of marketing of bioactive compounds as nutraceuticals or food supplements, this book presents insights from a global perspective.

Written for researchers, professors and graduate students, this book is sure to be a welcomed reference for all who work in food chemistry, new product development and nutritional science.

About this title

About the Author

Maira Rubi Segura Campos is the lead research professor at the Faculty of Chemistry Engineering and the coordinator of the Institutional Postgraduate in Chemical and Biochemical Sciences at the Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mérida, Mexico. She has authored 115 articles in national and international journals, 61 book chapters, 12 books, and 41 memoirs. She has also taught more than 170 courses at the pre-and postgraduate level and has actively participated in 170 national and international academic events.

Edition details

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0128147741
• ISBN 13: 9780128147740
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 308
• Editor: Campos