Bioactive Components: A Sustainable System for Good Health and Well-Being - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9811923671 ISBN 13: 9789811923678

Publisher: Springer, 2022

Synopsis

This book compiles updated information about the role and health benefits of various bioactives in food. Different chapters are contributed by academicians, food scientists, technologists, and medical practitioners. The book addresses both theoretical and applied aspects of bioactive components and provides exhaustive knowledge about bioactive components. It comprises 27 chapters organized into 4 major sections covering topics in food science and technology, functional foods, and nutraceuticals. It provides perspectives for innovation, sources, applications, and sustainability in bioactive component research. 

The first section starts with introduction of bioactive components consisting of seven different chapters primarily focusing on the bioactive components and their sources with respective health benefits. The second section, comprising five different chapters, deals with different technological trends, regulations, and safety aspects of bioactive components. 

With eight chapters, the third section covers the role of bioactive components in human health and the role of functional foods in combating various health-related issues. The fourth section reviews functional foods through six chapters that cover the use of bioactive components in various food products.

The book will prove useful to advanced food technology graduate and undergraduate students and research scholars, practicing food technologists in food and related industries, entrepreneurs, food-pharma researchers, and other scientists seeking information about smart and sustainable processes as well as information needed to design and develop these processes. 

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9811923671
• ISBN 13: 9789811923678
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 644
• Editor: Thakur Monika, Belwal Tarun