Bio-Farms for Nutraceuticals : Functional Food and Safety Control by Biosensors /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Giardi, Maria Teresa. (Editor ), Rea, Giuseppina. (Editor ), Berra, Bruno. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edición:1st ed. 2010.
Colección:Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 698
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The NUTRA-SNACKS Project: Basic Research and Biotechnological Programs on Nutraceutics
  • Overview of Diet-Gene Interactions and the Example of Xanthophylls
  • Therapeutic Potential of Dietary Polyphenols against Brain Ageing and Neurodegenerative Disorders
  • Plant Phenolics in the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer
  • Endogenous Antioxidants and Radical Scavengers
  • A Nutritional Strategy for Reducing Disease and Obesity Risks
  • Dietary Phytochemicals and Human Health
  • Bioactive Compounds from Northern Plants
  • Nutraceutical Use of Garlic Sulfur-Containing Compounds
  • Genetic Engineering to Enhance Crop-Based Phytonutrients (Nutraceuticals) to Alleviate Diet-Related Diseases
  • Perspective for the Use of Genetic Transformants in Order to Enhance the Synthesis of the Desired Metabolites: Engineering Chloroplasts of Microalgae for the Production of Bioactive Compounds
  • Biological Elicitors of Plant Secondary Metabolites: Mode of Action and Use in the Production of Nutraceutics
  • Hairy Root Cultures for Secondary Metabolites Production
  • Plant Tissue Culture-An Opportunity for the Production of Nutraceuticals
  • Plant Cell Cultures: Bioreactors for Industrial Production
  • Determination of the Antioxidants' Ability to Scavenge Free Radicals Using Biosensors
  • Biosensors for the Determination of Phenolic Metabolites
  • Methods for the Determination of Antioxidant Capacity in Food and Raw Materials
  • Analytical Methods for the Extraction and Identification of Secondary Metabolite Production in 'In Vitro' Plant Cell Cultures
  • Biosensors for Functional Food Safety and Analysis
  • Biosensors for Secondary Metabolites, Two Case Studies: Ochratoxin A and Microcystin
  • Biosensors as Analytical Tools in Food Fermentation Industry
  • An Overview of the Functional Food Market: From Marketing Issues and Commercial Players to Future Demand from Life in Space
  • Legislation on Nutraceuticals and Food Supplements: A Comparison between Regulations in USA and EU.