Wild plants, mushrooms and nuts :
Wild plants, mushrooms and nuts : functional food properties and applications /
[edited by] Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira, Patricia Morales Gómez, Lillian Barros.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the increasing demand for functional foods -- The numbers behind mushrooms biodiversity -- The nutritional benefits of mushrooms -- The wide range of bioactive properties of mushrooms -- The use of mushrooms in the development of functional foods, drugs or nutraceuticals -- The consumption of wild edible plants -- Wild greens as source of nutritive and bioactive compounds over the world -- Nutrients and bioactive compounds in wild fruits through different continents -- Wild plant-based functional foods, drugs or nutraceuticals -- Nuts : agricultural and economic importance worldwide -- Recent advances in the biological properties of nuts -- The interest of nuts as sources of nutrients -- The contribution of chestnuts to the design and development of functional foods -- Emerging functional foods derived from almonds.
9781118944653 1118944658 9781118944639 1118944631 111894464X 9781118944646 1118944623 9781118944622
9781118944646 9781118944639 9781118944653 9781118944622
2016045177
Functional foods.
Mushrooms.
Nuts.
Wild plants, Edible.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany
Functional foods.
Mushrooms.
Nuts.
Wild plants, Edible.
Electronic books.
QP144.F85
581.6/32
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the increasing demand for functional foods -- The numbers behind mushrooms biodiversity -- The nutritional benefits of mushrooms -- The wide range of bioactive properties of mushrooms -- The use of mushrooms in the development of functional foods, drugs or nutraceuticals -- The consumption of wild edible plants -- Wild greens as source of nutritive and bioactive compounds over the world -- Nutrients and bioactive compounds in wild fruits through different continents -- Wild plant-based functional foods, drugs or nutraceuticals -- Nuts : agricultural and economic importance worldwide -- Recent advances in the biological properties of nuts -- The interest of nuts as sources of nutrients -- The contribution of chestnuts to the design and development of functional foods -- Emerging functional foods derived from almonds.
9781118944653 1118944658 9781118944639 1118944631 111894464X 9781118944646 1118944623 9781118944622
9781118944646 9781118944639 9781118944653 9781118944622
2016045177
Functional foods.
Mushrooms.
Nuts.
Wild plants, Edible.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany
Functional foods.
Mushrooms.
Nuts.
Wild plants, Edible.
Electronic books.
QP144.F85
581.6/32