Phytosterols as Functional Food Components and Nutraceuticals

Herausgeber: Dutta, Paresh C

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume covers a wide range of issues related to plant sterols, including occurrence, biological effects, available functional foods containing phytosterols, and the prospects of increasing phytosterol levels in plants. It discusses recent developments in the area of phytosterols and cancer.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9780367446628
• ISBN-10: 0367446626
• Artikelnr.: 58442863

Autorenporträt

Dutta, Paresh C.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Occurrence and Levels of Phytosterols in Foods 2. Analysis of
Phytosterols in Foods 3. Plant Sterol Analysis in Relation to Functional
Foods 4. Analysis of Phytosterols in Biological Samples 5. Does Phytosterol
Intake Affect the Development of Cancer? 6. Role of Plant Sterols in
Cholesterol Lowering 7. Plant Sterols in Functional Foods 8. Safety of
Phytosterols and Phytosterol Esters as Functional Food Components 9.
Potential Health Risks Associated with Large Intakes of Plant Sterols 10.
Chemistry, Analysis, and Occurrence of Phytosterol Oxidation Products in
Foods 11. Biological Effects and Safety Aspects of Phytosterol Oxides 12.
Prospects of Increasing Nutritional Phytosterol Levels in Plants