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Main description:
"Bio-Farms for Nutraceuticals" can be said to have been born of the NUTRA-SNACKS project within the Sixth Framework Programme Priority on Food Quality and Safety. One objective of NUTRA -SNACK S was to improve the nutritional and eating properties of ready-to-eat products and semi-prepared foodstuffs through better monitoring of the quality and safety of raw materials and the development of innovative processes along the production chain. Another main objective of the project was the production of ready-to-eat snacks with high nutraceutic activity. Seven research institutes and three companies in six European countries were involved in this effort. The co-operation resulted in the production of food having a high content of natural metabolites with the following beneficial health effects: anticancer, antilipidemic, anticholesterol, antimicrobial, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antihypertensive, anti-inflamatory and antioxidant activities.
Contents:
1. The Nutra?Snacks Project: Basic Research and Biotechnological Programs on Nutraceutics
Giuseppina Rea, Amina Antonacci, Maya Lambreva, Andrea Margonelli, Cecilia Ambrosi and Maria Teresa Giardi
Abstract
Rationale of the Nutra?Snacks Project
Technological Innovations
Conclusion
2. Overview of Diet?Gene Interactions and the Example of Xanthophylls
Barbara Demmig?Adams and William W. Adams, III
Abstract
Introduction: Overview of Diet?Gene Interaction in Human Disease
A Case Study: Xanthophylls and Their Synergism with Other Dietary Factors in Human Health-Protection against Eye Disease and Other Chronic Diseases
Dietary Sources of Zeaxanthin and Lutein and Their Potential Enhancement
3. Therapeutic Potential of Dietary Polyphenols against Brain Ageing and Neurodegenerative
Disorders
Giovanni Scapagnini, Calogero Caruso and Vittorio Calabrese
Abstract
Introduction
Curcumin
Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester
Ethyl Ferulate
Epigallocatechin?3?Gallate
Conclusion
4. Plant Phenolics in the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer
Klaus W.J. Wahle, Iain Brown, Dino Rotondo, and Steven D. Heys
Abstract
Epidemiology of Plant Foods and Disease Incidence
Anticancer Phytochemicals in Foods, Beverages and Spices
Classification and Occurrence of Plant Phenolic Compounds
Cellular Mechanisms Modified by Plant Phenolics That Can Reduce Carcinogenesis and Tumour Progression
Conclusion
5. Endogenous Antioxidants and Radical Scavengers
Angela Maria Rizzo, Patrizia Berselli, Stefania Zava, Gigliola Montorfano, Manuela Negroni, Paola Corsetto and Bruno Berra
Abstract
Introduction
Endogenous Antioxidant Molecules
Reactive Oxygen Species: Always Bad?
Conclusion
6. A Nutritional Strategy for Reducing Disease and Obesity Risks
Teresa Lavecchia, Paolo Petroni, Giuseppe Rodio and Riccardo Pina
Abstract
Introduction
The Zone Diet Nutrition Strategy: General Outline
Conclusion
7. Dietary Phytochemicals and Human Health
Justyna Krzyzanowska, Anna Czubacka and WieslawOleszek
Abstract
Introduction
Carotenoids
Phenolic Compounds
Phytoestrogens
Polyunsatured Fatty Acids
Conjugated Linoleic Acids
Tocopherols and Tocotrienols
Limonene
Allicin and Diallyl Disulfide
Glucosinolates
Capsacinoids
Conclusion
8. Bioactive Compounds from Northern Plants
Anja Hohtola
Abstract
Introduction
How External Factors Influence the Biosynthesis of Secondary Metabolites
Research and Exploitation
Examples of Northern Plants Containing Bioactive Compounds
Conclusion
9. Nutraceutical Use of Garlic Sulfur?Containing Compounds
Eleftherios Touloupakis and Demetrios F. Ghanotakis
Abstract
Introduction
Garlic Chemical Compounds
Garlic Biological Activities
Alliin and Allicin
Garlic Alliinase
Garlic Supplements
Layered Double Hydroxides
Alginates
Conclusion
10. Genetic Engineering to Enhance Crop?Based Phytonutrients (Nutraceuticals) to Alleviate Diet?Related Diseases
Autar K. Mattoo, Vijaya Shukla, Tahira Fatima, Avtar K. Handa and Surender K. Yachha
Abstract
Introduction
Diet and Human Diseases
Phytonutrients and Antiproliferative Activity
Genetic Engineering to Improve Nutrient (Nutraceutical) Content in Produce
Proteins and Amino Acids
Carotenoids
Folates
Vitamin C (Ascorbate)
Polyphenolics
Tocopherols
Iron
Conclusion
11. 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
Udo Johanningmeier and Dirk Fischer
Abstract
Introduction
Microalgae as Transgenic Bioreactors
Genetic Engineering of Plant and Microalgal Chloroplasts
Expression of Recombinant Proteins in C. reinhardtii Chloroplasts
Application to Food Technology
Conclusion
12. Biological Elicitors of Plant Secondary Metabolites: Mode of Action and Use in the Production of Nutraceutics
Simone Ferrari
Abstract
Introduction
Biological Elicitors of Defence Responses in Plants
Perception and Transduction of General Elicitors
Emerging Techniques to Improve
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Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Publication date: December, 2010
Pages: 364
Weight: 881g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: General Issues
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