Wild plants, mushrooms and nuts : functional food properties and applications /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Ferreira, Isabel C. F. R., 1979- (Editor), Gómez, Patricia Morales (Editor), Barros, Lillian (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Blackwell, 2016.
Subjects:	Functional foods. Mushrooms. Nuts. Wild plants, Edible. Fungi Nuts Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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.