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Improving the health-promoting properties of fruit and vegetable products /

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Consumers are advised to increase fruit and vegetable consumption, but the health effects of increased intake are not fully understood. This important collection brings together information on the health-promoting properties of fruit and vegetables. Introductory chapters provide an overview of fruit...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Tomas-Barberan, F. A. (Francisco A.), Gil, M. I. (Maria Isabel)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, England : Boca Raton, CRC Press, Woodhead Pub. ; 2008.
Series:Woodhead Publishing in food science, technology, and nutrition.
Subjects:
Fruit in human nutrition.
Vegetables in human nutrition.
Fruit trade.
Vegetable trade.
Fruit.
Vegetables.
Diet therapy.
Food industry and trade.
Nutrition.
Fruit
Vegetables
Diet Therapy
Food Industry
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Nutritive Value
Fruits dans l'alimentation humaine.
Légumes dans l'alimentation humaine.
Légumes > Commerce.
Fruits.
Légumes.
Diétothérapie.
Aliments > Industrie et commerce.
Valeur nutritive.
fruit.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Food Science.
Fruit in human nutrition
Fruit trade
Vegetable trade
Vegetables in human nutrition
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Introductory issues
  • pt. 2. The health effects of fruit and vegetables
  • pt. 3. Understanding fruit and vegetable phytochemicals
  • pt. 4. Effect of pre- and post-harvest technologies on the health-promoting properties of fruit and vegetables
  • pt. 5. The nutritional quality of particular fruit and vegetable products
  • pt. 6.