Food as Medicine : Functional Food Plants of Africa
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals
ISBN-10
1498706096
ISBN-13
9781498706094
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint
CRC Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 1st, 2016
Print length
384 Pages
Weight
928 grams
Product Classification:
Dietetics & nutritionBotany & plant sciencesFood & beverage technology
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This comprehensive book documents African plants used for functional and medicinal foods. It contains more than 60 detailed monographs of African foods, describing foods with various characteristics such as prebiotic, probiotic, satiety, immune modulation, stress-reduction, sports performance, mental acuity, sleep-supporting, metabolic syndrome, antioxidant, and unsaturated fats. Plant description, botanical names and synonyms, plant part used, habitat and distribution, folk use, nutritional content, and chemistry are all fully detailed. The book highlights indigenous African food processing technologies up to the modern era.
This comprehensive book documents African plants used for functional and medicinal foods. It contains more than 60 detailed monographs of African foods, describing foods with various characteristics such as prebiotic, probiotic, satiety, immune modulation, stress-reduction, sports performance, mental acuity, sleep-supporting, metabolic syndrome, antioxidant, and unsaturated fats. Plant description, botanical names and synonyms, plant part used, habitat and distribution, folk use, nutritional content, and chemistry are all fully detailed. The book highlights indigenous African food processing technologies up to the modern era.
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