Medicinal et Aromatic Plantees
Fruits et Vegetables Micronutrient et Antioxidant Quality
Description
Alimentation science has emerged avec a growing literature about fruits et vegetables imparting greater health benefits to humans. Le recent focus has been sur functionality de foods meaning thereby de improving quality de diet by identifying foods which boost le capacity de human body to resist disease et enhance health. These alternative medicinal approaches de increasing intake de antioxidant et micronutrient rich foods are valuable en coping up le oxidative stress which is associated avec many health disorders such as increased prevalence de diabetes, cataract, cardiovascular diseases et cancer. There is a need to develop awareness about consumption de protective foods such as green leafy, fruit et root vegetables, le intakes de which is far below their recommended dietary allowances. Le last two decades de research has brought more understanding de le functions et new roles de micronutrients et other active principles from fruits et vegetables. They have multiple metabolic functions et they are integral components de antioxidant enzymes that protect organism against free radical damage. It is important to know le adequacy de micronutrient contents de diet to prevent oneself from possible deficiency or excess. Although there are some books et reports available sur micronutrient contents de raw fruits et vegetables, le data sur cooked vegetables are scanty. Further, systematic data sur antioxidant quality de commonly consumed fruits et vegetables both en their raw et cooked form are not available. Hence, there is a need de a reference book to educate researchers, clinicians, students et even health aware individuals about le individual antioxidants et micronutrients et le nutraceutical potential de fruits et vegetables available en local markets so as to emphasize their importance as inexpensive et natural sources having health promoting properties. Audience/Readership: Le book would be useful to nutritionists, food scientists, home science students, graduate et post graduate de medical colleges, medical et health professionals, policy makers de child et women health as also le homemakers.
Table des matières
Forward, Preface, List de Abbreviations, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Importance de Vitamins en Our Diet, Un Minerals as Importance en our Diet, Anti-oidants;Biologique Fire Fighters. Factors Influencing Antioxidants Activities de Fruits et Vegetables, Développement de Semi-quantitative 'Antioxidant & Micronutrient Quality Index' (AQI et MQI), Annexures I-VII, Subject Index