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Title:
Harvesting food from weeds
Author:
Gupta, Prerna, editor.
ISBN:
9781119793007

9781119792994
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Series:
Bioprocessing in food science
Contents:
Front Matter -- Chenopodium Species / Priyanka Kundu, Prerna Gupta -- Herbs of Asteraceae Family / Chinaza Godswill Awuchi, Sonia Morya -- Tribulus terrestris / Jyoti Singh, Jaspreet Kaur, Mansehaj Kaur, Anvi Rana, Prasad Rasane, Sawinder Kaur -- Eleusine Indica / Piyush Kashyap, Deep Shikha, Sunakshi Gautam, Umexi Rani -- Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) Agronomic Practices, Engineering Properties, Bioactive Compounds and Utilization in Food Processing Industry / Vipul Mittal, Anil Panghal, Ravi Gupta -- Ocimum Species / Deep Shikha, Piyush Kashyap -- Role of Bioactive Compounds of Bauhinia variegata and their Benefits / Deepika Kaushik, Mukul Kumar, Ravinder Kaushik, Ashwani Kumar -- Hibiscus cannabinus / Deep Shikha, Piyush Kashyap, Abhimanyu Thakur, Madhusudan Sharma -- Dhatura / KM Manju, Ritu Sindhu, Priyanka Rohilla, Rohit Kumar -- Bioactive Properties and Health Benefits of Amaranthus / Nisha Singhania, Rajesh Kumar, Pramila, Sunil Bishnoi, Aradhita B Ray, Aastha Diwan -- Corchorus Species / Kavya Ganthal, Nehal Sharma, Narinder Kaur -- Index -- Also of Interest
Abstract:
With the world's population continuing to grow exponentially, with many "food deserts" across the globe, including even in rich countries, food production is more important than ever. Finding alternative ways to produce food, in a sustainable way, is increasingly important and something that is on the minds of scientists, engineers, policy makers, and other professionals. Weeds are mainly undesirable plants, but nowadays researchers are exploring these weeds as a food source. Weeds can also grow in adverse climatic conditions with minimum nutritional requirements. Weeds that are rich in nutrients and bioactive compounds are suitable ingredients for functional foods and meet nutritional requirements at a cheaper cost and thus are lucrative and attractive for the food industry. This latest volume in the groundbreaking series, "Bioprocessing in the Food Industry," covers different types of weeds, like eleusine indica, tribulus terrestris, hibiscus cannabinus, corchorus, gynandra gynandropsis, and many others. These weeds have limited food applications, mainly because of traditional food production. This book will provide detailed knowledge regarding the nutritional value, health benefits and processing methods of these weeds. Readers will learn how these weeds can be utilized for food production, healthy food development, and sustainability. Combining the technological requirements, food safety and quality, this book showcases the utilization of modern technologies to process food products with great benefits. The volume will comprehensively meet the knowledge requirements for the curriculum of undergraduate, postgraduate and research students for learning the concepts of bioprocessing in food engineering, as well as veteran engineers, policy makers, scientists, chemists, and other industry professionals. It is a must have for any library.
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John Wiley and Sons
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