{"product_id":"9783030987626","title":"Food and Agricultural Byproducts as Important Source of Valuable Nutraceuticals","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFood and Agricultural Byproducts as Important Source of Valuable Nutraceuticals\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eEgbuna, Chukwuebuka; Sawicka, Barbara; Khan, Johra\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFood and agricultural by-products are leftovers or wastes from parts of foods, fruits, vegetables and animal sources which are obtained after processing. Agricultural by-products includes peels and rinds from citrus fruits, pineapple, mango, and banana. Other notable ones are pomace from apple, olive, red beet, and those from wine making. Also, whey from milk, straws, hulls, and brans from grains are among top agricultural by-products. These by-products often impact the environment and the social-economic sectors when they are disposed. But with the recent advances in biotechnology and scientific research, scientists have found usefulness in some of these byproducts as sources of valuable nutraceuticals, a term used to refer to chemical entities present in foods that has the propensity to impact health for disease prevention and treatment. This book entitled ‘\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFood and agricultural by-products as important source of valuable nutraceuticals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e’ presents detailed informationabout major agricultural byproducts that are rich in nutraceuticals. The nature and the type of nutraceuticals that they contains and their health promoting benefits were presented. The editors and chapter contributors are renowned experts from key institutions around the globe. This book will be useful to students, teachers, food chemists, nutritionists, nutritional biochemists, food biotechnologists among others. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey features\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eØ  Highlights the health promotion benefits of nutraceuticals\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eØ  Presents information on agrifood by-products as sources of nutraceuticals \u003c\/p\u003e\n\nØ  Discusses functional nutraceuticals from peels, rinds, pomace, hull, bran etc \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2023-07-14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030987626\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-98760-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235.0cm x155.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 257.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45385631334540,"sku":"9783030987626","price":179.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030987626.jpg?v=1765567949","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030987626","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}