Interdisciplinary Approaches to Food Digestion

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gouseti, Ourania (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Bornhorst, Gail M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Bakalis, Serafim (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Mackie, Alan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Microbiology.; Food-Biotechnology.; Organic chemistry.; Nutrition .; Food Science.; Organic Chemistry.; Nutrition.

For the first time, this singular and comprehensive text presents a focus on quantitative studies aiming to describe food digestion and the tools that are available for quantification. A case study relevant to real-world applications places this theoretical knowledge in context and demonstrates the...

Table of Contents:

• Part1. Introduction to Digestion Studies
• Chapter1. Short history of digestion studies
• Chapter2. The digestive tract
• Chapter3. In-vivo, in-vitro, in-silico studies: an overview
• Part2. Considerations During Digestion Studies
• Chapter4. Challenges in quantifying digestion
• Chapter5. Exploring and exploiting the role of food structure in digestion
• Chapter6. From bite to nutrient: the importance of length scales
• Part3. Fundamental Understanding of Digestion Processes
• Chapter7. Tools/methods for quantifying digestion: medical imaging aspects
• Chapter8. Quantitative characterisation of digestion processes
• Chapter9. Consumer psychology and eating behaviour
• Chapter10. Tools and methods to quantify digestion: food chemistry and microbiology aspects
• Chapter11. Quantifying digestion products: physicochemical aspects
• Chapter12. An engineering perspective of human digestion
• Part4. Case Study: Starch Digestion, Real-World Relevance
• Chapter13. Starchy foods: human nutrition and public health
• Chapter14. Kinetics of α-amylase action on starch
• Chapter15. Influence of physical and structural aspects of food on starch digestion
• Chapter16. Conclusions.