Teas, cocoa and coffee : plant secondary metabolites and health /

• Other Authors: Crozier, Alan, Ashihara, Hiroshi, Tomas-Barberan, F. A. (Francisco A.)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
• Subjects: Plant metabolites.; Metabolism, Secondary.; HEALTH & FITNESS > Diets.; HEALTH & FITNESS > Food Content Guides.; HEALTH & FITNESS > Nutrition.; MEDICAL > Nursing > Nutrition.; MEDICAL > Nutrition.; Electronic books.

In recent years, the role of plant secondary metabolites as protective constituents in the human diet has been a growing area of research. Unlike the traditional vitamins, they are not essential for short-term wellbeing, but there is increasing evidence that modest long-term intakes can have favoura...