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...

Table of Contents:

• Cover; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright; Contributors; Chapter 1: The Origins of Tea, Coffee and Cocoa as Beverages; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The beverages in question; 1.3 Discoveries
• myth and legend; 1.4 Global domination begins; 1.5 From foreign fancies to the drinks of the masses; 1.6 Tea, coffee and chocolate 'go public'; 1.7 Opinion is divided on the merits of the three beverages; 1.8 Tea, coffee and chocolate
• the future; Chapter 2: Purine Alkaloids: A Focus on Caffeine and Related Compounds in Beverages; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Occurrence of purine alkaloids.