Food carotenoids : chemistry, biology and technology /

• Main Author: Rodriguez-Amaya, Delia B. (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : IFT Press/Wiley Blackwell, [2016]
• Series: IFT Press series.
• Subjects: Carotenoids.; MEDICAL > Physiology.; SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• Nomenclature, structures, physical and chemical properties
• Biosynthesis and metabolism
• Qualitative and quantitative analysis
• In vitro assays of bioaccessibility and antioxidant capacity
• Composition and influencing factors
• Effects of processing and storage
• Isomerization and oxidation
• Carotenoids as food colorants and precursors of aroma compounds
• Bioaccessibility and bioavailability
• Provitamin A activity
• Carotenoids and chronic diseases.