Handbook of Functional Foods - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0443338531 ISBN 13 : 9780443338533

Editeur : Academic Press, 2026

Synopsis

Fueled by the link between diet and well-being, the benefits of functional foods for going beyond basic nutrition and providing health advantages from digestion to enhanced immunity, are gaining momentum worldwide. Handbook of Functional Foods: Techniques, Analytics and Health Benefits is a comprehensive resource that provides an overview of the extraction and analytical identification techniques of foods' bioactive components for health and well-being while looking at metabolism, sensory, and safety components. This book reviews in detail how functional foods have the potential to drive innovation in the food industry, creating a broad range of healthier and more personalized food options. From emerging extraction and extrusion techniques for the creation of fiber-rich snacks to the synergistic effects of pro- and prebiotics on gut health, readers will come away with an advanced and fresh understanding of necessary insights needed to fill any knowledge gaps and aid in the development of new functional food products.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Pradeep Kumar, PhD, works as an Associate Professor at the Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India. Prior to that, he served as an Assistant Professor at NERIST, India, and Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, South Korea. He was awarded a PBC Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellowship to work for more than three years as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Dr. Kumar's research interests are in applied microbiology, biocontrol, nanotechnology, phytochemistry and Food sciences. He has published more than 90 research and review articles in peer-reviewed journals, 30 international book chapters, and nine edited books with more than 7000 citations. He was awarded an Early Career Research Award (2017) from the SERB, Government of India, and he is currently handling five projects as principal or co-principal investigator, funded by government agencies.

Dr. Madhu Kamle, PhD is currently working as an assistant professor at the Department of Forestry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Her research interests are in plant biotechnology, plant-microbe interactions, microbial genomics, and plant disease diagnosis. She earned her PhD in plant biotechnology from ICARCISH, India, and Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, India. She has been awarded the prestigious PBC Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellowship and a postdoctoral fellowship from the Jacob Blaustein Institute of Desert Research, Ben Gurion University, Israel. She also worked as an international research professor at the School of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea. Dr. Kamle has ten years of research experience and has published more than 52 research and review articles in peer-reviewed journals, 20 international book chapters, and 4 edited books with more than 3368 citations.

Dr. Dipendra Kumar Mahato completed PhD in Food Science and Technology from Deakin University, Australia. He has a Master degree in Food Science and Technology and a Bachelor degree in Biotechnology. He has been awarded Gold Medal for academic excellence. Before his PhD, Dipendra had worked as Editorial Assistant at Aptara. corp, publication house. He also had an industrial experience with Panacea Biotec. Later, he worked in different research projects at renowned IARI, New-Delhi and IIT, Kharagpur. He was awarded a prestigious Deakin University Postgraduate Research Scholarship (DUPRS), Australia to pursue his PhD in Food and Nutrition. His research area includes food science, new product development, Sensory science, microbiology, biotechnology and innovation in product development in relation to consumer perception, health and wellbeing. He has published more than 50 research and review articles in peer-reviewed journals and 26 book chapters and one edited book with a total of 3005 citations.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Academic Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0443338531
• ISBN 13: 9780443338533
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 466
• Éditeur: Kumar
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Barbara Criscuolo; b.criscuolo@lswr.it; ; Via Spadolini, 7; Milano; 20141; Italie