Harvesting Food from Weeds
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Harvesting Food from Weeds

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eBook - PDF

Harvesting Food from Weeds

About this book

HARVESTING FOODS from WEEDS

Food science is a rapidly changing and complicated subject. This new series addresses the current state-of-the-art concepts and technologies associated with the industry and will cover new ideas and emerging novel technologies and processes.

With the world's population continuing to grow exponentially, with many "food deserts" across the globe, including even in rich countries, food production is more important than ever. Finding alternative ways to produce food, in a sustainable way, is increasingly important and something that is on the minds of scientists, engineers, policy makers, and other professionals. Weeds are mainly undesirable plants, but nowadays researchers are exploring these weeds as a food source. Weeds can also grow in adverse climatic conditions with minimum nutritional requirements. Weeds that are rich in nutrients and bioactive compounds are suitable ingredients for functional foods and meet nutritional requirements at a cheaper cost and thus are lucrative and attractive for the food industry.

This latest volume in the groundbreaking series, "Bioprocessing in the Food Industry, " covers different types of weeds, like eleusine indica, tribulus terrestris, hibiscus cannabinus, corchorus, gynandra gynandropsis, and many others. These weeds have limited food applications, mainly because of traditional food production. This book will provide detailed knowledge regarding the nutritional value, health benefits and processing methods of these weeds. Readers will learn how these weeds can be utilized for food production, healthy food development, and sustainability. Combining the technological requirements, food safety and quality, this book showcases the utilization of modern technologies to process food products with great benefits. The volume will comprehensively meet the knowledge requirements for the curriculum of undergraduate, postgraduate and research students for learning the concepts of bioprocessing in food engineering, as well as veteran engineers, policy makers, scientists, chemists, and other industry professionals. It is a must have for any library.

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Yes, you can access Harvesting Food from Weeds by Prerna Gupta,Navnidhi Chhikara,Anil Panghal in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Agriculture. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Chapter 1 Chenopodium Species
  7. Chapter 2 Herbs of Asteraceae Family: Nutritional Profile, Bioactive Compounds, and Potentials in Therapeutics
  8. Chapter 3 Tribulus terrestris: Pharmacological and Nutraceutical Potential
  9. Chapter 4 Eleusine Indica
  10. Chapter 5 Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) Agronomic Practices, Engineering Properties, Bioactive Compounds and Utilization in Food Processing Industry
  11. Chapter 6 Ocimum Species
  12. Chapter 7 Role of Bioactive Compounds of Bauhinia variegata and their Benefits
  13. Chapter 8 Hibiscus cannabinus
  14. Chapter 9 Dhatura: Nutritional, Phytochemical, and Pharmacological Properties
  15. Chapter 10 Bioactive Properties and Health Benefits of Amaranthus
  16. Chapter 11 Corchorus Species: Health Benefits and Industrial Importance
  17. Index
  18. EULA