For more than two decades, this work has remained the leading advanced textbook and easy-to-use reference on food chemistry and technology. Its fourth edition has been extensively re-written and enlarged, now also covering topics such as BSE detection or acrylamide. Food allergies, alcoholic drinks, or phystosterols are now treated more extensively.
Proven features of the prior editions are maintained: Contains more than 600 tables, almost 500 figures, and about 1100 structural formulae of food components - Logically organized according to food constituents and commodities - Comprehensive subject index.
These features provide students and researchers in food science, food technology, agricultural chemistry and nutrition with in-depth insight into food chemistry and technology. They also make the book a valuable on-the-job reference for chemists, food chemists, food technologists, engineers, biochemists, nutritionists, and analytical chemists in food and agricultural research, food industry, nutrition, food control, and service laboratories.
Finding new, safe ways to consume food has become complicated as people become more health conscious about the foods they put into their bodies. Food Chemistry offers a wealth of information on the field of altering foods for human consumption. After an introduction outlining methods of food preservation and enhancement throughout the years (improved taste, odor, color, and nutritional content), this volume describes the differences between synthetic, engineered, irradiated, and organic foods.
New foods created synthetically, such as sugar and fat substitutes, as well as genetically engineered foods and irradiated foods, have scientific and social issues attached to their development, drawing much controversy from the public. On the other end of the spectrum, general interest in consuming natural or organic foods has become more popular. This illustrated volume explores the values and harms of consuming these different types of foods, and also outlines the questions surrounding organic versus non-organic foods, including the replacement of natural vitamins and minerals with synthetically produced substitutes. Biographical information on the people involved in this field of chemistry is also included. This is an informative reference for students who want to learn more about the types of food they consume, how they are produced, and how they affect the human body.
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Encyclopedia of Food Chemistry, Three Volume Set is the ideal primer for food scientists, researchers, students and young professionals who want to acquaint themselves with food chemistry. Well-organized, clearly written, and abundantly referenced, the book provides a foundation for readers to understand the principles, concepts, and techniques used in food chemistry applications. Articles are written by international experts and cover a wide range of topics, including food chemistry, food components and their interactions, properties (flavor, aroma, texture) the structure of food, functional foods, processing, storage, nanoparticles for food use, antioxidants, the Maillard and Strecker reactions, process derived contaminants, and the detection of economically-motivated food adulteration.
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Research considered for publication should be of general interest to the scientific community and/or the public, its potential impact should be significant and the technical quality is expected to conform to the highest standards of chemical research.
to advance molecular knowledge (e.g., crop protection chemistry, nanotechnology, natural toxins, fate and biotransformation of residues), elucidate mechanisms of action of agrochemicals, understand mechanisms of plant-plant, plant-fungal and plant-insect interactions including the action of bioactive constituents in desirable plants on control of pests that threaten them, and promote innovative solutions for increased agricultural productivity, a sustainable supply of food and fiber, and protection of public health and the environment including water quality/treatment, agricultural waste, and energy- related issues.
to increase knowledge of chemical structures of bioactive constituents, phytonutrients, and nutraceuticals in foods, their human and animal metabolism, and their mechanisms of biological function to affect human health status, including various aspects of molecular nutrition such as nutritional biochemistry, nutrigenomics and metabolomics. Studies on traditional medicines and herbal remedies are outside the scope of this category. It is mandatory that manuscripts reporting on biological properties of crude extracts include detailed information on the chemical composition of the extracts causing the described properties.
Manuscripts can encompass cell-based or other in vitro assays, animal models, clinical human trails, or a combination thereof as the fundamental component, however, test systems applied must be appropriate and the analytical method used should allow the quantitation of time and dose response effects. It is understood that discussion on nutritional relevance and conclusions on human health aspects are carefully formulated considering the experimental design used (appropriate cell test lines, significance of test/trail, relevant dose levels) and the data obtained.
to advance knowledge of chemistry, biology, and processing of biobased products and biofuels including all the related areas of biodiesel, bioethanol, biogas, biotransformations and bioprocesses (plants, algae etc.), waste utilization, biorefinery and bioresource technologies associated with conversion or production of biobased materials, and sustainability, and environmental emissions and effects associated with these processes.
to foster technological advances in plant/agricultural biotechnology (e.g., crop improvement, nutraceuticals, bioenergy, transgenic plants, phytoremediation), microbial and insect biotechnology (metabolic engineering and synthetic/systems biology of bacteria, fungi, insects, yeasts and algae in the context of fermentation/bioproduction, biocatalysis, bioremediation, biodegradation), food and flavor biotechnology (biotransformations/microbiology and metabolic aspects of food/beverage systems), and protein and enzyme technology (recombinant proteins/enzymes, cell-free protein expression systems, and biocatalysis using immobilized enzymes).
to advance molecular knowledge of the instrumental analysis (e.g. bioelectronics sensors), chemical structures, and formation pathways of aroma and taste molecules of plant and animal derived foods and beverages, the chemosensory receptors mediating flavor object recognition (e.g. in vitro cell assays), human in vivo psychophysics (incl. multisensory integration), and neurological processing of flavor stimuli (imaging technologies).
to deepen the fundamental understanding of chemical structures, structural modifications, interactions, and (bio)chemical transformations of minor and major components in foods and beverages, potentially in combination with novel aspects of process engineering, food technology, nanotechnology, packaging and storing, authenticity and origin aspects of food, or the biological evaluation of food and beverage systems.
to advance our knowledge of detrimental health effects and the mechanisms of adverse physiological, or pathological changes induced by natural or synthetic chemicals occurring in the human environment with particular emphasis on foods, crop protection chemicals, contaminants and related chemicals (e.g., nanomaterials, biotechologically derived products), including agricultural safety and consumer product safety, and the design and action of chemically related processes that enhance food safety.
to increase the knowledge on the relationship between chemical structure and biological (microorganisms, insects, animals, human) or technofunctional activity (e.g., Emulsifying, foaming, gelation) of agricultural and food components.
This category comprises (i) organic synthetic studies and/or structural biological studies (X-ray, NMR, etc.) of relevant ligands and targets with the aim of investigating molecular recognition processes in the action of biologically active compounds, (ii) molecular biological studies (e.g., site-directed mutagenesis) of macromolecular targets that lead to an improved understanding of molecular recognition, and (iii) computational studies that analyze the SAR of compounds of interest and lead to experimental studies or analysis of other available chemical and/or biological data that substantially advance the knowledge in agricultural and food chemistry.
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