This book will provide thorough information about olives and olive oil, including on composition, analysis, fruit processing, quality control, utilisation of by-products, and more. It will help the reader to understand the importance of this product for the agricultural economy and the relevance of its bioactives to our health. Readers will learn about the importance of olive oils role in reducing oxidative stress - a serious danger factor for human health. The book will provide very significant information about the new trends in olive oil and lipids. 30 chapters are planned, to be written by distinguished authors and industry leaders in the field covering the following major areas: Production Postharvest handling Physico-chemical characteristics Chemistry Processing Nutritional and Phenolic Composition Significance to Human Health Lipidomics Finger printing and DNA quality authentication Packaging and Marketing Waste treatment and utilization The book is designed to act as a valuable reference text for agricultural and food scientists, nutritionists, dieticians, physicians and anybody else related to food and health.
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