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Plant Secondary Metabolites: Occurrence, Structure and Role in the Human Diet
ISBN: 978-1-405-12509-3
October 2006
Wiley-Blackwell
384 pages
Plant Secondary Metabolites: Occurrence, Structure and Role in the Human Diet addresses this wider interest by covering the main groups of natural products from a chemical and biosynthetic perspective with illustrations of how genetic engineering can be applied to manipulate levels of secondary metabolites of economic value as well as those of potential importance in diet and health. These descriptive chapters are augmented by chapters showing where these products are found in the diet, how they are metabolised and reviewing the evidence for their beneficial bioactivity.
* First book to consider the nutritional and health aspects of secondary metabolites
* Illustrates the impact gene technology can have on these important substances – from increasing the amount of antioxidants in tomatoes to growing coffee without caffeine.