Potato in the Human Diet

Klappentext The book reviews the knowledge about the nutritional value of the potato and its role in the nutrition of both children and adults. Zusammenfassung Since the latter half of the twentieth century! the rate of increase in potato production in developing countries has outpaced growth rates of most other major food crops. The book reviews the knowledge about the nutritional value of the potato and its role in the nutrition of both children and adults. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Structure of the potato tuber and composition of tuber dry matter; 2. The nutritional value of the components of the tuber; 3. Protein and other nitrogenous constituents of the tuber; 4. Effects of storage, cooking and processing on the nutritive value; 5. Glycoalkaoloids, proteinase inhibitors and lectins; 6. Patterns of potato in the tropics; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer A. Woolfe, Woolfe Jennifer A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521112994
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11299-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > General, dictionaries, tables; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Horticulture, Dietetics and nutrition, AGRICULTURE & FARMING