Phytosterols As Functional Food Components and Nutraceuticals

This volume covers a wide range of issues related to plant sterols, including occurrence, biological effects, available functional foods containing phytosterols, and the prospects of increasing phytosterol levels in plants. It discusses recent developments in the area of phytosterols and cancer.

List of contents

1. Occurrence and Levels of Phytosterols in Foods 2. Analysis of Phytosterols in Foods 3. Plant Sterol Analysis in Relation to Functional Foods 4. Analysis of Phytosterols in Biological Samples 5. Does Phytosterol Intake Affect the Development of Cancer? 6. Role of Plant Sterols in Cholesterol Lowering 7. Plant Sterols in Functional Foods 8. Safety of Phytosterols and Phytosterol Esters as Functional Food Components 9. Potential Health Risks Associated with Large Intakes of Plant Sterols 10. Chemistry, Analysis, and Occurrence of Phytosterol Oxidation Products in Foods 11. Biological Effects and Safety Aspects of Phytosterol Oxides 12. Prospects of Increasing Nutritional Phytosterol Levels in Plants

About the author

Dutta, Paresh C.

Summary

This volume covers a wide range of issues related to plant sterols, including occurrence, biological effects, available functional foods containing phytosterols, and the prospects of increasing phytosterol levels in plants. It discusses recent developments in the area of phytosterols and cancer.

Product details

• Authors: Paresh C. Dutta
• Assisted by: Paresh C Dutta (Editor), Paresh C. Dutta (Editor), Dutta Paresh C. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367446628
• ISBN: 978-0-367-44662-8
• No. of pages: 450
• Subjects: Guides > Health > Diet; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; Food & beverage technology, Food and beverage technology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science / General