Bioactives in Fruit (PDF)

For centuries we have known that fruit is important for
health, but we are only just beginning to fully understand
why. Bioactives in Fruit: Health Benefits and
Functional Foods aims to summarise some of our
current knowledge on the bioactive compounds that are
associated with the health benefits of specific fruits with a
strong emphasis on the validation of health benefits by human
intervention trials. Reflecting the current interest in food
and health, the book includes strategies to retain and enhance
the bioactives in fruit through breeding, growing conditions,
fruit storage, processing into ingredients and production of
functional foods.

To accomplish this task authors with expertise in biology,
chemistry, pharmacology, food science, nutrition, medicine,
and horticulture have contributed. They come from
universities, government and industry funded
research institutes and biotechnology and food companies in
Europe, the United States, Asia and New Zealand to give the
book a broad perspective.

This book, describing fruit bioactives, their
health benefits when consumed as a food and related topics
regarding their development into fresh or processed functional
foods, will be of use to postgraduate

students, researchers, functional food product developers, food
regulators and anyone who has curiosity about why fruit is
good for you. The information contained within will
provide plant breeders with new targets for the development of
value-added horticultural products, and will also provide
nutritionists and dieticians with a useful resource for
developing strategies to assist in preventing or
slowing disease onset or severity. Bioactives in
Fruit: Health Benefits and Functional Foods is a
major resource which will be required reading for anyone
working in the fields of health and functional foods.