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Mediterranean Wild Edible Plants: Ethnobotany and Food Composition Tables
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Description for Mediterranean Wild Edible Plants: Ethnobotany and Food Composition Tables
Hardcover. Editor(s): Sanchez Mata, Maria de Cortes; Tardio, Javier. Num Pages: 513 pages, 71 colour illustrations, 155 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1QRM; PST; TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This book is the result of collaboration between botanists and food chemists, with the purpose of improving the knowledge of the main wild species of traditional use as foods in the Mediterranean area, focus on ethnobotanical aspects, natural production, uses and nutritional aspects. One of the novelties of the book would be the publication of complete food composition tables of more than 40 species, which are not usually included in nutrient databases of foods. Many of the data included comes from the chemical analysis of representative samples of these species and other are compiled from the scientific literature. Since this topic ... Read more
This book is the result of collaboration between botanists and food chemists, with the purpose of improving the knowledge of the main wild species of traditional use as foods in the Mediterranean area, focus on ethnobotanical aspects, natural production, uses and nutritional aspects. One of the novelties of the book would be the publication of complete food composition tables of more than 40 species, which are not usually included in nutrient databases of foods. Many of the data included comes from the chemical analysis of representative samples of these species and other are compiled from the scientific literature. Since this topic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
478
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781493933273
SKU
V9781493933273
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Cortes
Dr. María de Cortes Sánchez-Mata, PhD in Pharmacy, is currently a professor in Food Science at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. She has performed a continuous research on the analysis of nutrients, antinutrients and bioactive compounds in plant foods, with the focus on human health promotion. Dr. Javier Tardío, PhD in Agricultural Engineering, is currently ... Read more
Reviews for Mediterranean Wild Edible Plants: Ethnobotany and Food Composition Tables
“Chapters on the contribution of wild plants to dietary intakes do a nice job of connecting the kinds of nutritional data presented in the monographs to functions of those nutrients in the human body. Excellent use is made of photographs, in particular as they are gathered together to illustrate different aspects of one theme. … a vast amount of pertinent ... Read more