Bioactive Compounds from Multifarious Natural Foods for Human Health

Natural products such as complex carbohydrates, proteins, and specialty lipids as well as minor bioactive compounds play a vital role in human wellness and in food quality. These include various physiological and biological activities based on their specific chemical structures. Modified natural products also play several powerful bioactive functions and some have been used as food additives to improve food taste and sensory qualities. This book sheds light on the potential of natural and plant-based foods for human health from different technological phases. 

Print ISBN: 9781682508268 | $165 | 2023 | Hardcover

Subject: Food Science and Nutrition

Editor: Jaime Pacheco

About the Editor: Jaime Pacheco received an MSc in Plant Genetics and Breeding and a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding. He works in the areas of agrarian sciences and natural sciences with an emphasis on the valorization of the major agrifood industrial by-products and wastes for the recovery of compounds for several industrial applications. His main research interests are in the genetic improvement of quantity and quality characteristics of soybean and soybean adaptation to mega-environments.