Fig (Ficus carica): Production, Processing, and Properties

by Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan (Editor)

Overview

This book creates a multidisciplinary forum of discussion on Ficus carica with particular emphasis on its horticulture, post-harvest, marketability, phyhemistry, extraction prools, biochemistry, nutritional value, functionality, health-promoting properties, ethnomedicinal applications, technology and processing. The impact of traditional and innovative processing on the recovery of high-added value compounds from Ficus carica byproducts is extensively reported. Also, the text discusses the potential applications of Ficus carica in food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical products. Fig (Ficus carica): Production, Processing, and Properties illustrates a diversity of developments in food science and horticultural research including:

• Production, processing, chemistry, and functional properties of Ficus carica.
• Ficus carica phyhemicals and its health-promoting effects.
• Food, non-food and technological applications of Ficus carica.

Recent research focuses on studying the bioactive compounds and therapeutic traits and investigating the mode of action and toxicological impacts of medical plant extracts and bioactive phyhemicals. Ficus carica is of significant importance due to its widespread food, industrial and medicinal applications. Although Ficus carica products are already commercially available in the international market, it is hard to find a reference work covering the production, processing, chemistry and properties of Ficus carica. This book will be the first publication focusing specifically on this important topic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783031164927
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	02/21/2023
Series:	Food Bioactive Ingredients
Edition description:	2023
Pages:	817
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan is a Professor in the Agricultural Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture at Zagazig University in Zagazig, Egypt

Table of Contents

Introduction to Fig (Ficus carica): Production, Processing, and Properties.- Section 1. Fig (Ficus carica): Cultivation, species, and cultivars.- Figs in Morocco: Diversity patterns, valorization pathways and chain value resilience.- Fig tree genome and diversity.- Genetic diversity of fig varieties.- Bud structure and evolution.- Phenotypic variability of fig (Ficus carica).- Morpho-chemical Characteristics Useful in the Identification of Fig (Ficus carica L.) Germplasm.- Agronomic strategies for fig cultivation in a temperate-humid climate zone.- Cultivars and agricultural practices of fig (Ficus carica).- Physiological behaviour of fig tree (Ficus carica L.) under different climatic conditions.- Fig (Ficus carica) production and yield .- Defense mechanism of fig (Ficus carica) against biotic stresses: An advanced role model under Moraceae.- Section 2: Fig (Ficus carica): Chemistry, functionality and health-promoting properties .- Chemistry and nutritional value of fresh and dried fig (Ficus carica).- Fig seeds: source of value-added oil within the scope of circular economy.- Fig (Ficus carica) leaves: composition and functional properties.- Fig (Ficus carica) oil.- Composition and functional properties of fig (Ficus carica) phenolics.- Phenolic compounds of Fresh and dried fig: Characterization and health effects.- Ficus carica L. as a source of natural bioactive flavonoids.- Fig (Ficus carica) minerals.- Bioactive compounds of fig (Ficus carica).- Fig volatiles .- Fig Enzymes: Characterization, Biological Roles, and Applications.- Preventive roles of phyhemicals from Ficus carica in Diabetes and its secondary complications.- Composition and health-promoting effects of fig (Ficus carica) extracts.- Genotoxic and antimutagenic activity of Ficus carica extracts.- Composition and biological activities of Ficus carica latex.- Extraction and analysis of polyphenolic compounds in Ficus carica L..- Section 3: Fig (Ficus carica): Technology, processing, and applications.- Fig drying technologies .- Chemistry and functionality of processed fig.- Fig Syrup as a natural sugar substitute.- Fig shelf life .- Use of proteolytic activity of Ficus carica in milk coagulation.