Practical Polyphenolics: From Structure to Molecular Recognition and Physiological Action
This is the first book to describe the scientific basis for the action of plant polyphenols in a wide range of technologically important phenomena. The book opens with a general summary of polyphenolic structure and a discussion of the physical and chemical basis of noncovalent molecular interactions and the means by which polyphenols initiate the many and varied properties they display. There has been a big increase in interest in our ability to understand the importance of polyphenols in areas as diverse as agriculture, ecology and food selection, foodstuffs and nutrition, beverages (astringency and bitterness), natural medicines (the so-called "French paradox"), floral pigmentation, natural glues and varnishes and the age-old methods for the manufacture of leather. The role of polyphenols in all of these areas is discussed.
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Practical Polyphenolics: From Structure to Molecular Recognition and Physiological Action
This is the first book to describe the scientific basis for the action of plant polyphenols in a wide range of technologically important phenomena. The book opens with a general summary of polyphenolic structure and a discussion of the physical and chemical basis of noncovalent molecular interactions and the means by which polyphenols initiate the many and varied properties they display. There has been a big increase in interest in our ability to understand the importance of polyphenols in areas as diverse as agriculture, ecology and food selection, foodstuffs and nutrition, beverages (astringency and bitterness), natural medicines (the so-called "French paradox"), floral pigmentation, natural glues and varnishes and the age-old methods for the manufacture of leather. The role of polyphenols in all of these areas is discussed.
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Practical Polyphenolics: From Structure to Molecular Recognition and Physiological Action

Practical Polyphenolics: From Structure to Molecular Recognition and Physiological Action

by Edwin Haslam
Practical Polyphenolics: From Structure to Molecular Recognition and Physiological Action

Practical Polyphenolics: From Structure to Molecular Recognition and Physiological Action

by Edwin Haslam

Overview

This is the first book to describe the scientific basis for the action of plant polyphenols in a wide range of technologically important phenomena. The book opens with a general summary of polyphenolic structure and a discussion of the physical and chemical basis of noncovalent molecular interactions and the means by which polyphenols initiate the many and varied properties they display. There has been a big increase in interest in our ability to understand the importance of polyphenols in areas as diverse as agriculture, ecology and food selection, foodstuffs and nutrition, beverages (astringency and bitterness), natural medicines (the so-called "French paradox"), floral pigmentation, natural glues and varnishes and the age-old methods for the manufacture of leather. The role of polyphenols in all of these areas is discussed.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521675598
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 07/14/2005
Edition description: Revised ed.
Pages: 440
Product dimensions: 7.17(w) x 9.96(h) x 1.06(d)

Table of Contents

1. Polyphenols – structure and biosynthesis; 2. Molecular recognition; 3. Molecular recognition – phenols and polyphenols; 4. Taste, bitterness and astringency; 5. Maturation – changes in astringency; 6. Anthocyanin co-pigmentation – fruit and floral pigments; 7. Polyphenols and herbal medicines; 8. Quinone tanning and oxidative polymerisation; 9. Polyphenols, collagen and leather.
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