Functionality of Food Phytochemicals

by Timothy Johns (Editor), John T. Romeo (Editor)

Contains papers from an August 1996 meeting of the Phytochemical Society of North America, held in New Orleans, Louisiana. Highlights new research in food phytochemicals as health promoters and chemopreventive agents, nutrient and toxicological aspects of food plants, indigenous root and tuber crops, behavioral effects of food and herbal constituents, sensory properties of wine, and the application of biotechnology in the production of useful food phytochemical products. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

327 pages, Hardcover

First published October 31, 1997