Natural Products In Beverages

Natural Products in Beverages

This reference book provides an overview of the active ingredients of selected plants present in beverages. The book aims to highlight according to the chapters the botanical, ethnobotanical, ecological or agronomic aspects of these botanical species used in some well-known or rarer beverages by linking them to their phytochemistry. This book also covers the manufacturing techniques, as well as the quality control of these products of natural origin in beverages. The content is divided into five main sections containing chapters written by valuable experts in their field : (1) beverages plants with caffeine and other methylxanthines, (2) beverage plants without caffeine, (3) fruits juices, (4) alcoholic beverage plants: non-distilled beverages and (5) alcoholic beverage plants: distilled beverages. The book is a useful resource for graduate students, academics and researchers in the field of botany, agriculture, food chemistry, nutrition as well as for industrial scientists and those involved in the commercialization of phytochemicals, plants and their extracts.

Natural Products and Botanical Medicines of Iran

With a high diversity of vegetation in Iran, over 8000 plant species are in existence. More than 2300 species of these plants have medicinal, edible and industrial properties, and more than 1700 species of them are endemic. Natural Products and Botanical Medicines of Iran provides an overview on important endemic plants and their usages. All results have been tabulated and key detailed information of each species is presented with background data. Features: Provides an understanding of indigenous plant-derived natural medicines of the most important medicinal plants in the region Includes discussions and critical views on the potentials and challenges for further development of the selected plants in a modern setting Details the important plants and sets out the chapters based on either taxonomy or medical use

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