Name: Food as Medicine: Functional Food Plants of Africa
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Author: Iwu, Maurice M.
ISBN: 9781498706094

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Physical Book

Author

Maurice M. Iwu

Publisher

CRC Press

Language

Inglés

Pages

384

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

25.7 x 18.0 x 2.5 cm

Weight

1.13 kg.

ISBN13

9781498706094

Synopsis "Food as Medicine: Functional Food Plants of Africa"

This comprehensive book documents African plants used for functional and medicinal foods. It contains more than 60 detailed monographs of African foods, describing foods with various characteristics such as prebiotic, probiotic, satiety, immune modulation, stress-reduction, sports performance, mental acuity, sleep-supporting, metabolic syndrome, antioxidant, and unsaturated fats. Plant description, botanical names and synonyms, plant part used, habitat and distribution, folk use, nutritional content, and chemistry are all fully detailed. The book highlights indigenous African food processing technologies up to the modern era.

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