Tomatoes and Tomato Products

NOTE EDITORE

The contributors to this book are authors of international and national standing, leaders in the field and trendsetters. The book covers emerging fields of science and important discoveries relating to tomatoes and related products. This represents a one-stop shopping of material related to tomatoes. This book will be essential reading for plant scientists, nutritionists, dieticians, pharmacologists, health care professionals and research scientists.

SOMMARIO

ForewordPrefaceList of ContributorsPART 1CHARACTERIZATION AND COMPOSITION OF TOMATO PLANTAND FRUIT1. Tomatoes: Origin, Cultivation Techniques andGermplasm ResourcesDerly José Henriques da Silva, Flávia Barbosa Abreu,Fabiano Ricardo Brunele Caliman, Adilson Castro Antonioand Vinood B. Patel2. Cultivar and Agricultural Management on Lycopene andVitamin C Contents in Tomato FruitsTiequan Zhang, John Shi, YutaoWang and Sophia Jun Xue3. Field Trials of Genetically Modified Tomato:Fruit Quality and ProductivityG.L. Rotino, T. Pandolfini, R. Lo Scalzo, E. Sabatini,M. Fibiani and A. Spena4. Post-harvest Ripening of TomatoMaría Serrano, Pedro Javier Zapata, Fabián Guillén,Domingo Martínez-Romero, Salvador Castillo and Daniel Valero5. Tomato and FlavourChristian Salles6. Antioxidant Activity in Tomato: A Function of GenotypeCharanjit Kaur and H.C. Kapoor7. Carotenoids in Tomato PlantsB. Stephen Inbaraj and B.H. Chen8. Tomato LectinWilly J. Peumans and Els J.M. Van Damme9. Presence of Zingiberene and Curcumene in WildTomato LeavesGeorge F. Antonious10. The Role of Intracellular and Secreted Purple AcidPhosphatases in Tomato Phosphate NutritionGale G. Bozzo and William C. Plaxton11. Nutritional Characterization of Tomato JuicesConcepción Sánchez-Moreno, Begoña de Ancos, Lucía Plaza,Pedro Elez-Martínez and M. Pilar Cano12. Acrylamide in Tomato ProductsFernando Tateo and Monica BononiPART-2CELLULAR AND METABOLIC EFFECTS OF TOMATO AND RELATEDPRODUCTS OR COMPONENTS13. Tomato Leaf Crude Extracts for Insects and Spider MiteControlGeorge F. Antonious and John C. Snyder14. Bioactive Polysaccharides from TomatoGiuseppina Tommonaro, Alfonso De Giulio, Giuseppe Strazzullo,Salvatore De Rosa, Barbara Nicolaus and Annarita Poli15. Ingestion of Tomato Products and Lycopene Isomers inPlasmaVolker Böhm and Kati Fröhlich16. Antioxidant Compound Studies in DifferentTomato CultivarsGiuseppina Tommonaro, Barbara Nicolaus, Rocco De Prisco,Alfonso De Giulio, Giuseppe Strazzullo and Annarita Poli17. Antioxidant Activity of Fresh-cut Tomatoes: Effectsof Minimal Processing and Maturity Stage at HarvestMilza Moreira Lana18. Tomato and Anticancer Properties of SalivaMasahiro Toda and Kanehisa Morimoto19. DNA Strand Breaks and TomatoesKarlis Briviba20. Tomato Carotenoids and the IGF System in CancerJoseph Levy, Shlomo Walfisch, Yossi Walfisch,Amit Nahum, Keren Hirsch, Michael Danilenkoand Yoav Sharoni21. Tomato Paste and Benign Prostate HyperplasiaMagda Edinger de Souza, Walter José Koff andTania Weber Furlanetto22. Tomatoes and Components as Modulators of ExperimentalProstate CarcinogenesisElizabeth Miller Grainger, Kirstie Canene-Adams,John W. Erdman, Jr. and Steven K. Clinton23. Tomato Juice, Prostate Cancer and Adenosine DeaminaseEnzymeAslihan Avci and Ilker Durak24. Effect of Tomato Juice on Prevention and Managementof Lung Diseases: Cigarette Smoke-induced Emphysemain the Senescence-accelerated Mouse and BronchialAsthma in HumanKuniaki Seyama, Naoaki Tamura, Takahiro Inakumaand Koichi AizawaPART-3ANALYSIS AND METHODS25. Proteomics of Tomato Seed and PollenVipen K. Sawhney and Inder S. Sheoran26. Gene Transfer in Tomato and Detection of TransgenicTomato ProductsTheodoros H. Varzakas, Dimitris Argyropoulos andIoannis S. Arvanitoyannis27. Assaying Vitamins and Micronutrients in TomatoA.I. Olives, M.A. Martin, B. del Castillo and M.E. Torija28. Methods for PCR and Gene Expression Studies inTomato PlantsDimitris Argyropoulos, Theodoros H. Varzakas, CharoulaPsallida and Ioannis S. Arvanitoyannis29. DNA Analysis of Tomato Seeds in Forensic EvidenceHenry C. Lee and Cheng-Lung LeeIndex

AUTORE

Victor R. Preedy is Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry at King's College London, UK. He directs studies on food, health and toxicity. Professor Preedy gained his PhD. in 1981, and his DSc. in 1993. Professor Preedy is a Fellow of The Royal College of Pathologists (elected in 2000), The Royal Society for The Promotion of Health (2004) and The Royal Institute of Public Health (2004). Ronald Ross Watson is Professor of Health Promotion Sciences, at The University of Arizona, USA. He directs studies on immune function and cardiovascular disease. Professor Watson gained his PhD. in 1971. He has worked at a number of distinguished institutions including the Harvard School of Public Health. Professor Watson is an eminent member of several national and international nutrition, immunology, and cancer societies. He has edited over 70 books, especially in nutrition and food science.

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• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781578085347
• Dimensioni: 9 x 6 in Ø 3.11 lb
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 665