Corn and Coconut Oil: Antioxidant Properties, Uses and Health Benefits
Constantin Apetrei
Corn and coconut oils are important vegetable oils containing many valuable compounds necessary for life. These oils are known to have nutritional and valuable healthy qualities/properties, attributed mainly to fatty acid composition, tocols, carotenoids, polyphenols, etc. The antioxidant properties confer many health benefits, such as reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and other diseases. Fatty acids and related metabolite derivatives from coconut and corn oils are known to have excellent antimicrobial properties as well. This book comprises different multi- and interdisciplinary approaches related to the production, chemical composition, quality and authentication, uses, antimicrobial properties, and health benefits of corn and coconut oils, described by important authors from all over the world. This book will be helpful for a wide range of readers, from university students to researchers. (Imprint: Nova)
年:
2015
出版:
1
出版社:
Nova Science Pub Inc
语言:
english
页:
232
ISBN 10:
1634834208
ISBN 13:
9781634834209
系列:
Nutrition and Diet Research Progress
文件:
PDF, 4.75 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2015