1st Edition

Advances in Technologies for Producing Food-relevant Polyphenols

351 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

351 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

The growing concern for human wellbeing has generated an increase in the demand for polyphenols, secondary plant metabolites that exhibit different bioactive properties. This increasing demand is mainly due to the current applications in the food industry where polyphenols are considered essential for human health and nutrition. Advances in Technologies for Producing Food-relevant... Read more

Polyphenols: sources and main characteristics
Hernán Speisky, Jocelyn Fuentes,, Eva Dorta and Camilo López-Alarcón

Key aspects of polyphenols and health: metabolic fate, mechanisms of action and influence on gut microbiota
Josep Lluís Torres, Sara Ramos-Romero and Jara Pérez-Jiménez

Solid-liquid extraction of polyphenols at low pressure
Eduardo Caballero-Valdés, Araceli Olivares-Miralles, Carmen Soto-Maldonado and María Elvira Zúñiga-Hansen

Extraction of polyphenols by pressurized liquids
José Rodrigo Vergara-Salinas, José Cuevas-Valenzuela and José R. Pérez-Correa

Supercritical fluid extraction of polyphenols
José M. del Valle, Edgar Uquiche and Loreto Valenzuela

Analysis and characterization of polyphenol extracts
Sonia Guadalupe Sáyago-Ayerdi, Gilberto Mercado-Mercado, Sara Ramos-Romero, Josep Lluís Torres and Jara Pérez-Jiménez

Purification of polyphenolic extracts from natural sources: adsorption and membrane technologies
María Parada, María Luisa Soto, Beatriz Díaz-Reinoso, Elena M. Balboa, Andrés Moure, Enma Conde, Herminia Domínguez and Juan Carlos Parajó

Fractionation of polyphenols
Peter Winterhalter and Ulrich H. Engelhardt

Drying and preservation of polyphenols
Paz Robert, Paula García and Carolina Fredes

Inclusion of polyphenols into food matrixes
Verónica Dueik and Pedro Bouchon

Biography

Jose Cuevas Valenzuela, Jose Rodrigo Vergara-Salinas, Jose Ricrado Perez-Correa