Bringing together widely scattered literature, Marine Products for Healthcare: Functional and Bioactive Nutraceutical Compounds from the Ocean discusses the importance of marine products as a source of nutraceuticals, food additives, and other useful ingredients in health protection and product formulation.

Features:

• Presents information on the nutritional and functional importance of marine-based foods
• Reviews epidemiological and in vitro studies that establish the protective role of marine nutraceuticals
• Discusses the processing and quality aspects of various marine raw materials
• Covers a wide range of marine-based sources including those from seaweed and coral reefs
• Provides information on aquaculture for the production of nutraceuticals and bio-active compounds

This book presents the functional properties of various macromolecules available from seafood and other marine resources such as seaweed and coral reef. It reviews epidemiological and in vitro studies to establish the protective role of marine nutraceuticals against coronary heart diseases, cancer, and other diseases. Processing and quality aspects of various marine raw materials are addressed in the latter portion of the book.

Contents

1. Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals
2. Marine Resources: Availability and Quantity
3. Seafood: Global Consumption Pattern and Role in Nutrition
4. Nutritional and Functional Value of Marine Proteins
5. Lipids and Unsaturated Fatty Acids
6. Chitin and Chitosan
7. Carotenoids
8. Vitamins, Minerals, and Trace Elements
9. Seaweed: Sources of Food Hydrocolloids
10. Marine Bioactive Compounds
11. Aquaculture for Production of Nutraceuticals and Bioactive Compounds
12. Food Fortification with Marine Nutraceuticals
13. Edible Films from Marine Macromolecules
14. Processing Aspects of Marine Resources

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