Food as Medicine: Functional Food Plants of Africa

Food as Medicine: Functional Food Plants of Africa
ISBN-10
1315354381
ISBN-13
9781315354385
Series
Food As Medicine
Category
Medical
Pages
542
Language
English
Published
2016-11-25
Publisher
CRC Press
Author
Maurice M. Iwu

Description

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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