Marine Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods

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Colin Barrow, Fereidoon Shahidi
CRC Press, Aug 13, 2007 - Technology & Engineering - 512 pages
Two of the most popular nutraceutical products on the market, omega-3 oil and glucosamine, were originally derived from waste products. Discarded oil from the manufacture of fishmeal became wildly popular as omega-3, a polyunsaturated fat, and the fully hydrolyzed chitosan from shrimp and crab shell, glucosamine, found wide use in joint health. Hun
 

Contents

An Overview
1
Sources Applications and Health Effects
23
Chapter 3 Omega3s and Their Impact on Brain Health
63
A Review of Studies in Animal Models
91
Chapter 5 Microencapsulation of Marine Lipids as a Vehicle for Functional Food Delivery
115
Chapter 6 Chitin and Chitosan
155
Chapter 7 Production of Bioactive Chitosan Oligosaccharides and Their Potential Use as Nutraceuticals
183
Chapter 8 Glucosamine Production and Health Benefits
197
Chapter 12 Beneficial Health Effects of Seaweed Carotenoid Fucoxanthin
297
Chapter 13 The Production and Health Benefits of Astaxanthin
321
Chapter 14 Marine Algae and Polysaccharides with Therapeutic Applications
345
An Introduction to a Diverse Group of Natural Products Isolated from Marine Macroalgae Microalgae Bacteria Fungi and Cyanobacteria
367
Potential for Therapeutic Application for CancerReview Article
405
Chapter 17 Calcium from Fish Bone and Other Marine Resources
419
Chapter 18 Immunoenhancing Preparations of Marine Origin
431
Index
467

Chapter 9 Functional and Bioactive Peptides from Hydrolyzed Aquatic Food Proteins
229
ACEInhibitory Peptides Derived from Bonito
247
Chapter 11 Marine Algal Constituents
259
Back cover
495
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