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Bioactive Compounds in the Storage Organs of Plants / edited by Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy, Kee Yoeup Paek, So-Young Park

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Reference Series in PhytochemistryPublisher: Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023Publisher: Cham : Imprint: Springer, 2023Description: 1 Online-Ressource(20 illus., 10 illus. in color.)ISBN:
  • 9783031290060
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 547 23
DOI: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-29006-0Online resources: Summary: Importance of corm, bulb, rhizome, and tuber-bearing plants -- Bioactive compounds in corm-bearing plants -- Bioactive compounds in bulb-bearing plants -- Bioactive compounds in rhizome-bearing plants -- Bioactive compounds in stem-tuber bearing plants -- Bioactive compounds in root-tuber bearing plants.Summary: This book offers a comprehensive and authoritative review of bioactive substances found in plant underground stems, roots, rhizomes, corms, and tubers from all around the world. Tubers and starchy roots are plants that store edible starch content in underground stems, roots, rhizomes, corms, and tubers. They are a key source for both human and animal consumption and are rich in carbohydrates. They are widely used as industrial crops as well. Phytochemicals found in tubers and roots, such as phenolics, terpenoids, and alkaloids, have anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, hypoglycemic, hypocholesterolemic, and antibacterial properties. Except for common potatoes, sweet potatoes, and cassava, the nutritional and health benefits of many tuberous crops have not yet been adequately investigated. This book sheds new insights into these topics by addressing several plant metabolites found in storage organs, which can be seen as scientifically neglected even though they have a high economic relevance as food and pharmaceutical sources. Divided into 5 parts, this book discusses how bioactive chemicals found in plant storage organs are synthesized and how their bioactive principles are specifically expressed in underground stems, roots, rhizomes, corms, and tubers. Additionally, each chapter includes background information on the plant, its parts, its nutritional makeup, chemical components, and biological functions. Given its breadth, the book appeals to a wide readership, from scholars through graduate and post-graduate students to professionals in the industry.PPN: PPN: 1923383841Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-2-SEB | ZDB-2-145 | ZDB-2-SXRP | ZDB-2-SXCH | ZDB-2-SLR
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