Chandra Deka Sankar, Seth Dibyakanta, Rachayya Swami Hulle Nishant. Food Bioactives: Functionality and Applications in Human Health

Apple Academic Press, 2020. — 432 р. — ISBN: 978-1771887990.This valuable volume addresses the growing consumer demand for novel functional food products and for high-value, nutritionally rich products by focusing on the sources and applications of bioactives from food. The chapters in the book describe functional properties and discuss applications of the selected food ingredients obtained from various sources, including culinary banana, phalsa, pseudocereals, roselle calyces, asparagus, and more.
Several chapters address the resurgence of interest in pseudocereals due to their excellent nutritional and biological values, gluten-free composition, and the presence of some health-promoting compounds.