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Dictionary of Food and Nutrition (Ellis Horwood series in food science & technology)
Dictionary of Food and Nutrition - Ellis Horwood series in food science & technology Author:J. Adrian, etc., G. Legrand, R. Frangne This dictionary takes an interdisciplinary approach to food biochemistry and nutrition. It presents information previously dispersed in journals, books and other literature, and links aspects common to human food science, nutrition and animal feedstuffs. The dictionary covers the nature, structural biochemistry and physical chemistry of food com... more »ponents and their nutritional values, as well as phenomena of metabolic physiology. The nutritional and biochemical changes that occur during food processing and the complex mechanisms of digestion and intestinal absorption which determine nutrient efficiency are also discussed. The aim of this book is to help food biochemists in nutrition, agriculture and the veterinary and medical sciences, pharmaceutical chemists, food scientists and dietitians to obtain reliable information quickly.« less