Spice Bioactive Compounds: Properties, Applications, and Health Benefits

Spice Bioactive Compounds: Properties, Applications, and Health Benefits collects such information together in one book, presenting all necessary features related to spices and their properties. Exploring the most recent research related to the extraction, isolation, encapsulation, identification, and characterization of bioactive compounds present in spices, this book also covers the health element of spices and its utilization as a treatment for various disorders.

Key Features:

• Discusses about 14 different spices and their salient features
• Presents the novel technologies used in the extraction, isolation, and identification of bioactive compounds from spices
• Explores the utilization of spices for culinary use in food

Industries such as the food and pharmaceutical industries have great interest in the use of bioactive compounds for the production of drugs and functional foods. Written by experts in their field, this book will be useful to anyone in either industry, as well as those who have an interest in the use of such bioactive compounds for the production of drugs and functional foods.