Advances in potato chemistry and technology

Addressing developments in potato chemistry, including identification, analysis and use of chemical components of potatoes in the development of new and innovative food and non-food products; the expert coverage includes a major focus on carbohydrate and non-carbohydrate composition, cell wall chemi...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Singh, Jaspreet (Food scientist), Kaur, Lovedeep
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, 2009.
Edition1st ed.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780080921914
0080921914
0123743494
9780123743497
1282257684
9781282257689
Physical Description1 online resource (xiv, 508 pages)

Cover

Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Potato tuber
  • an introduction / Jaspreet Singh and Lovedeep Kaur
  • Potato origin and production / John E. Bradshaw and Gavin Ramsay
  • Breeding, genetics, and cultivar development / Shelley Jansky
  • Cell-wall polysaccharides of potatoes / Philip J. Harris
  • Structure of potato starch / Eric Bertoft and Andreas Blennow
  • Potato proteins, lipids and minerals / Sirpa Kärenlampi and Philip White
  • Analysis of glycoalkaloids, phenolic compounds and anthocyanins in potatoes / Mendel Friedman and Carol Levin
  • Thermal processing and quality optimization of potatoes / Maria Dolores Alvarez Torres and Wenceslao Canet Parreno
  • Advanced analytical techniques to evaluate the quality of potato and potato starch / Qiang Liu [and others]
  • Textural and rheological characteristics of raw and cooked potatoes / Jaspreet Singh, Lovedeep Kaur, and M.A. Rao
  • Potato starch and its modification / Jaspreet Singh, Lovedeep Kaur, and Owen J. McCarthy
  • Fried and dehydrated potato products / Franco Pedreschi
  • Postharvest storage of potatoes / Reena Grittle Pinhero, Robert Coffin, and Rickey Y Yada
  • Nutritional value of potatoes: digestibility, glycemic index and glycemic impact / John Monro and Suman Mishra
  • Nutritional value of potatoes: vitamin, phytonutrient and mineral content / Duroy A. Navarre, Aymeric Goyer and Roshani Shakya
  • Novel applications and non-food uses of potato: future perspectives in nanotechnology / Lovedeep Kaur and Jaspreet Singh
  • Novel applications and non-food uses of potato: potatoes in biomedical/pharmaceutical and fermentation applications / Shrikant A. Survase and Rekha S. Singhal
  • Potatoes for human life support in space
  • Raymond M. Wheeler.