Modern biopolymer science : bridging the divide between fundamental treatise and industrial application

Industrialists developing new food and pharmaceutical products face the challenge of innovation in an increasingly competitive market that must consider incredient cost, product added-value, expectations of a healthy life-style, improved sensory impact, controlled delivery of active compounds and la...

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Other Authors Kasapis, Stefan, Norton, Ian T., Ubbink, Johan B.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2009.
Edition1st ed.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780080921143
0080921140
0123741955
9780123741950
Physical Description1 online resource (x, 627 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Low- and High-Solid Biopolymer/co-Solute Mixtures; Mapping the Different States of Food as a Function of Solids Content and Temperature Using a State Diagram; Microstructural Advances in the Understanding of Carbohydrate Glasses; Molecular Mobility of Bioactive Compounds in Biopolymer Matrices; Hydroccoloids and Medical Chemistry Applications; Fundamentals and Application of Protein Gelation; Biopolymer Composite Theory in Relation to Novel Product Development; Effect of Processing on Biopolymer Interactions; Molecular Theory of Polysaccharide Gels and Applications; Unifying Theory of Molecular Dynamics for Synthetic and Bio-macromolecules across the Viscoelastic Spectrum; Self Assembling Structures; Coacervates as Food Ingredients or Microencapsulation Delivery Systems; Biopolymer Films and Composite Coatings; Applications of Single-Molecule Techniques.