Health benefits of organic food
Subtitle: effects of the environment / edited by D. I. Givens ... [et al.].
Contributors: Givens, D. I.
Publisher: CABI North American Office
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845934590
Subjects: Natural foods -- Health aspects; Natural foods -- Environmental aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Organic farming and food systems: definitions and key characteristics / E. Stockdale and C. Watson; title: The health benefits of n-3 fatty acids and their concentrations in organic and conventional animal-derived foods / A.M. Minihane, D.I. Givens and R.A. Gibbs; title: Environmental impacts on n-3 content of foods from ruminant animals / N.D. Scollan ... [et al.]; title: Health benefits and selenium content of organic vs conventional foods / J.R. Arthur; title: Environmental impacts concerning the selenium content of foods / P.W. Abrahams; title: Contaminants in organic and conventional food: the missing link between contaminant levels and health effects / C. Svendsen, A.M.J. Ragas, and J.L.C.M. Dorne; title: Mycotoxins in organic and conventional foods and effects of the environment / M. Olsen; title: Human pathogens in organic and conventional foods and effects of the environment / A.H.C. van Bruggen, E. Franz and A.M. Semenov; title: What does consumer science tell us about organic foods? / C. Ritson and M. Brennan; title: The beneficial effects of dietary flavonoids: sources, bioavailability and biological functions / J.P.E. Spencer... [et al.]; title: Environmental regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis / G.I. Jenkins; title: Nitrates in the human diet / N. Benjamin; title: Impacts of environment and management on nitrate in vegetables and water / E. Stockdale; title: Effects of the environment on the nutritional quality and safety of organically produced foods: round-up and summary / D.P.Richardson.