Marine nutraceuticals and functional foods
By: [edited by] Fereidoon Shahidi and Colin Barrow.
Contributors: Shahidi, Fereidoon, 1951-; Barrow, Colin J.
Series: Nutraceutical science and technology -- 7
Publisher: Taylor & Francis; CRC Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 506
ISBN-13: 9781574444872
Subjects: Functional foods; Fisheries -- By-products -- Health aspects; Dietary Supplements; Fish Products
Notes: "A CRC title."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Marine fisheries byproducts as potential nutraceutical: an overview / Se-Kwon Kim, Eresha Mendis, and Feridoon Shahidi; title: Omega-3 oils: sources, applications, and health effects / Fereidoon Shahidi; title: Omega-3s and their impact on brain health / Genevieve Young; title: N-3 fatty acids in treatment of neurodegenerative diseases: studies in animal models / Cai Song; title: Microencapsulation of marine lipids as a vehicle for functional food delivery / Yulai Jin ... [et al.]; title: Chitin and chitosan / R.S. Rasmussen and M.T. Morrissey; title: Production of bioactive chitosan oligosaccharides and their potential use as nutraceuticals / Se-Kwon Kim, Niranjan Rajapakse, and Fereidoon Shahidi; title: Glucosamine production and health benefits / Jaroslav A. Kralovec and Colin J. Barrow; title: Functional and bioactive peptides from hydrolyzed aquatic food proteins / Hordur G. Kristinsson; title: Marine-derived protein hydrolysates, their biological activities, and potential as functional food ingredients: ace-inhibitory peptides derived from bonito / Hiroyuki Fujita, Masaaki Yoshikawa; title: Marine algal constituents / Yvonne V. Yuan; title: Beneficial health effects of seaweed carotenoid, fucoxanthin / Kazuo Miyashita and Masashi Hosokawa; title: The production and health benefits of astaxanthin / Miguel Olaizola; title: Marine algae and polysaccharides with therapeutic applications / J. Helen Fitton and Jane Teas; title: Nutraceuticals and functional foods from marine microbes: an introduction to a diverse group of natural products isolated from marine macroalgae, microalgae, bacteria, fungi, and cyanobacteria / Adam M. Burja and Helia Radianingtyas; title: Shark cartilage: potential for therapeutic application for cancer / Kenji Sato ... [et al.]; title: Calcium from fish bone and other marine resources / Won-Kyo Jung, Fereidoon Shahidi, and Se-Kwon Kim; title: Immunoenhancing preparations of marine origin / Jaroslav A. Kralovec.