Phenolic Compounds Biological Activity
Phenolic compounds comprise a broad class of natural products formed mainly by plants, but also microorganisms and marine organisms that have the capacity to form them. Nowadays the interest in these compounds has increased mainly due to their diverse chemical structure and wide biological activity...
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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IntechOpen
2017
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| Online Access: | Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication Open Access: DOAB, download the publication |
| Summary: | Phenolic compounds comprise a broad class of natural products formed mainly by plants, but also microorganisms and marine organisms that have the capacity to form them. Nowadays the interest in these compounds has increased mainly due to their diverse chemical structure and wide biological activity valuable in the prevention of some chronic or degenerative diseases. The functional foods are a rich source of these phytochemicals, and this is the starting point for this book, which shows the state of the art of the phenolic compounds and their biological activity. This book integrates eleven chapters that show the state of the art of diverse biological activity of the phenolic compounds, present in some crops or fruits. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (238 p.) |
| ISBN: | 63693 9789535129592 9789535129608 9789535150909 |
| Access: | Open Access |