Exotic Fruits Reference Guide

The Exotic Fruit Reference Guide is the ultimate and most complete reference work on exotic fruits from many parts of the world. The book focuses on the exotic fruit's origin, botanical aspects, cultivation and harvest, physiology and biochemistry, chemical composition and nutritional value, including phenolics and antioxidant compounds. The guide is in four-color and it contains images of the fruits, in addition to the regional names and geographical location. The harvest and post-harvest conservation, as well as their potential industrialization are also presented as a way of stimulating the interest in their consumption and large scale production. Covers exotic fruits found all over the world, described by a team of global contributorsProvides quick and easy access to botanical information, biochemistry, fruit processing and nutritional valueFeatures Four color throughout  with images of each fruit along with its regional name and geographical locationUseful for researchers, industrial practitioners and students INDICE: Abacate - Persa americana  Acai - Euterpe oleracea Acerola - Malpighia emarginata Aguaje fruit - Mauritia flexuosa Ambarella - Spondias cytherea Annato/Urucum - Bixa orellan Araca - Psidium cattleyanum Sabine Bacuri - Platonia insignis  Breadfruit - Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg  Cacao - Theobroma cacao Cagaita - Eugenia dysenterica Caju - Anacardium occidentales Cambuci - Campomanesia phaea Camu-camu - Myrciaria dubia H. B. K. (McVough)  Canistel Caqui - Diospyros kaki Cempedak - Artocarpus champeden  imoya /Custard apple - Annona cherimola Cocona - Solanum sessiliflorum Cupuacu - Theobroma Grandiflorum Durian - Durio zibethinus * And much more

• ISBN: 978-0-12-803138-4
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 520
• Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2018
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés