Overview
- Broad coverage encompasses chemistry, functionality, and technological applications of fruits
- Authored by international scientists and industry experts
- Addresses the growing application areas, including novel food, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and cosmetics
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Table of contents (35 chapters)
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Olive Bio-wastes: Chemistry, Functionality and Technological Applications
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Citurs Bio-wastes: Chemistry, Functionality and Technological Applications
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Apple and Pear Bio-wastes: Chemistry, Functionality and Technological Applications
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About this book
Traditional Mediterranean fruits (i.e., be grapes, oranges, apples, pears, peaches, cherries, plums, figs, melons, watermelon and dates) are of major commercial and nutritional value to the region. Processing of such fruits, however, results in large amounts of bio-waste material. Efficient, inexpensive and environmentally friendly use of fruit industry waste is thus highly cost-effective and minimizes environmental impact. The natural antioxidants and bioactive compounds found in Mediterranean fruit bio-wastes could play a major role in the alleged health benefits of the Mediterranean diet, and could be used in pharmaceuticals as well as novel food applications.
This book presents a multidisciplinary forum of discussion on the chemistry, functional properties and health-promoting effects of bioactive compounds in Mediterranean fruit bio-wastes, as well as novel food and non-food applications. The text provides the scientific fundamentals of the health-promoting benefitsand applications of Mediterranean fruit bio-wastes, reviews the relevant recovery issues and explores different techniques to develop new applications. With a diversity of perspectives, from food science to environmental chemistry and horticultural research, this volume provides comprehensive, up-to-date knowledge to researchers and industry professionals working in the areas of food waste valorization.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Mohamed A. Farag is a Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Egypt. Specializing in metabolomics, natural products chemistry, and plant biochemistry, Mohamed A. Farag completed his Ph.D. at Texas Tech University, USA, in 2003. In 2005, after spending time as a postdoctoral fellow at The Samuel Noble Foundation, USA, and the James Graham Brown Cancer Center, USA, he became an assistant professor 2005 at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Egypt. Since 2009, Dr. Farag has been working as a part-time visiting professor at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, to participate in teaching plant metabolomics and chemomterics modelling for master students. In 2009-2010 he held the Alexander von Humboldt fellowship at the Leibniz Institute for Plant Biochemistry, Germany. Dr. Farag now works full-time as a visiting professor at the chemistry department, American University in Cairo (AUC). His research work focuses primarily on applying innovative biochemical technologies (metabolomics) to help answer complex biological questions in medicine, herbal drugs analysis, and agriculture. Dr. Farag has been recognized with several awards, including Abd el Hameed Shoman award (2016), Egypt Excellence Award in medical sciences (2018), Higher State Incentive Award (2012), Cairo University Incentive Award (2009), TWAS award in science diplomacy (2014), and the Mass Spectroscopy Performance Award, TTU, USA (2004). In addition, for his highly cited publications of more than 5000 citations and an h-index of 39, Dr. Farag was selected as a top researcher in the field of plant biology in Africa by the American society of plant biology, USA. Dr. Farag is a current TWAS fellow in Agriculture from Egypt. He is the Managing editor of the esteemed Journal of Advanced Research, along with editorial board membership in several other plant journals
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mediterranean Fruits Bio-wastes
Book Subtitle: Chemistry, Functionality and Technological Applications
Editors: Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan, Mohamed A. Farag
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84436-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-84435-6Published: 19 February 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-84438-7Published: 20 February 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-84436-3Published: 18 February 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 855
Number of Illustrations: 142 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Biochemistry, Food Science, Nutrition