Description
Book SynopsisSince the completion of the Human Genome Project, food and nutrition sciences have undergone a fundamental molecular transformation. New discoveries in molecular biology, analytical chemistry, and biochemistry have led to the development of new tools that are likely to revolutionize the study of food. OMICS Technologies: Tools for Food Science explores how these tools reveal the fundamental pathways and biochemical processes that drive food and nutrition sciences.
In this volume, an international panel of researchers examines the rise of these new technologiesincluding metabolomics, metagenomics, nutrigenomics, transcriptomics, and proteomicsand describes how they translate to food science research and productive technologies. The book explains how these methods can be used to assess the quality attributes of foods and food production systems. It explores the principles that regulate food production, analyzes processing and ethical issues, and documents
Table of Contents
Nutrition Science and "Omics" Technologies: Ethical Aspects in Global Health. Array Platform for Food Safety and Quality. Metabolomics and Food Science: Concepts and Serviceability in Plant Foods and Nutrition. Foodomics: A New Omics for a New Food Era. Proteomics in Food Biotechnology. Challenges in Feasible Problem Construction in Nutritional Genomics: An Empirical Study. Genomics and Breeding in Food Crops. Genomics of Fruit Quality and Disorders. Systems Biology Approaches Reveal New Insights into the Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Flesh Fruit Quality. Coffee Genomics. Omics Approaches to Meat Quality Management. Functional Genomics to Improve Meat Quality in Pigs. Meat Science and Proteomics. Wine-Omics: New Platforms for the Improvement of Yeast Strains and Wine Quality. Aspergillus flavus Genetics and Genomics in Solving Mycotoxin Contamination of Food and Feed. Index.
