Buch, Englisch, 415 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Chemistry and Mechanisms of Action
Buch, Englisch, 415 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
ISBN: 978-1-83916-385-2
Verlag: RSC Publishing
Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages on the planet and there has been extensive research into the purported health benefits or its disadvantages and counterindications.
This book provides an updated overview of existing evidence for the health effects of coffee consumption. The book takes the reader on a journey starting with the worldwide consumption of this beverage, its varieties, and main chemical characteristics. Following this there is a detailed analysis of its components, molecules and mechanisms of action and finally specifics on the potentially good and bad effects on human health.
The editor and authors are renowned researchers in coffee and provide the most relevant information on the consumption of coffee. This book provides a unique source of knowledge around the health aspects of this beverage.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein
- Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Lebensmitteltechnologie und Getränketechnologie
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Ernährungsmedizin, Diätetik
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)
Weitere Infos & Material
- Introduction to Coffee History, Preparation Methods, and the Basic Chemistry of Its Bioactive Compounds
- Coffee Preparations and Roasting
- Recent Trends in Spent Coffee Grounds: Phytochemical Profiling and Valorization Opportunities
- Caffeine
- Cafestol and Kahweol
- The Main Coffee Polyphenols: Chlorogenic, Ferulic, and Caffeic Acids
- Coffee Melanoidins and Gut Health
- Coffee, the Metabolome and the Gut Microbiome
- Coffee and Oxidative Stress
- Coffee and Cardiovascular Disease
- Coffee and Metabolic Disorders
- Coffee and Liver Health
- Coffee and Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Effects of Caffeine on Kidney Stone Disease and Renal Cancer
- Coffee and Cancer
- Coffee Components: Acrylamide, Mycotoxins, and Furan
- Coffee and Osteoporosis and the Risk of Bone Fractures
- Caffeine and Genetics
- Coffee – Influence on the Course of Pregnancy and the Health of the Mother and Child
- Pharmacology of Caffeine
