Nanotechnology Horizons in Food Process Engineering

Volume 3: Trends, Nanomaterials, and Food Delivery
Herausgeber: Goyal, Megh R; Kumar, Satish; Mishra, Santosh K

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Produktbeschreibung

Discusses trends in nanotechnology for food applications and food delivery systems. Topics include the stability of nanoparticles, nanobiosensing for contaminant detection, nanotechnology in nutrient delivery, biofunctional magnetic nanoparticles in food safety, the development of nutraceuticals using nanotechnological tools.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Apple Academic Press
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 816g
• ISBN-13: 9781774910986
• ISBN-10: 1774910985
• Artikelnr.: 66698370

Autorenporträt

Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, is a Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering from the General Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus. He was proclaimed as the "Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico for the twentieth century" by the ASABE, Puerto Rico Section, for his pioneering work on micro irrigation, evapotranspiration, agroclimatology, and soil and water engineering. A prolific author and editor, he has written more than 200 journal articles and several textbooks and has edited over 100 books. Santosh K. Mishra, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dairy Microbiology at the College of Dairy Science and Technology at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He has served in the dairy industry as a Quality Assurance Executive at Mother Dairy, New Delhi, and has handled several externally funded projects. He has published research, review, and popular articles in national and international journals as well as several book chapters and teaching reviews in various training programs. Satish Kumar, PhD, is an Assistant Professor (Food Science and Technology) at the College of Horticulture and Forestry at Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry in Himachal Pradesh, India. Dr. Kumar served at Lovely Professional University, Phagwara-Punjab, India, as Assistant Professor (Food Technology and Nutrition). He has participated in several national and international conferences, seminars, workshops, training, symposiums, etc. He has to his credit research papers, book chapters, conference papers, and abstracts.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Current Trends in Nanotechnology for Food Applications 1. Stability
and Fate of Nanoparticles in Foods 2. Nano-Biosensing for Detection of Food
Contaminants Part 2: Innovative Technologies in Nanomaterials for Food
Applications 3. Nanotechnology Applications in Agriculture 4. Postharvest
Physiology, Value Chain Advancement, and Nanotechnology in Fresh-Cut Fruits
and Vegetables 5. Role of Nanotechnology in Nutrient Delivery 6.
Implications of Nanotechnology in Food Packaging 7. Applications of
Nanotechnology in the Dairy Industry Part 3: Nanotechnology to Improve Food
Delivery Systems 8. Antimicrobial Nanoparticles: Production, Mechanism of
Action, and Applications in the Food Sector 9. Nanoencapsulation of
Bioactive Compounds 10. Development of Nutraceuticals Using
Nanotechnological Tools: Current Scenario and Future Prospects 11.
Potential of Biofunctional Magnetic Nanoparticles in Food Safety: Detection
of Toxins and Foodborne Pathogens