Linseed: A Multipurpose-Multisector Crop of Industrial Significance

Linseed: A Multipurpose-Multisector Crop of Industrial Significance provides a general overview of linseed as a multipurpose-multisector crop for obtaining a number of valuable products. The book's sections present the use of linseed as food products and discuss a number of important topics, including genetic engineering and breeding advances, pre-harvest processing methods, advanced extraction and quality assessment, metabolic engineering, bioactivity, new food product development, chemistry, and functionality. The book also covers the use of linseed in the textile sector and modified linseed oil products, animal feed products, cosmetics, and personal use products, along with their industrial significance. Food waste and the challenges of linseed crop production and processing into a number of industrial products are also discussed. This book acts as a comprehensive resource for food scientists, researchers, scholars, and industrial people related to food, nutraceutical, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and health practitioners, especially dieticians and nutritionists. Provides a general overview of linseed as a multipurpose-multisector crop for obtaining a number of valuable productCovers the knowledge on the waste/by-products generated during the production and processing of linseedExplores detection and identification of bioactive components from linseed INDICE: 1. Overview of linseed as multipurpose-multisector crop 2. Linseed in food sector 3. Linseed in textile sector 4. Miscellaneous applications of linseed crop of industrial significance 5. Waste to wealth: linseed waste/by-products valorization 6. Challenges and Opportunities of linseed crop for multipurpose-multisector industrial applications

• ISBN: 978-0-443-15439-3
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 360
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2024
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés