Eggs as Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals for Human Health Editor: Jianping Wu
Egg Consumption for Appetite Control and Body Weight Regulation
Food for Thought – Eggs and Neurocognition
Egg Protein in Sports Nutrition
Egg Carotenoids for Eye Health
Eggs and Bone Health
Chicken Egg: Wholesome Nutrition Packed with Antioxidants
Modulation of Inflammation by Egg Components
Innate Antimicrobial Proteins and Peptides of Avian Egg
Bioactive Egg Proteins
Bioactive Minor Egg Components
Bioactivities and Mechanisms of Egg Protein-derived Peptides
Applications of Egg Yolk Antibody (IgY) in Diagnosis Reagents and in Prevention of Diseases
Advances in the Separation of Functional Egg Proteins – Egg White Proteins
Advances in the Separation of Functional Egg Proteins – Egg Yolk Proteins
Value-added Uses of Eggshell and Eggshell Membranes
Subject Index
Publication details
- Print publication date
- 16 May 2019
- Copyright year
- 2019
- Print ISBN
- 978-1-78801-213-3
- PDF eISBN
- 978-1-78801-383-3
- ePub eISBN
- 978-1-78801-779-4
About this book
Often described as ‘nature’s perfect food’, perceptions of egg consumption and human health have evolved substantially over the past decades, in particular dietary guidelines no longer include a limit for dietary cholesterol and recommend eggs as part of healthy eating patterns. This book presents the opportunities for processing eggs to produce value-added food, nutritional, biomedical, functional food, and nutraceutical applications. It provides new evidence around egg consumption with respect to cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndrome, weight management, mental development, eye, muscle, and ageing health. It also highlights the new discovery regarding egg bioactives that are relevant to anti-oxidants, anti-inflammation, cardiovascular and bone health, anti-microbial and anti-viral activities.
Appealing to food scientists, food chemists, researchers in human nutrition specialising in eggs and dairy nutrition, and those involved in egg production, this book is reflecting the trends and innovations in this area of research.