Phenolic Compounds: Biological Activity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789535129592)

Phenolic compounds comprise a broad class of natural products formed mainly by plants, but also microorganisms and marine organisms that have the capacity to form them. Nowadays the interest in these compounds has increased mainly due to their diverse chemical structure and wide biological activity valuable in the prevention of some chronic or degenerative diseases. The functional foods are a rich source of these phytochemicals, and this is the starting point for this book, which shows the state of the art of the phenolic compounds and their biological activity. This book integrates eleven chapters that show the state of the art of diverse biological activity of the phenolic compounds, present in some crops or fruits.

Author: Marcos Soto-Hernández
ISBN-10: 9535129597
ISBN-13: 9789535129592
Publisher: Intechopen
Language: English
Published: 03/08/2017
Pages: 238
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.56d