The contributors to this book are authors of international and national standing, leaders in the field and trendsetters. The book covers emerging fields of science and important discoveries relating to tomatoes and related products. This represents a one-stop shopping of material related to tomatoes. This book will be essential reading for plant scientists, nutritionists, dieticians, pharmacologists, health care professionals and research scientists.
Author(s): V R Preedy, Ronald R. Watson
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 664
Tags: Пищевая промышленность;Общая технология и теоретические основы пищевых производств;Технология продуктов функционального питания;
Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
ISBN 9781578085347......Page 4
Contents......Page 9
Foreword......Page 5
Preface......Page 8
List of Contributors......Page 13
PART 1: Characterization and Composition of Tomato Plant and Fruit......Page 21
1. Tomatoes: Origin, Cultivation Techniques and Germplasm Resources......Page 23
2. Cultivar and Agricultural Management on Lycopene and Vitamin C Contents in Tomato Fruits......Page 47
3. Field Trials of Genetically Modified Tomato: Fruit Quality and Productivity......Page 67
4. Post-harvest Ripening of Tomato......Page 87
5. Tomato and Flavour......Page 105
6. Antioxidant Activity in Tomato: A Function of Genotype......Page 131
7. Carotenoids in Tomato Plants......Page 153
8. Tomato Lectin......Page 185
9. Presence of Zingiberene and Curcumene in Wild Tomato Leaves......Page 213
10. The Role of Intracellular and Secreted Purple Acid Phosphatases in Tomato Phosphate Nutrition......Page 235
11. Nutritional Characterization of Tomato Juices......Page 255
12. Acrylamide in Tomato Products......Page 279
PART 2: Cellular and Metabolic Effects of Tomato and Related Products or Components......Page 287
13. Tomato Leaf Crude Extracts for Insects and Spider Mite Control......Page 289
14. Bioactive Polysaccharides from Tomato......Page 319
15. Ingestion of Tomato Products and Lycopene Isomers in Plasma......Page 337
16. Antioxidant Compound Studies in Different Tomato Cultivars......Page 353
17. Antioxidant Activity of Fresh-cut Tomatoes: Effects of Minimal Processing and Maturity Stage at Harvest......Page 365
18. Tomato and Anticancer Properties of Saliva......Page 397
19. DNA Strand Breaks and Tomatoes......Page 405
20. Tomato Carotenoids and the IGF System in Cancer......Page 415
21. Tomato Paste and Benign Prostate Hyperplasia......Page 431
22. Tomatoes and Components as Modulators of Experimental Prostate Carcinogenesis......Page 449
23. Tomato Juice, Prostate Cancer and Adenosine Deaminase Enzyme......Page 477
24. Effect of Tomato Juice on Prevention and Management of Lung Diseases: Cigarette Smoke-induced Emphysema in the Senescence-accelerated Mouse and Bronchial Asthma in Human......Page 495
PART 3: Analysis and Methods......Page 519
25. Proteomics of Tomato Seed and Pollen......Page 521
26. Gene Transfer in Tomato and Detection of Transgenic Tomato Products......Page 535
27. Assaying Vitamins and Micronutrients in Tomato......Page 557
28. Methods for PCR and Gene Expression Studies in Tomato Plants......Page 605
29. DNA Analysis of Tomato Seeds in Forensic Evidence......Page 637
Index......Page 657
Back Page......Page 664
