| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Abacate -- Persa americana Acai -- Euterpe oleracea Acerola -- Malpighia emarginata Aguaje fruit -- Mauritia flexuosa Ambarella -- Spondias cytherea Annato/Urucum -- Bixa orellan Araca -- Psidium cattleyanum Sabine Bacuri -- Platonia insignis Breadfruit -- Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg Cacao -- Theobroma cacao Cagaita -- Eugenia dysenterica Caju -- Anacardium occidentales Cambuci -- Campomanesia phaea Camu-camu -- Myrciaria dubia H.B.K. (McVough) Canistel Caqui -- Diospyros kaki Cempedak -- Artocarpus champeden imoya /Custard apple -- Annona cherimola Cocona -- Solanum sessiliflorum Cupuacu -- Theobroma Grandiflorum Durian -- Durio zibethinus * And much more |
| Summary |
Exotic Fruits Reference Guide is the ultimate, most complete reference work on exotic fruits from around the world. The book focuses on exotic fruit origin, botanical aspects, cultivation and harvest, physiology and biochemistry, chemical composition and nutritional value, including phenolics and antioxidant compounds. This guide is in four-color and contains images of the fruits, in addition to their regional names and geographical locations. Harvest and post-harvest conservation, as well as the potential for industrialization, are also presented as a way of stimulating interest in consumption and large scale production |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 12, 2018) |
| Subject |
Fruit.
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Tropical fruit.
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Antioxidants.
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Phenols.
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Antioxidants
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Nutritive Value
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Phenols
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Fruit
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fruit.
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antioxidant.
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COOKING -- General.
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Fruit
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Tropical fruit
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| Genre/Form |
encyclopedias.
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Encyclopedias
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Encyclopedias.
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Encyclopédies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rogues, Sueli, editor
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Silva, Ebenezer de Oliveira, editor
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Brito, Edy Sousa de, editor
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| LC no. |
2017947676 |
| ISBN |
9780128031537 |
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0128031530 |
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