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Maize: Nutrition Dynamics and Novel Uses (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
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Maize: Nutrition Dynamics and Novel Uses (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
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Maize is a globally important crop mainly utilized as feed, food
and raw material for diverse industrial applications. Among
cereals, it occupies third place after rice and wheat and is a
staple food for a large segment of population worldwide
particularly in the Asian as well as African countries. This
monogram discusses various aspects of nutritional quality of maize
such as quality protein maize which has been considered as most
significant discovery in enhancing nutritional quality of cereals
in terms of increasing the concentration of essential amino acids.
The biochemistry of starch which is an important industrial product
of maize has been discussed in detail. Further, the role of maize
oil which is highly regarded for human consumption as it reduces
the blood cholesterol concentration has also been elaborated.
Naturally, maize is a rich source of carotenoids such as
beta-carotene, zeaxanthin, lutein, cryptoxanthin which have highly
diverse health benefits ranging from maintaining normal vision to
lowering of oxidative stress. The need for biofortification of
maize for provitamin A carotenoids and their role in alleviating
vision impairments have also been discussed. The effect of various
biotic and abiotic stresses particularly carbon dioxide and
temperature on quality has been discussed thoroughly. Many
value-added products as well as fermented foods that have been
produced from maize which is consumed in different forms worldwide
are also discussed. The aspects related to the maize application as
fodder and as a source of malting have also been covered concisely.
Overall, the book provides complete information about various
quality aspects of maize. The various stakeholders such as maize
researchers, extension specialists, students, teachers as well as
farmers will be immensely benefitted from this monogram.
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