Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering Books

This book addresses cereal's role in food security, allergens in grains, phytochemical profile, industrial applications, health benefits, global standard, postharvest losses, and advances in cereal processing.

This book covers the fundamental aspects of MOFs, their synthesis and modification including their potential applications in different domains. Major focus is on applications including chemical, biosensors, catalysis, drug delivery, supercapacitors,...

Nanomaterials from Renewable Resources for Emerging Applications details developments in nanomaterials produced from renewable materials and their usage in food and packaging, energy conservation, and environmental applications. • Introduces fundamentals...

This volume collects information on the association between functional and chronic diseases. The burden of escalating chronic diseases is discussed in the first chapter, and the remaining fourteen chapters summarize the effect of functional foods on a...

Global food losses are a result of a lack of necessary infrastructure, improper food safety handling procedures, and insufficient training for the personnel working in the cold chain. The development of a resource-efficient and energy-smart food supply...

This book intends to review emerging nanomaterials in catalysis and sensors including nanophotocatalysts in organic synthesis and health care application, oxidation and sulphoxidation reactions, liquid phase oxidation, hydrogen evolution and...

This book summarizes recent remarkable achievements in the processing-structure-property relationship of conductive polymer composites based on carbon nanomaterials. It also discusses research developments for their application in flexible strain sensors...

The use of different foods, herbs, and spices to treat or prevent disease has been recorded for thousands of years. Egyptian papyrus, hieroglyphics and ancient texts from the Middle East have described the cultivation and preparations of herbs and...

Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L., family Umbelliferae/Apiaceae) is one of the most popular spices globally. Different parts of Coriandrum sativum are edible and widely used as a seasoning due to their unique flavor and aroma. Coriandrum sativum medical...

This book highlights plastic pollution, especially microplastics, and the consequences on the environment and on the human diet through food chain/web transmission and contamination through processing and packaging of various human food items including...