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Sesame : The Genus Sesamum.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (532 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781420005202
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: SesameDDC classification:
  • 633.8/5
LOC classification:
  • SB299.S4.S473 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
Front cover -- Foreword -- Preface to the Series -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The Editor -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction History of the Cultivationand Use of Sesame -- 2 Cultivated Sesame andWild Relatives in the Genus Sesamum L -- Chapter 3: Chemical Studies on the Lignans and OtherMinor Constituents of Sesame Seed Oil -- Chapter 4: Sesame Seed CoatA Rich Source of PotentialMammalian Lignan Precursors -- Chapter 5: Antioxidant and Anti-Carcinogenic Potentials of Sesame Lignans -- Chapter 6: Sesame Seed and Its LignansMetabolism and Bioactivities -- Chapter 7: Physiological Effects of SesameBioactive and Antioxidant Compounds -- Chapter 8: Sesame Seed Food Allergy -- Chapter 9: Flavor Constituents of Sesame -- Chapter 10: Seed Oil Bodies of Sesameand Their Surface Proteins -- Chapter 11: Use of Near-InfraredReflectance Spectroscopyfor Nondestructive Analyses of Sesame -- Chapter 12: Sesame's Protective Role in Crop Nematode Control -- Chapter 13: Molecular Biotechnology of Sesame -- Chapter 14: Responses of Sesame to Plant Growth Regulators,Micronutrients, and Salinity -- Chapter 15: Seed Genetics in Relationto Yield in Sesame -- Chapter 16: Sesame Diseases and Their Management -- Chapter 17: Sesame Cultivation and Use in China -- Chapter 18: Sesame Cultivationand Use in Ethiopia -- Chapter 19: Sesame Cultivation and Use in Iran -- Chapter 20: Sesame Cultivation and Use in Somalia -- Chapter 21: Sesame Cultivation and Use in Thailand -- Chapter 22: Sesame Cultivation and Use in Turkey -- Chapter 23: History of Sesame Cultivationand Irrigation in the ArmenianHighlands from the Kingdomof Urartu (Ararat) through Subsequent Periods -- Chapter 24: Introduction and Early Use of Sesame in America -- Chapter 25: Current Market Trends -- Chapter 26: Current Regulatory Status of Sesame and Its Commercial Products -- Back cover.
Summary: Expanding coverage from archaeological and anthropological literature from India, Mesopotamia, and Egypt, this ethnobotanical monograph reviews historic and current cultivation of sesame in Africa and Asia, examines the phytochemistry of Sesamum, and offers extensive references.
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Front cover -- Foreword -- Preface to the Series -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The Editor -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction History of the Cultivationand Use of Sesame -- 2 Cultivated Sesame andWild Relatives in the Genus Sesamum L -- Chapter 3: Chemical Studies on the Lignans and OtherMinor Constituents of Sesame Seed Oil -- Chapter 4: Sesame Seed CoatA Rich Source of PotentialMammalian Lignan Precursors -- Chapter 5: Antioxidant and Anti-Carcinogenic Potentials of Sesame Lignans -- Chapter 6: Sesame Seed and Its LignansMetabolism and Bioactivities -- Chapter 7: Physiological Effects of SesameBioactive and Antioxidant Compounds -- Chapter 8: Sesame Seed Food Allergy -- Chapter 9: Flavor Constituents of Sesame -- Chapter 10: Seed Oil Bodies of Sesameand Their Surface Proteins -- Chapter 11: Use of Near-InfraredReflectance Spectroscopyfor Nondestructive Analyses of Sesame -- Chapter 12: Sesame's Protective Role in Crop Nematode Control -- Chapter 13: Molecular Biotechnology of Sesame -- Chapter 14: Responses of Sesame to Plant Growth Regulators,Micronutrients, and Salinity -- Chapter 15: Seed Genetics in Relationto Yield in Sesame -- Chapter 16: Sesame Diseases and Their Management -- Chapter 17: Sesame Cultivation and Use in China -- Chapter 18: Sesame Cultivationand Use in Ethiopia -- Chapter 19: Sesame Cultivation and Use in Iran -- Chapter 20: Sesame Cultivation and Use in Somalia -- Chapter 21: Sesame Cultivation and Use in Thailand -- Chapter 22: Sesame Cultivation and Use in Turkey -- Chapter 23: History of Sesame Cultivationand Irrigation in the ArmenianHighlands from the Kingdomof Urartu (Ararat) through Subsequent Periods -- Chapter 24: Introduction and Early Use of Sesame in America -- Chapter 25: Current Market Trends -- Chapter 26: Current Regulatory Status of Sesame and Its Commercial Products -- Back cover.

Expanding coverage from archaeological and anthropological literature from India, Mesopotamia, and Egypt, this ethnobotanical monograph reviews historic and current cultivation of sesame in Africa and Asia, examines the phytochemistry of Sesamum, and offers extensive references.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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