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Superfood and Functional Food - The Development of Superfoods and Their Roles as Medicine

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Academic Editor

Naofumi Shiomi
Naofumi Shiomi

Kobe College,
Japan

Co-editor

Viduranga Y. Waisundara
Viduranga Y. Waisundara

Australian College of Business & Technology,
Sri Lanka

Published22 February 2017

Doi10.5772/65088

ISBN978-953-51-2942-4

Print ISBN978-953-51-2941-7

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-5469-3

Copyright year2017

Number of pages256

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. A Prominent Superfood: Spirulina platensis

By Nilay Seyidoglu, Sevda Inan and Cenk Aydin

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3. Functional Fruits Through Metabolic Engineering

By Luis Quiroz-Iturra, Carolina Rosas-Saavedra and Claudia Stange Klein

2,132
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4. Food Wastes as Valuable Sources of Bioactive Molecules

By Sonia A. Socaci, Anca C. Fărcaş, Dan C. Vodnar and Maria Tofană

3,006
14
2,431
7
6. The Mediterranean Diet in the Prevention of Degenerative Chronic Diseases

By Elisabetta Della Valle, Francesco Cacciatore, Eduardo Farinaro, Francesco Salvatore, Roberto Marcantonio, Saverio Stranges and Maurizio Trevisan

1,943
1
2,904
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8. Anthocyanins in Berries and Their Potential Use in Human Health

By Daniela Peña-Sanhueza, Claudio Inostroza-Blancheteau, Alejandra Ribera-Fonseca and Marjorie Reyes-Díaz

2,489
9
2,450
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11. The Effect of Dietary Intake of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Cardiovascular Health: Revealing Potentials of Functional Food

By Ines Drenjančević, Gordana Kralik, Zlata Kralik, Martina Mihalj, Ana Stupin, Sanja Novak and Manuela Grčević

2,295
4
12. Evolution and Therapy of Brain by Foods Containing Unsaturated Fatty Acids

By Roberto Carlos Burini, Caroline das Neves Mendes Nunes and Franz Homero Paganini Burini

2,163
1

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