TY  - CHAP
AU  - Md Asaduzzaman
AU  - Toshiki Asao
ED  - Md. Asaduzzaman
ED  - Toshiki Asao
Y1  - 2018-08-22
PY  - 2018
T1  - Introductory Chapter: Quality Vegetable Production and Human Health Benefits
N2  - The book Vegetables - Importance of Quality Vegetables to Human Health provides useful and interesting information on the nutritional qualities of different vegetables and their roles in disease prevention. Quality vegetable production through hydroponic cultivation techniques is also included. The first few chapters discuss the importance of quality vegetables to human diet and health, and noncommunicable disease prevention. Nutritional qualities and bioactive compounds in freshly grown vegetables through hydroponics and soilless cultures are discussed in the middle part of the book. The final chapter describes methods of sea vegetable utilization in food formulation. This book mainly focuses on the nutritional quality of vegetables and disease prevention, their production methods, preparation, and cooking methods, making it a complete and useful resource to readers.
BT  - Vegetables
SP  - Ch. 1
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.79430
DO  - 10.5772/intechopen.79430
SN  - 978-1-78923-507-4
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-20
ER  -