Sesame: The genus Sesamum - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0849335388 ISBN 13: 9780849335389

Casa editrice: CRC Press, 2010

Riassunto

The first comprehensive review of sesame and its close relative, Sesame: the genus Sesamum covers ethnographic data, modern use, linguistic analysis of sesame names from around the world, market size, export and import data, geographical sources, use in the food and cosmetic industries, and much more. The book includes a historical review of the genus Sesamum that reveals its place in present-day traditions and cultivation in Africa and Asia. Expanding coverage from archaeological and anthropological literature from India, Mesopotamia, and Egypt, this ethnobotanical monograph draws on folk sources, reviews the phytochemistry of Sesamum, and presents extensive references.

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Dorothea Bedigian

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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. The first comprehensive review of sesame and its close relative, Sesame: the genus Sesamum considers ethnographic data, geographical sources, modern use in the food and cosmetic industries, market size, export and import data, and much more, including a linguistic analysis of sesame names from around the world.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: CRC Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0849335388
• ISBN 13: 9780849335389
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 556
• Redattore: Bedigian Dorothea
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania