Introduction to Food Toxicology (Food Science and Technology)

Shibamoto, Takayuki; Bjeldanes, Leonard F.

ISBN 10: 0126400253 / ISBN 13: 9780126400250

Editore: Academic Press, 1993

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• Titolo: Introduction to Food Toxicology (Food Science and Technology)
• Editore: Academic Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0126400253
• ISBN 13: 9780126400250
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: Very Good

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Riassunto

The area of food toxicology currently has a high profile of interest in the food industry, universities, and government agencies, and is certainly of great concern to consumers. There are many books which cover selected toxins in foods (such as plant toxins, mycotoxins, pesticides, or heavy metals), but this book represents the first pedagogic treatment of the entire range of toxic compounds found naturally in foods or introduced by industrial contamination or food processing methods. Featuring coverage of areas of vital concern to consumers, such as toxicological implications of food adulteration (as seen in ethylene glycol in wines or the Spanish olive oil disaster) or pesticide residues, Introduction to Food Toxicology will be of interest to students in toxicology, environmental studies, and dietetics as well as anyone interested in food sources and public health issues.

The number of students who are interested in toxicology has increased dramatically in the past several years. Issues related to toxic materials have received more and more attention from the public. The issues and potential problems are reported almost daily by the mass media, including television, newspapers, and magazines. Major misunderstandings and confusion raised by those reports are generally due to lack of basic knowledge about toxicology among consumers. This textbook provides the basic principles of food toxicology in order to help the general public better understand the real problems of toxic materials in foods.

• Principles of toxicology
• Toxicities of chemicals found in foods
• Occurrence of natural toxins in plant and animal foodstuffs
• Food contamination caused by industry
• Toxic chemicals related to food processing
• Food additives
• Microbial toxins in foods

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This book represents the first pedagogic treatment of the entire range of toxic compounds found naturally in foods as well as those introduced by industrial contamination or food processing methods. Coverage of areas if huge importance to consumers, such as toxicological implications of food adulteration or pesticide residues, will be of interest to students in toxicology, environmental studies, dietics and anyone interested in food sources and public health issues.

The textbook provides the basic principles of food toxicology in order to help the general publc better understand the real problems of toxic materials in foods.|This book represents the first pedagogic treatment of the entire range of toxic compounds found naturally in foods as well as those introduced by industrial contamination or food processing methods. Coverage of areas if huge importance to consumers, such as toxicological implications of food adulteration or pesticide residues, will be of interest to students in toxicology, environmental studies, dietics and anyone interested in food sources and public health issues.

The textbook provides the basic principles of food toxicology in order to help the general publc better understand the real problems of toxic materials in foods.