Sesame the genus Sesamum / editor: Dorothea Bedigian.

Other author Bedigian, Dorothea.
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoBoca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis,
Descriptionxxiii, 532 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
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SeriesMedicinal and aromatic plants--industrial profiles
Medicinal and aromatic plants--industrial profiles. ^A536795
Contents History of the cultivation and use of sesame / Dorothea Bedigian -- Cultivated sesame, and wild relatives in the genus Sesamum L. / Dorothea Bedigian -- Chemical studies on the lignans and other minor constituents of sesame seed oil / Afaf Kamal-Eldin -- Sesame seed coat: a rich source of potential mammalian lignan precursors / Raphaël Grougnet ... [et al.] -- Antioxidant and anti-carcinogenic potentials of sesame lignans / Duncan H.F. Mak, Po Yee chiu and Kam Ming Ko -- Sesame seed and its lignans: metabolism and bioactivities / Sandra M. Sacco and Lilian U. Thompson -- Physiological effects of sesame: bioactive and antioxidant compounds / Fereidoon Shahidi and Zhuliang Tan -- Sesame seed food allergy / Suzanne S. Teuber -- Flavor constituents of sesame / Fereidoon Shahidi, Tara Hughes and Zhuliang Tan -- Seed oil bodies of sesame and their surface proteins, oleosin, caleosin, and steroleosin / Jason T.C. Tzen -- Use of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy for nondestructive analyses of sesame / Tetsuo Sato, Aye Aye Maw and Masumi Katsuta -- Sesame's protective role in crop nematode control / Gamal Abdalla Elbadri and Abdelmageed Mohammad Yassin -- Molecular biotechnology of sesame / Mi Chung Suh and Chung-Han Chung -- Responses of sesame to plant growth regulators, micronutrients and salinity / M. Prakash -- Seed genetics in relation to yield in sesame / S. Thirugnana Kumar -- Sesame diseases and their management / P. Narayanasamy -- Sesame cultivation and use in China / Zhao Yingzhong -- Sesame cultivation and use in Ethiopia / Adefris Teklewold, Tadele Amde and Tesfaye Baye -- Sesame cultivation and use in Iran / S.M. Mahdi Mortazavian and J.A. Kohpayegani -- Sesame cultivation and use in Somalia / Ahmed Yakub Sidow -- Sesame cultivation and use in Thailand / Wasana Wongyai -- Sesame cultivation and use in Turkey / Bülent Uzun -- Sesame cultivation and irrigation in the Kingdom of Urartu (Ararat), Armenian highlands, and its aftermath: major agricultural innovation / Dorothea Bedigian -- Introduction and early use of sesame in America: medicine, cookery and folkways / Dorothea Bedigian -- Current market trends: progress, expansion, and economic importance of sesame / Dorothea Bedigian -- Current regulatory status of sesame and its commercial products / Dorothea Bedigian.
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LCCN 2010017449
ISBN9780849335389 (alk. paper)

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