Largely based on laboratory work, the volume opens with a review on hops in general, while the bulk of the book covers the chemistry of the bitter acids of hop and beer. Practical, fully detailed procedures on the preparation and/or the separation of many of the compounds discus…
This book, volume 28 in the Developments in Food Science Series, reviews the latest information and up-to-date concepts concerning a great number of aspects of flavor quality. Particular attention has been afforded to provide a balance between food and beverage chemistry, bioche…
The book describes in detail the latest quality control techniques of fruits like grapes, agrumen, peaches, persimmons, apricots, and nuts like almonds and chestnuts. The classical stock of routine methods is extended to include most recent techniques, such as random amplified p…
The series "Molecular Methods of Plant Analysis" launches the former 'Modern Methods' into the 'molecular' era with this volume on "Taste and Aroma." Analysis of the plant components interacting with these two senses, so important for the very survival of human beings and, in mo…