Physical Chemistry of Food Processes, Volume II: Advanced Techniques, Structures and Applications
Published on 28. February 1993
Book
Hardback
XII, 604 pages
978-0-442-00582-5 (ISBN)
Description
Volume 2 of this two-volume set offers food scientists and food chemists unique coverage of techniques/applications and methodologies widely used to study biopolymers in general, and food biopolymers in particular. A synthesis of information previously found only in numerous texts and research articles, this volume offers detailed, coverage of both scattering (light, x-ray, neutron) and spectroscopic techniques (NMR, ESR, FT-IR vibrations), circular dichoism, along with numerous applications. Genetic engineering and novel biothechnology methods are presented together with quantitative composition analyses of foods by supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC). This book should be of interest to food scientists and food chemists.
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Edition
1993 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XII, 604 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
1086 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-442-00582-5 (9780442005825)
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Applications of physical and chemical principles and techniques to the study of biopolymers, foods, and food processes. Small-angle x-ray scattering of proteins related to food systems. Investigating tertiary and quarternary structures of food proteins by small-angle x-ray scattering. Neutron diffraction for the study of protein structure and hydration. Special topics in small-angle scattering. Scattering techniques applied to food systems. Parameter predictions from correlations between hydrodynamic and x-ray data. Structural studies of biological macromolecules using vibrational optical activity with examples from food proteins. NMR principles and applications to the structure and hydration of food systems with emphasis on proteins. NMR instrumentation. Nitroxyl amide spin labeling. Immobilized microbial cells. Recent developments in the genetic manipulation of microorganisms for biotechnology applications. Physical and chemical properties of glucomannan gels and related polysaccharide systems. Supercritical fluid chromatography. Direct freeze concentration of dairy liquids. Liposomes in cell culture research.