University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Advances in biotechnology for the production of functional foods / Yun-Hwa Peggy Hsieh and Jack Appiah Ofori -- Functional foods and biotechnology in Japan / Harukazu Fukami -- Basic and clinical studies on active hexose correlated compound / Takehito Miura ... [et al.] -- Biotechnology and breeding for enhancing the nutritional value of berry fruit / Jessica Scalzo and Bruno Mezzetti -- Improving the bioavailability of polyphenols / Tetsuya Konishi and M. Mamunur Rahman -- The function of the next generation polyphenol, "oligonol" / Takehito Miura, Kentaro Kitadate, and Hajime Fujii -- Application of biotechnology in the development of a healthy oil capable of suppressing fat accumulation in the body / Hiroyuki Takeuchi -- Effects of nutraceutical antioxidants on age-related hearing loss / Shinichi Someya, Tomas A. Prolla, and Masaru Tanokura -- Increased production of nutriments by genetically engineered bacteria / Kazuhiko Tabata and Satoshi Koizumi -- Recent advances in the development of transgenic pulse crops / Susan Eapen -- The improvement and enhancement of phyto-ingredients using new technology of genetic recombination / Hisabumi Takase -- Metabolic engineering of bioactive phenylpropanoids in crops / Kevin M. Davies -- The use of biotechnology to reduce the dependency of crop plants on fertilizers, pesticides, and other agrochemicals / Zeba F. Alam -- Animal biotechnology: applications and potential risks / Rama Shanker Verma ... [et al.] -- Application of micro-RNA in regenerative nutraceuticals and functional foods / Ji Wu ... [et al.] -- Microbial production of organic acids and its improvement by genome shuffling / Takashi Yamada -- Microalgal biotechnology in the production of nutraceuticals / Niels-Henrik Norsker, Maria Barbosa, and Ren�e Wijffels -- The innovation of technology for microalgae cultivation and its application for functional foods and nutraceutical industry / Akira Satoh ... [et al.] -- Production of nattokinase as a fibrinolytic enzyme by an ingenious fermentation technology: safety and efficacy studies / Shinsaku Takaoka, Kazuya Ogasawara, and Hiroyoshi Moriyama -- Synthesis of antihypertensive GABA-enriched dairy products using lactic acid bacteria / Kazuhito Hayakawa -- Production of high-quality probiotics using novel fermentation and stabilization technologies / Franck Grattepanche and Christophe Lacroix -- Tracking the careers of grape and wine polymers using biotechnology and systems biology / John P. Moore and Benoit Divol -- The impact of supercritical extraction and fractionation technology on the functional food and nutraceutical industry / Andr�es Moure ... [et al.] -- The application of nanotechnology to functional foods and nutraceuticals to enhance their bioactivities / Ping-Chung Kuo -- Enhancing the nutritional quality of fruit juices: advanced technologies for juice extraction and pasteurization / Robert D. Hancock and Derek Stewart -- Probiotics: health benefits, efficacy, and safety / Nagendra P. Shah -- Use of high pressure technology to inactivate bacterial spores in foods / Noriyuki Igura, Seiji Noma, and Mitsuya Shimoda -- Regulations of biotechnology: generally recognized as safe (GRAS) and health claims / Ryan R. Simon ... [et al.] -- Global food biotechnology regulations and urgency for harmonization / Dilip K. Ghosh and Peter Williams -- Future strategies for the development of biotechnology-enhanced functional foods and their contribution to human nutrition / Dilip K. Ghosh, Francis C. Lau, and Debasis Bagchi.