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  • Front Cover; Tropical Foods: Chemistry and Nutrition; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Contents of Volume 1; CHAPTER 1. NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS OF SOME TROPICAL PLANT FOODS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. OVERVIEW OF NUTRITION; III. NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION OF SOME PLANT FOODS; IV. FOOD COMPOSITION TABLES: APPLICATIONS AND LIMITATIONS; V. ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VI. OBSTACLES TO NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. TROPICAL FOODS IN THE FAR EAST; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PROCESSING AND NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION OF FERMENTED FOODS; III. OTHER METHODS OF PRESERVATION IN THE FAR EAST
  • IMPROVED FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS THROUGH RESEARCHREFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. TROPICAL HOME GARDENS AS A NUTRITION INTERVENTION; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ANEMIA AND VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY AS MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMS; III. HOME GARDENS AS A NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTION; IV. Organizing an Effective Home Garden Program; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. PEANUT PROTEINS IN FOOD PRODUCTS; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. COCONUT FOODS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. COPRA; III. COCONUT OIL; IV. COCONUT PROTEIN; V. COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND THEIR USES; VI. PROPERTIES OF COCONUT PROTEIN; VII. RESEARCH NEEDS; REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 9. SOY PROTEIN FOODSI. INTRODUCTION; II. CONSTRAINTS ON THE USE OF SOY PROTEIN FOODS; III. SOY PROTEIN FOODS; IV. BLENDED SOY FOODS; V. PROTEIN FOODS FROM IMMATURE AND GERMINATED SOYBEANS; VI. SUMMARY; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. EASY-TO-PREPARE SOYBEAN FOODS FOR VILLAGERS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. SOYBEAN FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION; III. EASY-TO-PREPARE SOYBEAN FOODS FOR VILLAGERS; IV. PROGRAMS ENCOURAGING SOYBEAN CONSUMPTION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 11. TROPICAL VEGETABLE CROPS: MIRLITONS AND EGGPLANTS; I. INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 12. TROPICAL GRAIN LEGUMES
  • I. INTRODUCTIONII. TROPICAL FOOD LEGUME PRODUCTION; III. FOOD GRAIN LEGUME UTILIZATION; IV. CHEMICAL AND NUTRIENT PROPERTIESa; V. GRAIN LEGUME PROCESSING; VI. COMPOSITION OF COOKED STANDARD AND QUICK-COOKING LEGUMES; VII. BIOLOGICAL AND NUTRITIONAL PROPERTIES; VIII. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 13. WHEAT AND WHEAT FOODS IN THE TROPICS; I. CONSUMPTION; II. WHY WHEAT IN THE TROPICS?; III. IS THERE A UNIQUENESS IN THE HANDLING AND USE OF WHEAT IN THE TROPICS?; IV. NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS; V. CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 14. TROPICAL FOODS IN CENTRAL AMERICA