Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Traditional Production Systems, Phytochemical Composition of Fruit, Seeds and Flowers, and Nutritional-Nutraceutical Potential of Four Mexican Cucurbits
(José L. Chávez-Servia, Jimena E. Alba-Jiménez, Elia N. Aquino-Bolaños, Araceli M. Vera Guzmán and José C. Carrillo-Rodríguez, CIIDIR-Oaxaca, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Oaxaca, México, CONACyT-Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Alimentos, Universidad Veracruzana, Jalapa, Veracruz, México, Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Alimentos, Universidad Veracruzana, Jalapa, Veracruz, México, and Instituto Tecnológico del Valle de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, México)
Chapter 2. Bar Coding Significance in Establishing Evolutionary Link in Plants
(Jerrine Joseph, Manikkam Radhakrishnan, Mary Shamya A. and Wilson Aruni, Centre for Drug Discovery and Development, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, , Chennai, Tamil Nadu India, and others)
Chapter 3. The Effect of Cucurbita Consumption on Non-Communicable Diseases
(Motahar Heidari-Beni, Mohammad Amin Atazadegan, Seyede-Masome Derakhshande-Rishehri and Roya Kelishadi, Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, and others)
Chapter 4. Pumpkin Applied to the Food Industry
(Irene Andressa, Daniela de Oliveira Teotônio, Sander Moreira Rodrigues, Antonella Cornejo, Maria Gabriela Vernaza Leoro, Patrícia Aparecida Pimenta Pereira and Marcio Schmiele, Institute of Science and Technology, Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys, Diamantina, Brazil, and others)
Index