The Potato in the Human Diet / Jennifer A. Woolfe.
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Cambridge University Press,
1987.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations and terms ; Introduction ; Current and future roles ; Misconceptions and a remedy ; An outline of the book ; References ; 1 Structure of the potato tuber and composition of tuber dry matter ; Structure of the tuber.
- Dry matter Carbohydrates ; Starch; Non-starch polysaccharides; Sugars; Nitrogen ; Lipids ; Enzymes ; Organic acids ; Pigments ; Vitamins ; Ash ; Concluding remarks ; References ; 2 The nutritional value of the components of the tuber ; Dry matter ; Energy and protein ; Energy value; Energy value.
- Protein content Dietary fibre ; Vitamins ; Factors affecting contents ; Contribution to the diet ; Minerals and trace elements ; Factors affecting contents ; Contribution to the diet ; Summary ; References ; 3 Protein and other nitrogenous constituents of the tuber.
- Part 1. Composition of tuber nitrogenFactors affecting total tuber nitrogen ; Constituents ; Soluble protein ; Non-protein nitrogen ; Amino acid composition of the whole tuber ; Part 2. Nutritive value of tuber nitrogen ; Amino acid analyses and scores.
- Microbiological assays and animal feeding experiments Human feeding experiments ; Adults ; Children ; Comments on protein contribution from potatoes ; Part 3. Potato protein from processing waste ; Reasons for waste production ; Protein recovery ; Nutritional value.