Post- harvest Biochemistry of Plant Food-Materials in the Tropics. 1994. 274 p. gr8vo. Hard cover.

Contents: Proteins and Enzymes (Allergenic Proteins in Rice/ Isolationand Properties of Concanavalin A-Like Lectin in Sword Bean/ MajorProteins in Seeds of Several Tropical Legumes/ Polyphenol Oxidase inBanana Fruit and Buds/ Biochemical Studies on Microbial LinamaraseProduction)/ Secondary Products and Antioxidants (Polyphenols and Tannins in Selected Tropical Vegetables/ Search for New NaturalAntioxidants in Selected Tropical Plant Food Materials/ ComparativeStudy of Antioxidative Assays of Plant Materials/ Occurrence andCharacteristics of Stress Metabolites in Cassava Roots)/ Biochemical,Physiochemical and Sensory Changes (Alcohol Fermentation from Cassavaand Rejected Banana/ Biochemical Basis for Stress responses of HarvestedPerishables in the Tropics/ Comparative Morpho-Anatomy and Physiologyof Banana and Mango/ Some Biochemical Changes in Ethylene- and Ethanol-Treated Banana/ Biochemical Study on Taro Corms with Special Referenceto Physiological Disordes/ Astringency and Polyphenols in Banana/ OdorCompounds Produced in Peel of Mature-Green Banana Fruit)/ Utilizationand Processing (Physicochemical Properties and Utilization of Starchesfrom Tropical Root Crops/ Evaluation of Sweetpotato Varieties for FoodUses in the Tropics/ Novel Antioxidants for the Utilization in Foodand Biological Systems).