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Tomatoes and Tomato Products

ABSTRACT

The contributors to this book are authors of international and national standing, leaders in the field and trendsetters. The book covers emerging fields of science and important discoveries relating to tomatoes and related products. This represents a one-stop shopping of material related to tomatoes. This book will be essential reading for plant sc

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part 1|266 pages

Characterization and Composition of Tomato Plant and Fruit

chapter 1|23 pages

Tomatoes: Origin, Cultivation Techniques and Germplasm Resources

chapter 2|19 pages

Cultivar and Agricultural Management on Lycopene and Vitamin C Contents in Tomato Fruits

chapter 3|20 pages

Field Trials of Genetically Modified Tomato: Fruit Quality and Productivity

chapter 4|18 pages

Post-harvest Ripening of Tomato

chapter 5|26 pages

Tomato and Flavour

chapter 6|21 pages

Antioxidant Activity in Tomato: A Function of Genotype

chapter 7|32 pages

Carotenoids in Tomato Plants

chapter 8|28 pages

Tomato Lectin

chapter 9|22 pages

Presence of Zingiberene and Curcumene in Wild Tomato Leaves

chapter 10|20 pages

The Role of Intracellular and Secreted Purple Acid Phosphatases in Tomato Phosphate Nutrition

chapter |24 pages

Nutritional Characterization of Tomato Juices

chapter 12|7 pages

Acrylamide in Tomato Products

part 2|233 pages

Cellular and Metabolic Effects of Tomato and Related Products or Components

chapter 13|29 pages

Tomato Leaf Crude Extracts for Insects and Spider Mite Control

chapter 14|18 pages

Bioactive Polysaccharides from Tomato

chapter 15|15 pages

Ingestion of Tomato Products and Lycopene Isomers in Plasma

chapter 16|11 pages

Antioxidant Compound Studies in Different Tomato Cultivars

chapter 17|31 pages

Antioxidant Activity of Fresh-cut Tomatoes: Effects of Minimal Processing and Maturity Stage at Harvest

chapter 18|8 pages

Tomato and Anticancer Properties of Saliva

chapter 19|10 pages

DNA Strand Breaks and Tomatoes

chapter 20|16 pages

Tomato Carotenoids and the IGF System in Cancer

chapter 21|17 pages

Tomato Paste and Benign Prostate Hyperplasia

chapter 22|27 pages

Tomatoes and Components as Modulators of Experimental Prostate Carcinogenesis

chapter 23|18 pages

Tomato Juice, Prostate Cancer and Adenosine Deaminase Enzyme

chapter 24|24 pages

Effect of Tomato Juice on Prevention and Management of Lung Diseases: Cigarette Smoke-induced Emphysema in the Senescence-accelerated Mouse and Bronchial Asthma in Human

part 3|137 pages

Analysis and Methods

chapter 25|13 pages

Proteomics of Tomato Seed and Pollen

chapter 26|22 pages

Gene Transfer in Tomato and Detection of Transgenic Tomato Products

chapter 27|47 pages

Assaying Vitamins and Micronutrients in Tomato

chapter 28|31 pages

Methods for PCR and Gene Expression Studies in Tomato Plants

chapter 29|21 pages

DNA Analysis of Tomato Seeds in Forensic Evidence