Marine Products for Healthcare

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Bringing together widely scattered literature, Marine Products for Healthcare: Functional and Bioactive Nutraceutical Compounds from the Ocean discusses the importance of marine products as a source of nutraceuticals, food additives, and other useful ingredients in health protection and product formulation. This book presents the functional properties of various macromolecules available from seafood and other marine resources such as seaweed and coral reef. The text reviews epidemiological and in vitro studies to establish the protective role of marine nutraceuticals against coronary heart diseases, cancer, and other diseases. Processing and quality aspects of various marine raw materials are addressed in the latter portion of the book.