Nutritional Benefits of Kiwifruit

by Mike Boland PhD, Paul J. Moughan

Overview

Kiwifruit have long been known as a decorative and exotic fruit that can be used in desserts and fresh fruit collations. What is less well known is that kiwifruit contain a range of constituents with valuable health-beneficial properties. These range from high levels of high-impact vitamin C to enzymes that assist with digestion, and polysaccharides that promote gut health. This volume for the first time brings together all the known health and nutrition benefits of kiwifruit in a series of chapters written by authors who are authorities in their fields.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780123942944
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	02/11/2013
Series:	Advances in Food and Nutrition Research , #68
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Mike Boland joined the Riddet Institute in 2006 after 15 years in the dairy industry, first with the New Zealand Dairy Research Institute and then with Fonterra. During this time he headed a group involved in protein research and was General Manager for strategic research. He was also Global Program Leader for the New Zealand Dairy Board's Milk Characteristics program. Extensive liaison with high profile overseas researchers in the UK, USA and Germany enabled Dr Boland to bring the very best of those collaborations to his New Zealand work resulting in excellence in commercial processes and innovation for New Zealand. Dr Boland has published about 80 papers and 6 patents.

Table of Contents

Overview of the kiwifruit – what it is, place in society today, world production and major producers, major uses, distinguishing features

C. Ward

Composition – overview and nutritional value

L. Drummond

Proteins and enzymes – actinidin, other significant proteins

M Boland

Fibre – composition, structures, functional properties

1. Simms

Vitamin C – bioavailability from kiwifruit

M. Vissers

Actinidin and digestion

L. Kaur

Mucin

P. Moughan

Digestion of fibre

S. Henare

Modification of colonic flora

J. Ansell

Effects on macronutrient bioavailability (glycemic effects)

J. Monro

Effects on markers for cardiovascular health

1. Duttaroy

DNA repair

1. Collins

Immune modulation

M. Skinner

Kiwifruit allergies

M. Bublin

Effects on nutrient bioavailability – minerals

M. Kruger

History of cultivation of kiwifruit cultivars, breeding, genetics

R. Ferguson

Secondary metabolites

T. McGhie

Effects on GIT motility

L. Drummond

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From the Publisher

This special volume of Advances in Food and Nutrition Research provides the first comprehensive research collection of the known health and nutrition benefits of kiwifruit, written by experts in the field