Anthocyanins (eBook)

This book summarizes the current knowledge of anthocyanins, provides systematic information for future exploration of anthocyanin applications. It focuses on several aspects regarding the studying progression in the field of anthocyanins. The first section of the book provides a brief introduction to the scope and progress on anthocyanins, which is followed by the second section that describes the natural sources, structure, extraction approaches, bioavailability, and current stabilizing approach of anthocyanins. Then in the third part, the book focuses on the industrial processing of anthocyanins in foods by discussing the impact of food processing on anthocyanin structure and composition as well as classical processing techniques on anthocyanin-containing foods, including high-pressure, encapsulation, microwave, and combined application of the above techniques. In the last section of the book, the authors explore the currently most popular application of anthocyanins in improving human health, such as the effect of anthocyanin on vision, metabolism, neural system, cardiovascular system, and cancers. The book will facilitate readers' understanding of the progress of anthocyanin studies. And it will benefit researchers and graduate students in the fields of natural products, functional food, and nutrition, etc. 

Dr. Li Wang is a professor of the School of Food Science and National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology at Jiangnan University. She obtained her Ph.D. from Jiangnan University in 2009. She has done the visiting scholar research at Cornell University in 2015. Now she is the director of the joint research center for deep processing of agricultural products, the secretary of the party branch for National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology. Her research contains deep processing rice products, functional foods, and bioactive ingredients. She has published over 40 papers as first author or corresponding author. She is a co-inventor of 29 issued patents. She hosted 16 projects involved bioactive ingredients, rice processing, and rice protein characterization. She has received several awards including Top Ten Outstanding Young Talents of China for agricultural products processing industry (2017), Young Top-notch Talents Program of China for grain industry (2016), Second award of China National Light Industry Council (2015), and Second award of China Commercial Association for the advancement of science (2012).

Dr. Weibin Bai is a Professor of the College of Science and Technology at Jinan University. He obtained his Ph.D. from China Agricultural University in 2009. He is the vice dean of the College of Science and Engineering, the executive vice dean of Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, the director of Guangdong Engineering Technology Center for Molecular Rapid Detection of Food Safety, the member of the 3rd Youth Work Committee of Chinese Institute of Food Science and Technology, and the director of Youth Work Committee of Guangdong Institute of Food Science and Technology.  

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This book summarizes the current knowledge of anthocyanins, provides systematic information for future exploration of anthocyanin applications. It focuses on several aspects regarding the studying progression in the field of anthocyanins. The first section of the book provides a brief introduction to the scope and progress on anthocyanins, which is followed by the second section that describes the natural sources, structure, extraction approaches, bioavailability, and current stabilizing approach of anthocyanins. Then in the third part, the book focuses on the industrial processing of anthocyanins in foods by discussing the impact of food processing on anthocyanin structure and composition as well as classical processing techniques on anthocyanin-containing foods, including high-pressure, encapsulation, microwave, and combined application of the above techniques. In the last section of the book, the authors explore the currently most popular application of anthocyanins in improving human health, such as the effect of anthocyanin on vision, metabolism, neural system, cardiovascular system, and cancers. The book will facilitate readers' understanding of the progress of anthocyanin studies. And it will benefit researchers and graduate students in the fields of natural products, functional food, and nutrition, etc.