Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan Hassanien

Goldenberry: Golden Fruit of Golden Future Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan Hassanien

There has been a growing interest in food components which may inhibit the oxidation process and are capable of counterbalancing free radical activities that cause many harmful diseases. The best way to prevent these diseases is consumption of an optimal diet containing fruits and vegetables. Goldenberry fruit should attract great interest because of their nutritional and antioxidant properties. The fruit can be very interesting candidate for the processing of new functional products. The development of adequate agrotechnical and storage practices, can make this fruit a promising profitable crop. This book provide useful information for the industrial application of goldenberry berries and fruit by-products. This will be important as an indication of the potentially nutraceutical and economical utility of goldenberry as a new source of bioactive phytochemcials and fruit oils.