Handbook of Milk Composition
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| Title: | Handbook of Milk Composition |
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| Description: | This informative treatise offers a concise collection of existing, expert data summarizing the composition of milk. The Handbook of Milk Composition summarizes current information on all aspects of human and bovine milk, including: sampling, storage, composition, as well as specific chapters on major and minor components such as protein, carbohydrates, lipids, electrolytes, minerals, vitamins and hormones. The book also features comprehensive coverage of compartmentation, host-defense components, factors affecting composition, composition of commercial formulas, and contaminants.• Reliable data on the composition of human and bovine milks.• Discusses the many factors affecting composition.• Composition tables make up 25-30% of the total book.• Problems concerning sampling and analysis are described.• Should appeal equally to industry and academia.• Also of interest to developing countries in need of information on infant nutrition and agricultural development |
| Authors: | Bozzano G Luisa |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Milk--Composition--Handbooks, manuals, etc, Breast milk--Composition--Handbooks, manuals, etc |
| Categories: | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, MEDICAL / Nutrition |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | This informative treatise offers a concise collection of existing, expert data summarizing the composition of milk. The Handbook of Milk Composition summarizes current information on all aspects of human and bovine milk, including: sampling, storage, composition, as well as specific chapters on major and minor components such as protein, carbohydrates, lipids, electrolytes, minerals, vitamins and hormones. The book also features comprehensive coverage of compartmentation, host-defense components, factors affecting composition, composition of commercial formulas, and contaminants.• Reliable data on the composition of human and bovine milks.• Discusses the many factors affecting composition.• Composition tables make up 25-30% of the total book.• Problems concerning sampling and analysis are described.• Should appeal equally to industry and academia.• Also of interest to developing countries in need of information on infant nutrition and agricultural development |
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| ISBN: | 9780123844309 9780080533117 |
