Main description:

This book provides a broad-based foundation of knowledge about brown rice, including the latest information on health benefits and disease prevention resulting from consumption of brown rice, and information on consumer knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors towards brown rice. It is the first book of its kind to provide a comprehensive review of current brown rice science and technology, regulatory/policy issues, dietary intake, consumer interest and health promotion.
The edited volume focuses on the latest developments in breeding varieties for high quality brown rice, varietal variations, defects, milling, cooking quality, eating quality, post-harvest management and methods to improve shelf life. Contributing authors address the physical, chemical, engineering, nutritional and glycemic qualities of brown rice in different chapters. Authors also discuss the physiological functions of brown rice in vivo and radical scavenging activity, emphasizing their importance to growers, technologists and consumers, and providing insight into future advances.
This comprehensive collection benefits scientists, nutritionists, dieticians, diabetic educators, and professionals in the food industry. The information covered is valuable for food scientists and technologists working to develop new brown rice products and enhancing the taste, quality, and health profile of brown rice.

Contents:

1. Breeding techniques for improving brown rice qualityDr. Vinoth
2. An overview of brown rice varietiesDr. Abdul Karim
3. Degree of milling and changes in brown rice quality Dr. N. Venkatachalapathy
4. Physical and engineering properties of brown riceDr. Chandrasekar
5. Chemical and nutritional properties of brown riceDr. K. Kalimuthu
6. Medicinal values of brown rice Dr. Folarin Alonge
7. Glycemic index of brown riceDr. Amanat Ali
8. Germinated brown riceDr. Chandini
9. Shelf life and storage entomology of brown riceDr. Loganathan
10. Cooking quality of brown riceTBD
11. Brown rice flour rheologyDr. Rose Kingsly
12. Strategies in product development with brown riceDr. Meng Niu
13. Hurdles in brown rice consumption in IndiaM.S. Swaminathan
14. Marketing of brown riceTBD
15. Future trends in production, processing, storage, marketing and consumption of brown riceTBD