Industrial Hemp
Food and Nutraceutical Applications

Summarizes the most recent scientific literature on the uses of industrial hemp to foster research and innovation

Milica Pojic (Edited by), Brijesh K Tiwari (Edited by)

9780323909105, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 20 June 2022

398 pages, 40 illustrations (20 in full color)
23.5 x 19 x 2.5 cm, 0.45 kg

Industrial Hemp: Food and Nutraceutical Applications is a comprehensive overview of different value chains for the industrial hemp industry. This excellent reference supports multi-disciplines and presents industrial hemp as a multi-purpose crop, with special attention paid to its food and nutraceutical applications. By combining and presenting multidisciplinary knowledge, readers will be introduced to recent progress in hemp production, processing, utilization and marketing. The book provides a systematic overview of alternative hemp applications, but also serves as a guide to the challenges needed for hemp revitalization to reach its fullness.

1. Perspectives of hemp cultivation 2. Hemp breeding and genetics 3. Hemp in agriculture 4. Nutritional and chemical composition of hemp seeds 5. Hemp proteins 6. Hemp seed oil and lipids 7. Nutraceutical potential of hemp 8. Hemp seed oil processing and technology 9. Hemp nutraceutical processing and technology 10. Hemp nutraceutical products and product properties 11. Hemp by-products 12. Hemp in animal feed applications 13. Regulatory aspects of hemp cultivation, processing and trade

Subject Areas: Food & beverage technology [TDCT], Biotechnology [TCB]