Linseed

Linseed: a multipurpose-multisector crop of industrial significance provides a general overview of linseed as a multipurpose-multisector crop for obtaining a number of valuable products.The sections present the use of linseed as food products and discuss a number of important topics, including genetic engineering and breeding advances, pre-harvest processing methods, advanced extraction and quality assessment, metabolic engineering, bioactivity, new food product development, chemistry and functionality. The book also covers the use of linseed in the textile sector and also the modified linseed oil products, animal feed products, cosmetics and personal use products are discussed in a view of their industrial significance. Food waste and the challenges of linseed crop production and processing into a number of industrial products are also discussed.This book act as a comprehensive resource for food scientists, researchers and scholars, besides the industrial people related to food, nutraceutical, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, textile and also to the health practitioners, especially dieticians and nutritionist. Provides a general overview of linseed as a multipurpose-multisector crop for obtaining a number of valuable productCovers the knowledge on the waste/by-products generated during production and processing of linseeExplores detection and identification of bioactive components from linseed