Igrejas G., Ikeda T.M., Guzmán C. (eds.) Wheat Quality For Improving Processing And Human Health

Springer, 2020. — 557 p. — ISBN 978-3-030-34162-6.Качество пшеницы для улучшения переработки и здоровья человека
Wheat Quality for Improving Processing and Human Health brings together an international group of leading wheat scientists to outline highly relevant and diverse aspects and the latest advances in understanding of the world’s most consumed cereal. Topics covered include LMW glutenins, starch-related proteins, and the impact of processing on composition and consumer health. Individual chapters focus on important factors such as FODMAPs, protein structure, dough viscoelasticity and fumonisins. The environmental effects on allergen content are comprehensively covered, as are phenolic compounds and molecular markers. The major quality screening tools and genetic resources are reviewed in depth. Gluten is a major focus of this work with chapters dedicated to health effects, analytical methods and standards, proteomics and mutant proteins.Starting in 2015, wheat quality scientists from across the globe have united to develop the Expert Working Group for Improving Wheat Quality for Processing and Health under the umbrella of the Wheat Initiative. This joint effort provides a framework to establish strategic research and organisation priorities for wheat research at the international level in both developed and developing countries. This Expert Working Group aims to maintain and improve wheat quality for processing and health under varying environmental conditions. The Group focuses on a broad range of wheat quality issues including seed proteins, carbohydrates, nutrition quality and micronutrient content, grain processing and food safety. Bioactive compounds are also considered, both those with negative effects such as allergens and mycotoxins, and those with positive effects such as antioxidants and fibre. The Group also works in the development of germplasm sets and other tools that promote wheat quality research.Wheat quality specialists working on the wheat value chain, and nutritionists will find this book a useful resource to increase and update their knowledge of wheat quality, nutrition and health issues.Table of contents (21 chapters)
The Importance of Wheat
Wheat Gluten Protein Structure and Function: Is There Anything New under the Sun?
Starch and Starch-Associated Proteins: Impacts on Wheat Grain Quality
Contribution of Genetic Resources to Grain Storage Protein Composition and Wheat Quality
Durum Wheat Storage Protein Composition and the Role of LMW-GS in Quality
Gluten Analysis
Proteomics as a Tool in Gluten Protein Research
Genotypic and Environmental Effects on Wheat Technological and Nutritional Quality
Improving Wheat Nutritional Quality through Biofortification
Phenolic Compounds in Wheat Kernels: Genetic and Genomic Studies of Biosynthesis and Regulations
Wheat Cell Wall Polysaccharides (Dietary Fibre)
Grain Quality in Breeding
High Throughput Testing of Key Wheat Quality Traits in Hard Red Spring Wheat Breeding Programs
Molecular Marker Development and Application for Improving Qualities in Bread Wheat
Durum Wheat Products, Couscous
Understanding the Mechanics of Wheat Grain Fractionation and the Impact of Puroindolines on Milling and Product Quality
The Impact of Processing on Potentially Beneficial Wheat Grain Components for Human Health
Fusarium Species Infection in Wheat: Impact on Quality and Mycotoxin Accumulation
Effects of Environmental Changes on the Allergen Content of Wheat Grain
Health Hazards Associated with Wheat and Gluten Consumption in Susceptible Individuals and Status of Research on Dietary Therapies
FODMAPs in Wheat