Synopses & Reviews
Professor Fox's multi-volume Advanced Dairy Chemistry set was first published in four volumes in the early 1980s. A second edition came out in the early 1990s, and an updated third edition was published a decade later. The set is the leading major reference on dairy chemistry, providing in-depth coverage of milk proteins, lipids, and lactose. The editors propose beginning the revision cycle again, with a revised first volume on proteins, to be divided and published separately as Volume 1A - Proteins: Basics Aspects, and Volume 1B - Applied Aspects. Fox and his co-editor, Paul McSweeney, have created an extensively revised the Table of Contents for Volume 1A, which details the novel and updated chapters to be included in this upcoming fourth edition. New contributors include highly regarded dairy scientists and scholars from around the world.
Synopsis
The leading reference on dairy chemistry, this book offers deep coverage of milk proteins, lipids and lactose. For the 4th edition, the editors have expanded, updated and reorganized the contents, creating a timely resource for the current state of the art.
Synopsis
The chemistry and physico-chemical properties of milk proteins is perhaps the largest and most rapidly evolving major area in dairy chemistry.
About the Author
Paul L.H. McSweeney MA, PhD, DSc is Professor of Food Chemistry in the School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College, Cork, Ireland.
Table of Contents
1. Origin and evolution of the major constituents of milk.- 2. Milk Proteins: Introduction and historical aspects.- 3. Quantitation of proteins in milk and milk products.- 4. Chemstry of Caseins.- 5. Higher order structures of the caseins: a paradox.- 6. Casein micelle structure, functions and interactions.- 7. b-Lactoglobulin.- 8. a-Lactalbumin.- 9. Immunoglobulins in mammary secretions.- 10. Lactoferrin.- 11. Minor proteins, Including Growth Factors.- 12. Indigenous enzymes of milk.- 13. Interspecies comparison of milk proteins.- 14. Genetics and Biosynthesis of milk proteins.- 15. Genetic polymorphism of milk proteins.- 16. Nutritional Quality of milk proteins.- Index.