Enzymes in Human and Animal Nutrition

Enzymes in Human and Animal Nutrition is a detailed reference on enzymes covering detailed information on all relevant aspects fundamental for final use of enzymes in human and animal nutrition. Topics explored include selection, engineering and expression of microbial enzymes, effects of probiotics on enzymes in the digestive tract, potential new sources of enzymes, valorization of plant biomass by food and feed enzymes. Economics and intellectual property issues are also examined.

• Examines the role of enzymes in nutrition and in the production of food and animal feed so that food industry and academic researchers can understand applications of enzymes in the health of humans and animals
• Begins with a thorough overview of selection, engineering and expression of microbial enzymes
• Examines extremophile organisms as a potential new source of enzymes
• Includes discussion of analytics, economics and intellectual property to increase applicability of the rest of the book outside of the lab

Academics, students and researchers in nutrition and nutritional physiology, veterinarians, agronomists, food and feed producers

Foreword
  Wouter Hendriks

Introduction
  Mike Bedford

Chapter 1. Selection, engineering and expression of microbial enzymes
  Patrícia Poeta, A A Dias, Gilberto Igrejas, Vanessa Silva, Rui Bezerra, Carlos Simões Nunes
Chapter 2. Intellectual Property on selection, expression and production of enzymes
  Carlos Simões Nunes

Phytases
Chapter 3. General Aspects of Phytases
  Vikas Kumar and Amit Kumar Sinha
Chapter 4. Phytase in Animal Feed
  Nicholas Romano, Vikas Kumar
Chapter 5. Perspectives of phytases in nutrition, biocatalysis and soil stabilization
  Michele Rigon Spier, Maitê Rodrigues, Luana Paludo, Myriam Lorena Melgarejo Navarro Cerutti

Depolymerizating Enzymes
Chapter 6. Depolymerizating enzymes - cellulases
  Carlos Simoes Nunes
Chapter 7. Laccases - properties and applications
  Carlos Simões Nunes, Adinarayana Kunamneni
Chapter 8. Amylases
  Shivendra Kumar, Srijit Chakravarty

NSP Enzymes
Chapter 9. Non-starch polysaccharides (NSPs) enzymes - General Aspects
  Habte-Michael Habte-Tsion, Vikas Kumar
Chapter 10. Depolymerizating Enzymes in Human Food: Bakery, Dairy Products and Drinks
  Parisa Fallahi, Habte-Michael Habte-Tsion, Waldemar Rossi Jr
Chapter 11. Perspectives of non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) enzymes in nutrition
  Habte-Michael Habte-Tsion, Vikas Kumar, Waldemar Rossi Jr

Proteases
Chapter 12. Proteases: General Aspects
  Petra Philipps-Wiemann
Chapter 13. Proteases – Human Food
  Petra Philipps-Wiemann
Chapter 14. Proteases - Animal Feed
  Petra Philipps-Wiemann

Other Enzymes
Chapter 15. Enzymes as Therapeutic Agents
  Adinarayana Kunamneni, Christian Ogaugwu, Diwakar Goli
Chapter 16. Enzymes as direct decontaminating agents – mycotoxins
  Manjunath Manubolu, Lavanya Goodla, Kavitha Pathakoti, Kj