This book creates a multidisciplinary forum of discussion on Ficus carica with particular emphasis on its horticulture, post-harvest, marketability, phytochemistry, extraction protocols, biochemistry, nutritional value, functionality, health-promoting properties, ethnomedicinal applications, technology and processing. The impact of traditional and innovative processing on the recovery of high-added value compounds from Ficus carica byproducts is extensively reported. Also, the text discusses the potential applications of Ficus carica in food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical products. Fig (Ficus carica): Production, Processing, and Properties illustrates a diversity of developments in food science and horticultural research including:
- Production, processing, chemistry, and functional properties of Ficus carica.
- Ficus carica phytochemicals and its health-promoting effects.
- Food, non-food and technological applications of Ficus carica.
Recent research focuses on studying the bioactive compounds and therapeutic traits and investigating the mode of action and toxicological impacts of medical plant extracts and bioactive phytochemicals. Ficus carica is of significant importance due to its widespread food, industrial and medicinal applications. Although Ficus carica products are already commercially available in the international market, it is hard to find a reference work covering the production, processing, chemistry and properties of Ficus carica. This book will be the first publication focusing specifically on this important topic.
Introduction to Fig (Ficus carica): Production, Processing, and
Properties.- Section
1. Fig (Ficus carica): Cultivation, species, and
cultivars.- Figs in Morocco: Diversity patterns, valorization pathways and
chain value resilience.- Fig tree genome and diversity.- Genetic diversity of
fig varieties.- Bud structure and evolution.- Phenotypic variability of fig
(Ficus carica).- Morpho-chemical Characteristics Useful in the Identification
of Fig (Ficus carica L.) Germplasm.- Agronomic strategies for fig cultivation
in a temperate-humid climate zone.- Cultivars and agricultural practices of
fig (Ficus carica).- Physiological behaviour of fig tree (Ficus carica L.)
under different climatic conditions.- Fig (Ficus carica) production and yield
.- Defense mechanism of fig (Ficus carica) against biotic stresses: An
advanced role model under Moraceae.- Section 2: Fig (Ficus carica):
Chemistry, functionality and health-promoting properties .- Chemistry and
nutritional value of fresh and dried fig (Ficus carica).- Fig seeds: source
of value-added oil within the scope of circular economy.- Fig (Ficus carica)
leaves: composition and functional properties.- Fig (Ficus carica)
oil.- Composition and functional properties of fig (Ficus carica)
phenolics.- Phenolic compounds of Fresh and dried fig: Characterization and
health effects.- Ficus carica L. as a source of natural bioactive
flavonoids.- Fig (Ficus carica) minerals.- Bioactive compounds of fig (Ficus
carica).- Fig volatiles .- Fig Enzymes: Characterization, Biological Roles,
and Applications.- Preventive roles of phytochemicals from Ficus carica in
Diabetes and its secondary complications.- Composition and health-promoting
effects of fig (Ficus carica) extracts.- Genotoxic and antimutagenic activity
of Ficus carica extracts.- Composition and biological activities of Ficus
carica latex.- Extraction and analysis of polyphenolic compounds in Ficus
carica L..- Section 3: Fig (Ficus carica): Technology, processing, and
applications.- Fig drying technologies .- Chemistry and functionality of
processed fig.- Fig Syrup as a natural sugar substitute.- Fig shelf life
.- Use of proteolytic activity of Ficus carica in milk coagulation.
Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan is a Professor in the Agricultural Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture at Zagazig University in Zagazig, Egypt
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