Food Chemistry & Science

Biosystems Engineering Applications for Quality Food Production
Waste Valorization and New Product Development

Editors: Romeo Rojas, PhD
Guillermo Cristian Guadalupe Martínez-Ávila, PhD
Nancy del Pilar Medina Herrera, PhD

Biosystems Engineering Applications for Quality Food Production

Now on Press
Pub Date: Forthcoming December 2024/January 2025
Hardback Price: $220 US | £170 UK
Hard ISBN: 9781774916681
E-Book ISBN: 9781003492559
Pages: 336pp w/ index
Binding Type: hardback / ebook
Notes: 47 b/w illustrations

Biosystems engineering as an integrated science combines the fields of engineering design and analysis with biological sciences to provide solutions for food production and processing problems. Since food production is an ever-growing, constantly changing food engineering frontier, it is faced with a range of dynamic problems. This new book, Biosystems Engineering Applications for Quality Food Production: Waste Valorization and New Product Development, shows how the two areas of biosystems engineering and food industry come together in an interdisciplinary way to offer solutions to these problems.

The book presents the most recent advances in these two areas, ranging from the use of biodigesters, bioremediation of effluents from the food industry, use of microorganisms to produce polymers and their applications, waste recovery, new products development, new applications for new varieties of crops, replacement of fats in food, improvement in bovine production, and production and harvesting microalgae and cyanobacteria. It includes current topics that include the application of biosystems for food processing, the revaluation of agro-industrial waste, bioremediation systems, as well as new trends in the development of food from start to finish. The book also discusses the generation of value-added products and new functional foods.

This informative book is a compendium of the use and application of biosystems in the food industry—from primary production to processing, waste evaluation, and bioremediation, that is, an integral food production system. As such, the book will serve as a guide for those involved in the fields of biotechnology and agricultural sciences. It will also prove useful for undergraduate and postgraduate students and those in the agro-industrial sector.

CONTENTS:
Preface

1. Phytochemicals from Pomegranate Peel: A Source of Antioxidants for Vegetable Oil-Based Oleogels
Mayra Aguilar-Zárate, Mariela R. Michel, Naomi G. Álvarez-Díaz, Romeo Rojas, Cristian Martínez-Ávila, and Pedro Aguilar-Zárate

2. Proximal Analysis and Energy Content of the Base Materials of the Pericarp of Pecan (Carya illinoinensis W.)
Ana Leticia Romo Hernández, Lidia Rosaura Salas Cruz, Maginot Ngangyo Heya, Lourdes Díaz Jiménez, and Jesús Andrés Pedroza Flores

3. Circular Economy Applied to the Use of Agri-Food Waste to Obtain Products with Added Value
Jorge E. Wong-Paz, Alaín Martínez-Pérez, Karime De Monserrat Moctezuma-Dávila, Guillermo Castillo-Olvera, Pedro Aguilar-Zárate, Fabiola Veana, and Diana B. Muñiz-Márquez

4. Production and Harvesting Microalgae: Opportunities and Challenges
Elizabeth Garza Valverde, Juan Antonio Vidales Contreras, Julia Mariana Márquez Reyes, and Celestino García Gómez

5. The Use of the Cyanobacteria Spirulina as a Supplementary Protein in Human Nutrition
Celestino García Gómez, Claudio Guajardo Barbosa, Julia Mariana Márquez Reyes, Juan Nápoles Armenta, Julio César Beltrán Rocha, and Carlos Eduardo Sada Borrego

6. Microalgae and Cyanobacteria as Sustainable Food Sources for Animal Feed
J. A. Soto-Cuevas, C. García-Gómez, H. Bernal-Barragán, K. S. Hernández-Gaytán, J. M., Márquez-Reyes, and J. A. Vidales-Contreras

7. Preparation of Kombucha from Agro-Industrial Wastes to Produce Microbial Cellulose
Juan Pablo Hernández-Rodríguez, Alexei Fedorovish Licea Navarro, Mayra Zulema Treviño-Garza, Beatriz Adriana Rodríguez Romero, Edgar Vladimir Gutierrez-Castorena, Ana Sofía Guerrero Medina, Ricardo González Sánchez, Celestino García Gómez, and Julia Mariana Márquez Reyes

8. Fermented Beverages from Agro-Industrial Wastes and Nonconventional Sources
Flor Edith Calderón-Martínez, Rubén F. González-Laredo, Jorge Luis González-Escobar, Mayra Nicolás-García, Diana B. Muñiz-Márquez, and Fabiola Veana

9. Circular Economy Practices in Agroindustry: From Waste to Bioactive Compounds
Abigail Reyes-Munguia, Diana B. Muniz-Marquez, Ariel Vázquez Elorza, Yesenia V. Villegas-Hernández, Martina De La Rosa Hernandez, and Jorge E. Wong-Paz

10. Valorization of Ataulfo Mango By-Products as a Source of Value-Added Bioactive Compounds
Andres González-Sosa, Cristian Martínez-Ávila, Cristian Torres-Leon, Julio C. Tafolla-Arellano, and Romeo Rojas

11. Antioxidant Activity of Polyphenolic Compounds Obtained from Pigmented Maize (Zea mays L.).
T. C. Serna-Mendez, R. Rojas, N. Medina-Herrera, J. C. Tafolla-Arellano, and G. C. G. Martínez-Avila

12. Food Products Based on Candelilla Wax Oleogels
C. L. Flores-García, R. Rojas, N. Medina-Herrera, and G. C. G. Martinez-Avila

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Romeo Rojas, PhD
Professor, School of Agronomy, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Mexico

Romeo Rojas, PhD, is Professor at the School of Agronomy, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Mexico, was a Coordinator of the Research Center and Development for Food Industries (2016-2022). His research and teaching are in food, biotechnology, and agricultural sciences. Dr. Rojas is currently working on several research and collaboration projects funded by the Agricultural Secretariat of Mexico, the National Forestry Commission, and the National Mexican Research Council. He has published 46 original research papers in indexed journals and 28 book chapters and has participated in and contributed to over 80 scientific meetings. He is a member of the Mexican Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering (SMBB), the National System of Researchers (SNI) (since 2015 [level I]), and other organizations. He directed one PhD thesis, two MSc theses, and four BSc theses. Dr. Rojas became a Food Science and Technology Engineer (2007) from the Autonomous Agrarian University Antonio Narro, with specialization in agricultural sciences. His PhD degree in Food Science and Technology was awarded in 2013 by the Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico.

Guillermo Cristian Guadalupe Martínez-Ávila, PhD
Scientist, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, School of Agronomy, General Escobedo, Nuevo León, México

Guillermo Cristian Guadalupe Martínez Ávila, PhD, is a full-time Professor at the School of Agronomy, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Mexico, specializing in foods, biotechnology, and agricultural sciences. He has been awarded as an outstanding reviewer for the journals Food Research International, Heliyon, LWT-Food Science and Technology, etc. He has been a member of the National Research System (SNI) since 2024 (level II) and a member of the Mexican Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering (SMBB) and Mexican Association of Food Chemistry (AMECA). He has been a thesis director of five MSc theses and one PhD thesis. Dr. Martínez is currently developing two research projects funded by the Agricultural Secretariat of Mexico, the National Forestry Commission, and the National Mexican Research Council (SAGARPA-CONACYT; CONAFOR-CONACYT) and has two collaborations with projects funded by the National Forestry Commission and National Mexican Research Council (CONAFOR-CONACYT). He has been in two academic stays to date, in Ireland (University College Cork) and in Fortaleza, Brazil (Universidade de Fortaleza). Dr. Martínez has published 56 original research papers in indexed journals and 10 book chapters and has participated in and contributed to over 70 scientific meetings. He graduated as a Chemical Pharmacobiologist (2005) from the Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico, specializing in food sciences. His PhD degree in Biotechnology was awarded in 2011 by the Autonomous University of Coahuila.

Nancy del Pilar Medina Herrera, PhD
Professor, The Agronomy School at Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Nancy del Pilar Medina Herrera, PhD, is a full-time Professor in the Agronomy School at Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, in the field of bioprocess systems engineering. Her areas of interest include mathematical modeling, simulation, design, and optimization. She is a member of the National Research System (Mexico) since 2016 and was awarded the desirable profile by PRODEP-SEP in 2019. She has a prolific engineering background in technological devices, equipment, process, and systems. She has contributed to 20 JCR documents, scientific articles, and book chapters in the bioprocess system engineering area. Dr. Medina Herrera has also participated in 20 national and international professional meetings.




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