Sesame: the genus Sesamum

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by  Bedigian, Dorothea

Sesame
The genus Sesamum
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Sesame
The genus Sesamum
Dorothea Bedigian
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Contents
Foreword ...........................................................................................................................................xi
Preface to the Series .......................................................................................................................xiii
Preface..............................................................................................................................................xv
Acknowledgments ..........................................................................................................................xvii
The Editor .......................................................................................................................................xix
Contributors ....................................................................................................................................xxi
Chapter 1 Introduction: History of the Cultivation and Use of Sesame .......................................1
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Chapter 2 Cultivated Sesame and Wild Relatives in the Genus Sesamum L. ............................33
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Chapter 3 Chemical Studies on the Lignans and Other Minor Constituents of Sesame
Seed Oil ......................................................................................................................79
Afaf Kamal-Eldin
Chapter 4 Sesame Seed Coat: A Rich Source of Potential Mammalian Lignan Precursors ......93
Raphael Grougnet, Prokopios Magiatis, Sofia Mitakou, and
Alexios-Leandros Skaltsounis
Chapter 5 Antioxidant and Anti-Carcinogenic Potentials of Sesame Lignans .........................111
Duncan H.F. Mak, Po Yee Chiu, and Kam Ming Ko
Chapter 6 Sesame Seed and Its Lignans: Metabolism and Bioactivities ..................................123
Sandra M. Sacco and Lilian U. Thompson
Chapter 7 Physiological Effects of Sesame: Bioactive and Antioxidant Compounds ..............139
Fereidoon Shahidi and Zhuliang Tan
Chapter 8 Sesame Seed Food Allergy ......................................................................................155
Suzanne S. Teuber
Chapter 9 Flavor Constituents of Sesame .................................................................................169
Fereidoon Shahidi, Tara Hughes, and Zhuliang Tan
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Chapter 10 Seed Oil Bodies of Sesame and Their Surface Proteins: Oleosin, Caleosin,
and Steroleosin .........................................................................................................187
Jason T.C. Tzen
Chapter 11 Use of Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy for Nondestructive Analyses
of Sesame .................................................................................................................201
Tetsuo Sato, Aye Aye Maw, and Masumi Katsuta
Chapter 12 Sesame’s Protective Role in Crop Nematode Control ..............................................211
Gamal Abdalla Elbadri and Abdelmageed Mohammad Yassin
Chapter 13 Molecular Biotechnology of Sesame........................................................................219
Mi Chung Suh, Nam-In Hyung, and Chung-Han Chung
Chapter 14 Responses of Sesame to Plant Growth Regulators, Micronutrients,
and Salinity ..............................................................................................................245
M. Prakash
Chapter 15 Seed Genetics in Relation to Yield in Sesame .........................................................255
S. Thirugnana Kumar
Chapter 16 Sesame Diseases and Their Management ................................................................267
P. Narayanasamy
Chapter 17 Sesame Cultivation and Use in China ......................................................................283
Zhao Yingzhong
Chapter 18 Sesame Cultivation and Use in Ethiopia ..................................................................297
Adefris Teklewold, Tadele Amde, and Tesfaye M. Baye
Chapter 19 Sesame Cultivation and Use in Iran .........................................................................321
S.M. Mahdi Mortazavian and J.A. Kohpayegani
Chapter 20 Sesame Cultivation and Use in Somalia ..................................................................329
Ahmed Yakub Sidow
Chapter 21 Sesame Cultivation and Use in Thailand .................................................................339
Wasana Wongyai
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Chapter 22 Sesame Cultivation and Use in Turkey ....................................................................349
Bülent Uzun
Chapter 23 History of Sesame Cultivation and Irrigation in the Armenian Highlands
from the Kingdom of Urartu (Ararat) through Subsequent Periods: Major
Agricultural Innovation ............................................................................................367
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Chapter 24 Introduction and Early Use of Sesame in America: Medicine, Cookery,
and Folkways ............................................................................................................389
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Chapter 25 Current Market Trends: Critical Issues and Economic Importance of Sesame .......423
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Chapter 26 Current Regulatory Status of Sesame and Its Commercial Products ......................491
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Index ..............................................................................................................................................507