Coffee: production, consumption and health benefits

Content: COFFEE PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND HEALTH BENEFITS 
 COFFEE PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND HEALTH BENEFITS 
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 CONTENTS
 PREFACE
 Chapter 1 COFFEE AND ITS BY-PRODUCTS AS SOURCES OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS
 ABSTRACT
 1. INTRODUCTION 
 1.1. Coffee Processing Steps 
 2. COFFEE AS SOURCE OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS 
 2.1. Green Coffee 
 2.2. Roasted Coffee 
 3. COFFEE BY-PRODUCTS AS SOURCE OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS 
 3.1. Coffee Husks and Pulp 
 4.2. Coffee Silverskin 
 4.3. Spent Coffee Grounds
 4.4. Comparative Evaluation of Coffee By-Products CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
 REFERENCES 
 Chapter 2 COFFEE BREWS PREPARATION: EXTRACTION OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY 
 ABSTRACT 
 INTRODUCTION 
 MATERIALS AND METHODS 
 Materials 
 Samples and Coffee Brew Preparation 
 Reagents and Equipment 
 Antioxidant Activity Evaluation 
 ABTS Methodology (TEAC) 
 FRAP Methodology 
 DPPH Methodology 
 Folin-Ciocalteau Methodology 
 Deoxyribose Assay 
 Determination of 5-CQA, Caffeine, Trigonelline, Furfural and HMF 
 Volatile Compounds Determination 
 Determination of Melanoidins 
 Data Analysis 
 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity CONCLUSION 
 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
 REFERENCES 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 
 Chapter 3 CONTROL OF COFFEE SAMPLES QUALITY: GEOGRAPHIC AND ROASTING FACTORS 
 ABSTRACT 
 1. INTRODUCTION 
 2. MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS TO MODEL COFFEE QUALITY 
 3. DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS AS A TOOL TO MODEL COFFEE QUALITY 
 3.1. Geographic Origin Models 
 3.2. Roasting Degree Models 
 3.3. Key Markers for Coffee Origin and Roasting Degree 
 CONCLUSION
 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
 REFERENCES 
 Chapter 4 SPENT COFFEE GROUND PROPERTIES AND APPLICATION IN BIOENERGY AND BIOPRODUCTS ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION 
 SCG COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES 
 Glucan 
 Hemicelluloses
 Mannan 
 Arabinogalactan
 SCG AS BIOREFINERY FEEDSTOCK 
 Application of Enzymes in the Coffee Industry 
 Enzymes in SCG Biorefinery
 POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF SCG 
 Steam and Electricity 
 Liquid Biofuels: Bioethanol and Biodiesel 
 Cultivation Media 
 Agriculture Application 
 Biomaterials 
 Animal Feed 
 Antioxidant
 Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) 
 Mannooligosaccharides 
 CONCLUSION 
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT 
 REFERENCES Chapter 5 THE RE-USE POTENTIAL OF ESPRESSO SPENT COFFEE GROUNDS: OPTIMIZATION OF MICROWAVE-ASSISTED EXTRACTION OF POLYPHENOLS BY USE OF RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY AND THEIR EFFECTS ON PLATELET FUNCTION --
PILOT STUDY ABSTRACT 
 INTRODUCTION
 METHODS
 Spent Coffee Preparation 
 RSM Experimental Design 
 Total Phenols and Antioxidant Capacity 
 Antiplatelet Activity 
 Statystical Analysis 
 RESULTS 
 Optimization of the Total Polyphenol Content (TPC) 
 Optimum Extraction Conditions Based on the DPPH Method 
 Optimum Extraction Conditions Based on the FRAP Activity