This collection features four peer-reviewed reviews on the nutritional and health benefits of beverage crops.The first chapter introduces the importance of coffee leaves, highlighting their high antioxidant potential and impact on fruit quality. The chapter provides an inventory of molecules identified in the leaves of cultivated coffee trees, as well as the beneficial effects of these molecules on human health.The second chapter considers the nutritional a...

Covers recent research on coffee genetics, physiology and genetic diversityReviews the latest developments in breeding new varietiesAssesses advances in measuring and understanding the chemical composition and nutraceutical properties of coffee