Phytochemicals health promotion and therapeutic potential

"An examination of foods, botanicals, and phytochemicals as they relate to the prevention of age-related chronic diseases, this book discusses herbs and spices in cancer prevention; wine, phenolics, and cancer; anthocyanins in cardiovascular health; anti-inflammatories; skin photoprotection; be...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author International Phytochemical Conference Buena Park, Calif.
Other Authors Carkeet, Colleen
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2013.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781466551633
DOI10.1201/b12893
Physical Descriptionxx, 250 p. : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • ch. 1. Fruit, vegetables, and phytochemicals in human health and disease / Dawna Salter Venzon and Samantha M. Izzy
  • ch. 2. Wine and cancer / Susan E. Ebeler
  • ch. 3. Anthocyanins and heart disease / Janet A. Novotny
  • ch. 4. Multidisciplinary studies of anti-inflammatory botanicals : ginger and turmeric / Barbara N. Timmermann and Janet L. Funk
  • ch. 5. Novel approach for screening natural plant ingredients for development of nutraceutical bone health supplements / David Fast ... [et al.]
  • ch. 6. Comprehensive strategies for evaluating the adaptogenic properties of phytochemicals / Mary Ann Lila and Diana Cheng
  • ch. 7. Prevention of obesity, diabetes, and cancer with lifestyle intervention strategies / Jacob J. Junco and Thomas J. Slaga
  • ch. 8. Alterations in the adiposity and dyslipidemia of obesity by berries and berry phytochemicals / Ronald L. Prior
  • ch. 9. Literature review on the ergogenic effects of quercetin / Alyson Mitchell, Jihyun Lee, and Valeria Acquarone
  • ch. 10. Berry fruit and nuts : their role in reducing oxidative stress and inflammation in the aging brain / Marshall G. Miller, Barbara Shukitt-Hale, and James A. Joseph
  • ch. 11. Brahmi : traditional botanical medicine for cognitive decline / Carlo Calabrese and Amala Soumyanath
  • ch. 12. Bioavailability of dietary carotenoids in humans : a review of results from studies with momordica cochinchinensis spreng (Redmelon) and of [superscript 14]C-tracer studies using accelerator mass spectrometry / Le Thuy Vuong.