Carotenoids in health and disease
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Norman I Krinsky; Susan T Mayne; H Sies
- ناشر : New York : Marcel Dekker
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2004
- شابک / ISBN : 9780824754167
Description
Front cover; Series Introduction; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1. Basic Carotenoid Chemistry; Chapter 2. Carotenoids and Radicals; Interactions with Other Nutrients; Chapter 3. Noninvasive Assessment of Carotenoids in the Human Eye and Skin; Chapter 4. Methodology for Assessment of Carotenoid Levels in Blood Plasma and Plasma Fractions; Chapter 5. Carotenoid Antioxidant Activity; Chapter 6. Evidence for Pro-Oxidant Effects of Carotenoids In Vitro and In Vivo: Implications in Health and Disease; Chapter 7. Carotenoid Orientation: Role in Membrane Stabilization. Chapter 8. Anticancer Activity of Carotenoids: From Human Studies to Cellular Processes and Gene RegulationChapter 9. Induction of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes by Carotenoids; Chapter 10. Impact of Food Processing on Content and Bioavailability of Carotenoids; Chapter 11. Transport, Uptake, and Target Tissue Storage of Carotenoids; Chapter 12. Bioequitanlence of Provitamin A Carotenoids; Chapter 13. Bioconversion of Provitamin A Caroten.
"This reference studies the role of carotenoids in the prevention of chronic disease and reviews breakthrough studies from more than 40 field authorities on the latest biochemical research, as well as carotenoid absorption, transport, metabolism, and bioconversion to vitamin A - revealing the most recent findings regarding the use of carotenoids in the prevention of cancers and sunburn, as well as eye, heart, vascular, and photosensitivity diseases."--BOOK JACKET.
