Phytochemicals in nutrition and health

Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
ISBN 1587160838......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Editors......Page 12
Contributors......Page 16
INTRODUCTION......Page 18
ARE HMPs EFFECTIVE?......Page 19
ARE HMPs SAFE?......Page 20
CONCLUSION......Page 23
REFERENCES......Page 24
INTRODUCTION......Page 26
TRADITIONAL AND CLINICAL USES OF ECHINACEA PRODUCTS......Page 27
PHYTOCHEMICAL DIVERSITY AND ASSOCIATED BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES......Page 28
QUALITY CONTROL......Page 30
IMPROVEMENT OF ECHINACEA QUALITY......Page 31
REFERENCES......Page 33
CONTENTS......Page 36
INTRODUCTION......Page 37
ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY......Page 38
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE......Page 40
GLYCEMIC CONTROL AND DIABETES......Page 43
AGING AND MEMORY LOSS......Page 44
VISION......Page 45
URINARY TRACT HEALTH......Page 46
ISSUES TO BE RESOLVED......Page 51
REFERENCES......Page 53
INTRODUCTION......Page 58
POLYPHENOLS IN GRAPES AND WINE......Page 59
POLYPHENOLS METABOLISM......Page 60
ROLE OF FLAVONOIDS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE......Page 61
EFFECTS ON CHOLESTEROL......Page 62
ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES OF WINE......Page 63
LDL OXIDATION......Page 64
EFFECTS ON HEMOSTASIS......Page 65
POTENTIAL ADVERSE EFFECTS OF POLYPHENOLS......Page 67
CONCLUSIONS......Page 68
REFERENCES......Page 70
CONTENTS......Page 78
CHEMISTRY AND OCCURRENCE IN FOODS......Page 79
ABSORPTION, TRANSPORT, AND BIOAVAILABILITY......Page 82
TOCOPHEROLS AND TOCOTRIENOLS AS ANTIOXIDANTS......Page 84
OTHER BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF TOCOPHEROLS AND TOCOTRIENOLS......Page 85
TOCOPHEROLS AND TOCOTRIENOLS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE......Page 88
CONCLUSION......Page 90
REFERENCES......Page 91
INTRODUCTION......Page 96
EXAMPLES......Page 97
DISCUSSION......Page 99
REFERENCES......Page 100
CONTENTS......Page 104
ITCs AS CHEMOPREVENTIVE AGENTS FOR LUNG TUMORIGENESIS AND STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP......Page 105
ITCs AS CHEMOPREVENTIVE AGENTS FOR TUMORIGENESIS AT OTHER ORGAN SITES......Page 106
MECHANISMS OF TUMOR INHIBITION BY ITCs......Page 108
CHEMOPREVENTIVE EFFECT OF SFN AND PEITC AGAINST AOM-INDUCED ABERRANT CRYPT FOCI WITH F344 RATS......Page 109
INHIBITION OF GROWTH OF HUMAN PROSTATE TUMORS BY SFN AND PEITC......Page 110
METABOLISM, TISSUE DISTRIBUTION, AND PHARMACOKINETICS OF ITCs......Page 111
THE ROLE OF DIETARY ITCs IN THE PROTECTION AGAINST HUMAN CANCERS......Page 115
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 117
REFERENCES......Page 118
INTRODUCTION......Page 122
THE HYPOTHESIS AND EXPERIMENTS......Page 124
THE RATIONALE SUPPORTING THE HYPOTHESIS AND EXPERIMENTS......Page 127
DISCUSSION OF DATA OBTAINED TO DATE......Page 129
COMPLEXITIES IN THE EXISTING LITERATURE......Page 130
LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE......Page 132
REFERENCES......Page 133
WORLD POPULATION AND HEALTH......Page 138
ROLE OF NATURAL PRODUCTS......Page 140
THE ROLE OF PLANT BREEDING IN IMPROVING PHYTOCHEMICAL CONTENT......Page 144
BREEDING IS INHERENTLY INEFFICIENT......Page 146
MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION......Page 147
GENOMIC AND PROTEOMIC APPROACHES......Page 148
BIOENGINEERING......Page 149
EXPANDING POSSIBILITIES......Page 151
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 152
REFERENCES......Page 153
CONTENTS......Page 156
PHENOLICS AND POLYPHENOLICS......Page 157
TOCOPHEROLS, TOCOTRIENOLS, AND UBIQUINONES......Page 163
OTHER PHYTOCHEMICALS......Page 164
REFERENCES......Page 169
INTRODUCTION......Page 174
LYCOPENE: WHAT IT IS, ITS FORMS, AND GOOD FOOD SOURCES......Page 175
POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF LYCOPENE IN THE HUMAN BODY......Page 177
BETA-CAROTENE: WHAT IT IS, GOOD FOOD SOURCES......Page 180
CAROTENOID DEPLETION STUDIES......Page 182
FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR LYCOPENE STUDIES......Page 183
REFERENCES......Page 185
INTRODUCTION......Page 190
ASTAXANTHIN......Page 193
LUTEIN AND ZEAXANTHIN......Page 199
REFERENCES......Page 203
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I,K,L......Page 215
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U,V......Page 219
W,X,Y,Z......Page 220
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