Plant Phenolics and Human Health
Biochemistry, Nutrition and Pharmacology
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Beschreibung
A collection of current knowledge of phytochemicals and health
Interest in phenolic phytochemicals has increased as scientific studies indicate these compounds exhibit potential health benefits. With contributions from world leaders in this research area, Plant Phenolics and Human Health: Biochemistry, Nutrition, and Pharmacology offers an essential survey of the current knowledge on the capacity of specific micronutrients present in ordinary diets to fight disease.
The coverage in this resource:
* Explains the presence and biochemical properties of phenolics present in fruits and vegetables, as well as in foods derived from their plant sources
* Provides biochemical explanations on how certain plant phenolics fight cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, and other widespread pathologies
* Focuses on certain phenolics, e.g., flavonoids, stilbenes, and curcuminoids, and provides insights on the biochemical bases used to define their significance in the diet as well as their recommended consumption requirements and toxicity
Appropriate for graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses in human and animal nutrition, basic nutritional biology, physiology, pharmacology, and other health-related disciplines, Plant Phenolics and Human Health: Biochemistry, Nutrition, and Pharmacology serves as both an invaluable supplementary classroom text and a self-teaching guide for professionals interested in defining the association between diet and health from classical, alternative, and complementary biomedical perspectives.
With contributions from world-leaders in the research of phytochemicals and human health, this book reviews the latest research on how food micronutrients fight diseases. Focusing on phenolic micronutrients such as flavanoids, the contributors examine foods with a known positive effect on cardiovascular, cancer, neurodegenerative, and inflammatory diseases. By linking foods with micronutrient(s) and their biochemical action in the human body, this book offers both a useful text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in nutrition and free radical biology, and a guide for professionals in nutrition, medicine, physiology, and biomedical fields.
Autor*in
Cesar G. Fraga
Themen in »Plant Phenolics and Human Health«
Biochemie Biochemie u. Chemische Biologie Biochemistry (Chemical Biology) Biowissenschaften Botanik Chemie Chemistry Food Science & Technology Lebensmittel Lebensmittelforschung u. -technologie Life Sciences Plant Science