Phytochemicals : Mechanisms of Action
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Mark S Meskin; Wayne R Bidlack; Audra J Davies; Douglas S Lewis; R Keith Randolph
- ناشر : London : CRC Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2003
- شابک / ISBN : 9780203506332 .
Description
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Absorption and Metabolism of Anthocyanins: Potential Health Effects; Common Features in the Pathways of Absorption and Metabolism of Flavonoids; Pharmacokinetics and Bioavailability of Green Tea Catechins; The Importance of In Vivo Metabolism of Polyphenols and Their Biological Actions; Cancer Prevention by Phytochemicals, Modulation of Cell Cycle; Cancer Chemoprevention by Phytopolyphenols Including Flavanoids and Flavonoids through Modulating Signal Transduction Pathways; Gene Regulation by Glucosinolate Hydrolysis Products from Broccoli. Healthy Food Versus Phytosterol-Fortified Foods for Primary Prevention of Coronary Artery DiseaseVascular Effects of Resveratrol; Development of a Mixture of Dietary Carotenoids as Cancer Chemopreventive Agents: C57BL/6J Mice as a Useful Animal Model for Efficacy Studies with Carotenoids; Chemoprevention of Colon Cancer by Curcumin; Index
Phytochemicals: Mechanisms of Action is the latest volume in a highly regarded series that addresses the roles of phytochemicals in disease prevention and health promotion. The text links diets rich in plant-derived compounds with decreased risk of chronic degenerative diseases. Chapters highlight recent developments in three areas not sufficiently covered in previous references. Pharmacokinetics and bioavailability addresses how phytochemicals get into the body, what happens to them and how they're metabolized. Mechanisms of action, explains how phytochemicals work at the cellular level. Clin
