Inflammation, oxidative stress, and cancer
Subtitle: dietary approaches for cancer prevention
By: edited by Ah-Ng Tony Kong
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 606
ISBN-13: 9781466503700; 9781466503717
Subjects: Cancer; Anti-inflammatory agents; Oxidative stress; Inflammation; Chemotherapy; Antineoplastic agents; Prevention; Diet therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Section I. Inflammation, oxidative stress, nutritional phytochemicals, and cancer; title: section II. Signal transduction, molecular targets, and biomarkers of dietary cancer-preventive phytochemicals; title: section III. In vivo absorption and pharmacokinetics of nutritional phytochemicals; title: section IV. Vitamins A, D, and E cancer prevention and clinical perspective; title: section V. Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids; title: section VI. Flavonoids and polyphenols; title: section VII. Garlic organosulfur compounds and crucifer glucusinolates; title: section VIII. Selenium, herbal medicines, alpha lipoic acid, and cancer prevention; title: section IX. Epigenetics and chronic inflammation.