Phytochemicals
Subtitle: health promotion and therapeutic potential
By: editors, Colleen Carkeet ... [et al.].
Contributors: Carkeet, Colleen
Publisher: Taylor & Francis/CRC Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781466551626
Subjects: Phytotherapy; Methods; Plant Extracts; Congresses; Prevention & control; Therapeutic use; Aged; Chronic Disease
Description: "An examination of foods, botanicals, and phytochemicals as they relate to the prevention of age-related chronic diseases, this book discusses herbs and spices in cancer prevention; wine, phenolics, and cancer; anthocyanins in cardiovascular health; anti-inflammatories; skin photoprotection; beny phytochemicals; green tea catechins; and cognitive function in the elderly. The book begins with an overview of phytonutrients in human health and disease, and covers chronic disease prevention, bone and joint health, skin health, obesity and metabolism, and brain health. The final chapter describes an analytical technique 'proving very powerful in phytonutrient research in humans"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.