Dietary phytochemicals in cancer prevention and treatment
By: edited under the auspices of the American Institute for Cancer Research.
Contributors: American Institute for Cancer Research.; Conference on Dietary Phytochemicals in Cancer Prevention and Treatment (1995 : Washington, D.C.)
Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology ;; v. 401
Publisher: Plenum Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
Subjects: Cancer -- Chemoprevention -- Congresses; Cancer -- Nutritional aspects -- Congresses; Phytochemicals -- Congresses; Cancer -- Diet therapy -- Congresses; Neoplasms -- prevention & control -- congresses; Plants, Edible -- chemistry -- congresses; Anticarcinogenic Agents -- congresses
Description: Twenty-one presentations provide insight into why the ingestion of fruits and vegetables is associated with a lower risk of cancer. Subjects presented include: isothiocyanates; plant phenolics; polyphenols; effects of tea on carcinogenesis; estrogens and phytoestrogens; soy isoflavonoids; quercetin; monoterpenes and mevinolin; limonene and perillyl alcohol; organosulfur compounds; selenium-enriched garlic; a look at the American diet; nutritional implications; designer foods; and wheat bran. The book closes with an examination of the research opportunities, approaches, and pitfalls in a look a diet, nutrition, and cancer prevention.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Proceedings of the American Institute for Cancer Research's sixth annual research Conference on Dietary Phytochemicals in Cancer Prevention and Treatment, held August 31-September 1, 1995, in Washington, D.C."--T.p. verso.