Title: Phytochemicals
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.
Subjects: Phytotherapy, Methods, Plant Extracts, Congresses, Prevention & control, Therapeutic use, Aged, Chronic Disease, Botanical chemistry, Cancer, diet therapy, Phytochemicals, Diseases, Herbs, Vegetable Materia medica, Chronic diseases, Older people, Prevention, Aged, 80 and over, Herbes, Congrès, Emploi en thérapeutique, Phytothérapie, Composés phytochimiques, Personnes âgées, Elderly, HEALTH & FITNESS, Herbal Medications