Phytochemicals (eBook, PDF)

Aging and Health
Redaktion: Meskin, Mark S.; Randolph, R. Keith; Bidlack, Wayne R.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

With the expansion of the aging population, researchers are focusing on the role of nutrition, plant-based diets, and phytochemicals in healthy aging. Phytochemicals: Aging and Health illustrates the role of phytochemicals in disease prevention, providing an understanding of their relationship to healthy aging in an effort to promote optimal health and disease prevention. This text presents information on polyphenols, flavonoid analysis, botanical therapeutics and chronic disease prevention, carotenoids and visual function, green tea and skin care, pomegranate and cardiovascular disease, nutrient-gene interactions, and personalized nutrition, with a focus on nutrigenetics as a means of nutrition therapy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781420061383
• Artikelnr.: 52957648

Autorenporträt

Mark S. Meskin, Wayne R. Bidlack, R. Keith Randolph

Inhaltsangabe

Technophysiology, Evolution, and Aging: Towards a New Image of Aging. Are
There Age-Related Changes in Flavonoid Bioavailability? Trends in the
Analysis of Phytochemicals: Flavonoids and Carotenoids. Anti-inflammatory
Botanicals: A Case Study of Genetic Screens as Part of a Pharmacogenomic
Approach. Characteristics and Function of Lutein and Zeaxanthin within the
Human Retina. Phytochemicals and the Aging Brain. Green Tea: Skin Care and
Skin Diseases. Pomegranate Phenolic Antioxidant Activities Protect against
Cardiovascular Diseases. Customizing Dietary Recommendations by Genotype in
the Era of Genomics. Development of a Botanical Combination Product for
Allergy Symptoms. IL-1 Genotype-Selective Inhibition of Inflammatory
Mediators by Botanicals: A Nutrigenetics Proof of Principle. Index.