TY - BOOK AU - Carkeet,Colleen AU - Grann,Kerry AU - Randolph,KeithR. AU - Venzon,Dawna Salter AU - Izzy,Samantha M. ED - International Phytochemical Conference TI - Phytochemicals: health promotion and therapeutic potential SN - 9781466551626 (hardcover : alk. paper) U1 - 615.32 PY - 2013/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press KW - Herbs KW - Therapeutic use KW - Congresses KW - Materia medica, Vegetable KW - Phytochemicals KW - Older people KW - Diseases KW - Prevention KW - Chronic diseases KW - Chronic Disease KW - prevention & control KW - Phytotherapy KW - methods KW - Aged KW - Plant Extracts KW - therapeutic use N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "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"-- ER -