Phytochemicals : health promotion and therapeutic potential
Material type: TextPublication details: Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2013Description: xx, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781466551626 (hardcover : alk. paper); 1466551623 (hardcover : alk. paper)Subject(s): Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- Congresses | Materia medica, Vegetable -- Congresses | Phytochemicals -- Congresses | Older people -- Diseases -- Prevention -- Congresses | Chronic diseases -- Prevention -- Congresses | Chronic Disease -- prevention & control -- Congresses | Phytotherapy -- methods -- Congresses | Aged | Plant Extracts -- therapeutic use -- CongressesDDC classification: 615.32 Summary: "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"--Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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"--
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