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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Enrique Cadenas; Lester Packer |
| ISBN: | 0824705475 9780824705473 |
| OCLC Number: | 48032601 |
| Description: | xviii, 712 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Food-Derived Antioxidants: How to Evaluate Their Importance in Food and In Vivo / Barry Halliwell -- 2. Measurement of Total Antioxidant Capacity in Nutritional and Clinical Studies / Guohua Cao and Ronald L. Prior -- 3. Quantification of Isoprostanes as Indicators of Oxidant Stress In Vivo / Jason D. Morrow, William E. Zackert, Daniel S. Van der Ende, Erin E. Reich, Erin S. Terry, Brian Cox, Stephanie C. Sanchez, Thomas J. Montine, and L. Jackson Roberts -- 4. Efficacy of Vitamin E in Human Health and Disease / Sharon V Landvik, Anthony T. Diplock, and Lester Packer -- 5. Vitamin E Bioavailability, Biokinetics, and Metabolism / Maret G. Traber -- 6. Biological Activity of Tocotrienols / Stefan U. Weber and Gerald Rimbach -- 7. Vitamin C: From Molecular Actions to Optimum Intake / Sebastian J. Padayatty, Rushad Daruwala, Yaohui Wang, Peter K. Eck, Jian Song, Woo S. Koh, and Mark Levine -- 8. Vitamin C and Cardiovascular Diseases / Anitra C. Carr and Balz Frei -- 9. Epidemiological and Clinical Aspects of Ascorbate and Cancer / James E. Enstrom -- 10. Carotenoids: Linking Chemistry, Absorption, and Metabolism to Potential Roles in Human Health and Disease / Denise M. Deming, Thomas W-M. Boileau, Kasey H. Heintz, Christine A. Atkinson, and John W. Erdman, Jr. -- 11. Antioxidant Effects of Carotenoids: Implication in Photoprotection in Humans / Wilhelm Stahl and Helmut Sies -- 12. Oxidative Breakdown of Carotenoids and Biological Effects of Their Metabolites / Werer G. Siems, Olaf Sommerburg, and Frederik J. G. M. van Kuijk -- 13. Carotenoids in the Nutrition of Infants / Olaf Sommerburg, Wener G. Siems, Kristina Meissner and Michael Leichsenring -- 14. Human Studies on Bioavailability and Serum Response of Carotenoids / Elizabeth J. Johnson -- 15. Caffeic Acid and Related Antioxidant Compounds: Biochemical and Cellular Effects / Joao Laranjinha -- 16. Polyphenols and Flavonoids Protect LDL Against Atherogenic Modifications / Bianca Fuhrman and Michael Aviram -- 17. Phytoestrogen Content in Foods and Their Role in Cancer / Anna H. Wu and Malcolm C. Pike -- 18. Peroxynitrite Scavenging by Mitochondrial Reductants and Plant Polyphenols / Alberto Boveris, Silvia Alvarez, Silvia Lores Araiz, and Laura B. Valdez -- 19. Antioxidant and Other Properties of Green and Black Tea / Philip J. Rijken, Douglas A. Balentine, C. A. J. van Mierlo, I. Paetau-Robinson, E van de Put, Paul T Quinlan, Ute M. Weisgerber, and Sheila A. Wiseman -- 20. The Phenolic Wine Antioxidants / Andrew L. Waterhouse -- 21. French Maritime Pine Bark: Pycnogenol / Gerald Rimbach, Fabio Virgili, and Lester Packer -- 22. Spices as Potent Antioxidants with Therapeutic Potential / Bharat B. Aggarwal, Nihal Ahmad, and Hasan Mukhtar -- 23. Lipoic Acid: Cellular Metabolism, Antioxidant Activity, and Clinical Relevance / Oren Tirosh, Sashwati Roy, and Lester Packer -- 24. Cellular Effects of Lipoic Acid and Its Role in Aging / Regis Moreau, Wei-Jian Zhang, and Tory M. Hagen -- 25. Vascular Complications in Diabetes: Mechanisms and the Influence -- of Antioxidants / Peter Rosen, Hans-Jirgen Tritschler, and Lester Packer -- 26. Therapeutic Effects of Lipoic Acid on Hyperglycemia and Insulin Resistance / Erik J. Henriksen -- 27. Bioavailability of Glutathione / Dean P. Jones -- 28. Antioxidant Capacity of Melatonin / Russel J. Reiter, Dun-xian Tan, Lucien C. Manchester, and Juan R. Calvo -- 29. Radical and Reactive Intermediate-Scavenging Properties of Melatonin -- in Pure Chemical Systems / Maria A. Livrea, Luisa Tesoriere, Dun-xian Tan, and Russel J. Reiter -- 30. Selenium: An Antioxidant? / Regina Brigelius-Flohe, Matilde Maiorino, Fulvio Ursini, and Leopold Flohe -- 31. Selenium Status and Prevention of Chronic Diseases / Paul Knekt -- 32. Antioxidant Properties of Nitric Oxide / Homero Rubbo and Rafael Radi. |
| Series Title: | Oxidative stress and disease, 8 |
| Responsibility: | edited by Enrique Cadenas, Lester Packer. |
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