Main description:

Antioxidants in Health and Disease discusses the effects of dietary antioxidants and antioxidant supplementation in humans. It reviews the latest evidence-based research in the area, principally through prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials.

The book assesses major dietary antioxidants and discusses their use in diseases such as cancer, diabetes, stroke, coronary heart disease, HIV/AIDS, and neurodegenerative and immune diseases. The use of antioxidants in health is also discussed along with common adverse effects associated with antioxidant use.

Separating myth from fact, this book gives you insight into the true role of antioxidants in health and disease.

Contents:

THE INTEREST IN ANTIOXIDANTS: WHY AND HOW?
Reactive Oxygen Species: Production, Regulation, and Essential Functions; Robert B. Rucker

Major Dietary Antioxidants and Their Food Sources; Moschos Polissiou and Dimitra Daferera

ANTIOXIDANTS IN HEALTH
In Pregnancy; Ung Lim Teo and Andrew Shennan

Role of Antioxidants in Children's Growth and Development; Fatima Perez de Heredia, Ligia Esperanza Diaz, Aurora Hernandez, Ana Maria Veses, Sonia Gomez-Martinez, and Ascension Marcos

Adulthood and Old Age; Antonios E. Koutelidakis and Maria Kapsokefalou

Smoking, Oxidative Stress, and Antioxidant Intake; Aristea Baschali and Dimitrios Karagiannis

Physical Exercise; Mustafa Atalay, Jani Lappalainen, Ayhan Korkmaz, and Chandan K. Sen

ANTIOXIDANTS IN DISEASE: CHRONIC DISEASES
Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke; Antonis Zampelas and Ioannis Dimakopoulos

Diabetes; Vaia Lambadiari, Foteini Kousathana, and George Dimitriadis

Cancer; Eleni Andreou

ANTIOXIDANTS IN DISEASE: NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
Antioxidants in Neurodegeneration-Truth or Myth?; Francisco Capani, George Barreto, Eduardo Blanco Calvo, and Christopher Horst Lillig

ANTIOXIDANTS IN DISEASE: INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS
Gastrointestinal Disorders; Michael Georgoulis, Ioanna Kechribari, and Meropi D. Kontogianni

Antioxidants in Obesity and Inflammation; Chrysi Koliaki, Alexander Kokkinos, and Nicholas Katsilambros

ANTIOXIDANTS IN DISEASE: IMMUNE SYSTEM
Modulation of Immune Response by Antioxidants; Kathrin Becker, Florian UEberall, Dietmar Fuchs, and Johanna M. Gostner

ANTIOXIDANTS IN DISEASE: HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS; Heike Englert and Germaine Nkengfack

ROLE OF HERBS
Role of Herbs and Spices-In Health and Longevity and in Disease; Krishnapura Srinivasan

Index