Main description:

The role of Bioactive Dietary Factors and Plant Extracts in Preventive Dermatology provides current and concise scientific appraisal of the efficacy of foods, nutrients, herbs, and dietary supplements in preventing dermal damage and cancer as well as improving skin health. This important new volume reviews and presents new hypotheses and conclusions on the effects of different bioactive foods and their components derived particularly from vegetables, fruits, and herbs. Primary emphasis is on treatment and prevention of dermal damage focusing on skin cancers with significant health care costs and mortality. Bioactive Dietary Factors and Plant Extracts in Preventive Dermatology brings together expert clinicians and researchers working on the different aspects of supplementation, foods, and plant extracts and nutrition and skin health. Their expertise provides the most current knowledge in the field and will serve as the foundation for advancing future research.

Contents:

Section A: Overview

1. Mediterranean Diet and Skin health

Laura Primavesi, Marta Piantanida, Valerio Pravettoni

2. Immune mediated disorders of skin-role of dietary factors and plant extracts?

Yashwant Kumar, and Alka Bhatia

3. UV irradiations, micronutrient supplementation and cutaneous health: overview Saeed Hosseini and S. Ali Mostafavi

4. Skin Health and Metabolic Complications

Vijaya Juturu

5. Probiotics and skin health

Audrey Gueniche, J. Benyacoub, S. Blum, L. Breton, I. Castiel

Section B: Dietary Nutrients and Skin

6. Vitamin C (L-Ascorbic Acid): Antioxidant involved in skin care
Rashmi Saini, Sachin L. Badole

7. Omega 3 fatty acid in psoriasis

Aman B Upaganlawar, Sachin L. Badole

8. Arginine derived nitric oxide: Key to healthy Skin
Rashmi Saini, Sachin L. Badole

9. Taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid): Useful in skin diseases

Sachin L. Badole, Swapnil M. Chaudhari

Section C: Plant and plant components and skin care

10. Turmeric (Curcuma longa L) the Indian golden curry spice as a skin care agent: validation of the traditional uses

Manjeshwar Shrinath Baliga, Sunitha Venkatesh, Shilpa Mrinal, Nandakishore Bala, Princy Louis Palatty

11. Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) the dietary agent in skin care: a review

Rajesh Wilson, Raghavendra Haniadka, Popuri Sandhya, Princy Louis Palatty, Manjeshwar Shrinath Baliga

12. Amla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn) the Indian indigenous berry in skin care

Nandhini Joseph, Manjeshwar Poonam Baliga Rao, Nikku Mathew Geevarughese, Princy Louis Pallaty, Manjeshwar Shrinath Baliga

13. Review on the use of Aloe Vera (Aloe) in dermatology

Raghavendra Haniadka, Pratibha S Kamble, Ayesha Azmidha, Prajwal Prabhudev Mane, Nikku Mathew Geevarughese, Princy Louis Palatty, Manjeshwar Shrinath Baliga

Section D: Dietary components and skin health

14. Chocolate and Skin Health

Leena Patel and Ronald Ross Watson

15. Natural Dietary Factors (Products), Antioxidants and Skin Health

Howard A. Epstein

16. Nutrient-Rich Botanicals In Skin Health - Focus On Avena sativa Khalid Mahmood, Claude Saliou, Warren Wallo

17. The Role of Polyphenols in Skin Health

Grace Emily McClain, Ronald Ross Watson

18. Resveratrol in dermal health

Dipak K. Das, Hannah Vasanthi

19. Skin care properties of grape seed polyphenols, a byproduct of the

winery industry

Manjeshwar Poonam Baliga-Rao, Raghavendra Haniadka,

Karadka Ramdas Thilakchand, Princy Louis Palatty, Manjeshwar Shrinath Baliga

20. Skin health benefits of coenzyme Q10

Jarmila Hojerova

21. Protection against free radicals (UVB irradiation) of water soluble enzymatic extract from rice bran. Study using human keratinocyte monolayer and reconstructed human epidermis

C. Santa-Maria, E. Revilla, E. Miramontes, J. Bautista, A. Garcia-Martinez, E. Romero, E.M. Carballo, J. Parrado

Section E: Essential nutrients and skin cancer

22. Folate Nutrition in Skin Health and Skin Cancer Prevention Yira Bermudez, Katharine Cordova, Joshua D. Williams

23. Vitamin D and skin cancer: Meet sunshine half-way

Tirang R. Neyestani

24. Vitamin E in Skin Cancer and Aging Skin A. Chloe Meltzer, Ronald Ross Watson

Section F: Dietary components and skin cancer

25. Dietary Plant Extracts and Foods in Prevention and Skin Cancer: An Overview

Chelsea Lynn Carey and Ronald Ross Watson

26. Promising Plant Extracts with In Vivo Anti-Melanoma Potential

Farid Menaa, Sachin L. Badole, Bouzid Menaa, Abder Menaa

27. Molecular sensors and mediators of skin cancer preventative phytochemicals

Andrea Aquilato, Barbara B. Doonan, Tze-chen Hsieh, Joseph M Wu

28. Soyabean key role in skin cancer

Sachin L. Badole and Sagar P. Mahamuni

29. Bioactive Polyacetylenes in Carrots in Cancer PreventionLars Porskjaer Christensen

30. Chocolate: a role in skin care and cancer

Ronald Ross Watson and Amanda Berg

31. N-acetylcysteine for Reduction in Oxidative Stress/Damage and Prevention of Melanoma

Pamela B. Cassidy, Sancy A. Leachman, Douglas Grossman

32. An Indian spice: Turmeric, in Relation to Skin Health and Cancer

Shree Acharya and Ronald Ross Watson

33. Green tea (Camellia sinensis): key role in skin cancer

Mahavir Ghante and Sachin L. Badole

34. Camellia sinensis (tea) in the prevention of UV-induced carcinogenesis: a mechanistic overview

Princy L. Palatty, Manjeshwar Shrinath Baliga, Anatappa Govindaraju Rajeev, Raghavendra Haniadka, Harshith P Bhat, Karkala Shreedhara Ranganath Pai, Manoj P Rai, Nikku Mathew Geevarughese, Rajesh Arora

35. Melanoma and Leptin

Arash Sabetisoofyani

Section G: Plants and plant components and non-cancerous skin diseases

36. Curcuma longa: use for skin disease care

Anand A. Zanwar, Sachin L. Badole, Farid Menaa

37. Western diet-mediated mTORC1-signaling in acne, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and related diseases of civilization: Therapeutic role of plant-derived natural mTORC1 inhibitors

Bodo C. Melnik

38. Legumes and Preventive DermatologyJesus M. Porres and Wen-Hsing Cheng

39. Licorice - Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn used for dermatitis

Bhushan P. Pimple, Sachin L. Badole, Aman B. Upaganlawar, Madanrao N Mane

40. Role of Emhlica officinalis in prevention of skin disease

Anand A. Zanwar, *Sachin L. Badole, Rashmi Saini

41. Sphaeranthus indicus: skin disease preventive plant

Madanrao N Mane and Sachin L. Badole

42. Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana. Linn): role in prevention of skin disorders

Aman B. Upaganlawar, Sachin L. Badole

43. Exploring Neem (Azadirachta indica) for Antidermatophytic Activity
Bhushan P. Pimple, Sachin L. Badole, Farid Meena

44. Pongamia pinnata (Linn) used in skin disease

Sachin L. Badole and Bhushan P. Pimple

45. Aloe vera: use for skin disease
Sachin L. Badole, Pranita P. Bagul, Farid Menaa

46. Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers. (Menispermaceae): Beneficial effect on skin diseases

Sachin L Badole, Swapnil M. Chaudhari, Anand A. Zanwar

47. Withania somnifera: use for skin disease

Anand A. Zanwar , Sachin L. Badole, , Rashmi Saini

48. The Role of Probiotics in Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema) and Skin Allergy Reactions - Prevention and Therapy

OEner OEzdemir