Natural antioxidants in human health and disease. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Balz Frei.
• Other Names: Frei, Balz
• Contents: Oxidants and antioxidants -- Free radicals and lipid peroxidation: what they are and how they got that way / William A. Pryor -- Free radicals in biology: sources, reactivities and roles in the etiology of human diseases / James P. Kehrer, Charles V. Smith -- Oxidants and mitochondrial decay in aging / Mark K. Shigenaga, Bruce N. Ames -- Nonenzymatic antioxidant defense systems / Karlis Briviba, Helmut Sies -- Cancer -- Ascorbic acid and cancer: animal and cell culture data / Gladys Block, Richard Schwarz -- Vitamin C, vitamin C-rich foods and cancer: epidemiologic studies / Elizabeth T.H. Fontham -- Vitamin E and cancer prevention / Paul Knekt -- Carotenoids and cancer: basic research studies / Norman I. Krinsky -- Epidemiology of selenium and human cancer / Miriam Garland [and others] -- Cardiovascular disease -- Pathogenesis of atherosclerosis / Colin J. Schwartz, Anthony J. Valente -- Antioxidant protection of low-density lipoprotein and its role in the prevention of atherosclerotic vascular disease / John F. Keaney, Jr., Balz Frei. (cont) Antioxidants as antiatherogens: animal studies / Sean M. Lynch, Balz Frei -- Natural antioxidants and cardiovascular disease: observational epidemiologic studies and randomized trials / J. Michael Gaziano, Joann E. Manson, Charles H. Hennekens -- Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury and the cardioprotective potential of natural antioxidants / David R. Janero -- Immunity and infection -- Role of antioxidants in the maintenance of immune functions / Adrianne Bendich -- Ascorbic acid in neutrophils / Mark Levine [and others] -- Oxidants and antioxidants in viral diseases: metabolic regulation and autotoxicity / Ernst Peterhans -- Cataracts, neurological disorders and exercise -- Relationships between natural antioxidants and cataract formation / Paul F. Jacques, Leo T. Chylack, Jr., Allen Taylor -- Vitamin E and other antioxidants in neurological function and disease / David P.R. Muller -- Role of vitamin E and other antioxidants in physical exercise / Lester Packer, Abraham Z. Reznick, Sharon Landvik.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (588 pages)
• Subjects: 616.07/1; Active oxygen; Antioxidants; Membrane lipids -- Peroxidation; Free radicals (Chemistry) -- Pathophysiology; Antioxidants -- therapeutic use; Free Radicals; Oxidants -- adverse effects; Oxygène actif; Antioxydants; Lipides membranaires -- Peroxydation; Radicaux libres (Chimie) -- Physiopathologie -- Congrès; Antioxidant -- Usage thérapeutique; Oxidant -- Effets indésirables; Radicaux libres; Active oxygen; Antioxidants; Free radicals (Chemistry) -- Pathophysiology; Membrane lipids -- Peroxidation; Antioxidans
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080571683; 0080571689
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