Antioxidants : in science, technology, medicine, and nutrition /: in science, technology, medicine, and nutrition. (1997)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gerald Scott.
• Other Names: Scott, Gerald, 1927-
• Contents: Front Cover; Antioxidants: In Science, Technology, Medicine and Nutrition; Copyright Page; Dedication; PREFACE; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Peroxidation in Chemistry and Chemical Technology; 1.1 Peroxidation; 1.2 Effect of Substrate Structure on Peroxidation Rate; 1.3 Initiation of Peroxidation; 1.4 Termination; 1.5 Products of Peroxidation; 1.6 The Technological Effects of Peroxidation; 1.7 Measurement of Polymer Peroxidation; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. The Biological Effects of Peroxidation; 2.1 Causes of Peroxidation in Biological Substrates; 2.2 Products of Lipid Peroxidation. 2.3 Rancidification of Fats and Oils2.4 Pathological Effects of Peroxidation; 2.5 Atherosclerosis; 2.6 Cancer; 2.7 Inflammation; 2.8 Iron Overload; 2.9 Environmental Damage; 2.10 Ageing; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Chain-breaking Antioxidants; 3.1 What are Antioxidants?; 3.2 The Chain-breaking Donor Mechanism; 3.3 The Chain-breaking Acceptor Mechanism; 3.4 The Catalytic Chain-breaking Mechanism; 3.5 Applications of the Catalytic CB Process in Polymers; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Preventive Antioxidants, Synergism and Technological Performance; 4.1 Peroxidolytic Mechanisms; 4.2 Metal Deactivators. 4.3 UV Absorbers and Screens4.4 Synergism and Antagonism; 4.5 Physical Aspects of Antioxidant Performance; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Antioxidants in Biology; 5.1 Antioxidant Mechanisms in vivo; 5.2 Naturally Occurring Chain-breaking Donor (CB-D) Antioxidants; 5.3 Naturally Occurring Preventive Antioxidants and Synergists; 5.4 Nutritional Aspects of Antioxidants; 5.5 The Antioxidant Potential of Drugs; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Antioxidants in Disease and Oxidative Stress; 6.1 Epidemiological Studies; 6.2 Epidemiological Studies of Cardiovascular Disease. 6.3 Antioxidant Intervention and Supplementation6.4 The Effects of Antioxidants on CVD in Animals; 6.5 Epidemiological Studies of Cancer; 6.6 Effects of Antioxidants on Cancer in vivo; 6.7 Antioxidants and Ageing; 6.8 Parkinson's Disease; 6.9 Alzheimer's Disease; 6.10 Antioxidants in Inflammation; 6.11 Antioxidants in Environmental Damage; 6.12 Therapeutic Potential of Antioxidants; REFERENCES; INDEX.
• Publisher Details: Chichester, England : Albion Publishing
• Publication Date: 1997
• Copyright Date: 1997
• Extent: 1 online resource (347 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 613.286; Antioxidants; Antioxidants; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857099938; 0857099930
• Related ISBNs: 9781898563310
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.; Note: Print version record.
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