Cardiotenoids in health and disease /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Krinsky, Norman I., Mayne, Susan T., Sies, H. (Helmut)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Marcel Dekker, 2004.
Series:Oxidative stress and disease ; 13.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Basic carotenoid chemistry
  • Carotenoids and radicals : interactions with other nutrients
  • Noninvasive assessment of carotenoids in the human eye and skin
  • Methodology for assessment of carotenoid levels in blood and plasma fractions
  • Carotenoid antioxidant activity
  • Evidence for pro-oxidant effects of carotenoids in vitro and in vivo : implications in health and disease
  • Carotenoid orientation : role in membrane stabilization
  • Anticancer activity of carotenoids : from human studies to cellular processes and gene regulation
  • Induction of cytochrome P450 enzymes by carotenoids
  • Impact of food processing on content and bioavailability
  • Transport, uptake, and target tissue storage of carotenoids
  • Bioequivalence of provitamin A carotenoids
  • Bioconversion of provitamin A carotenoids
  • Carotenoid oxidative/degradative products and their biological activity
  • Conversion of carotenoids to vitamin A : new insights on the molecular level
  • Enzymatic versus chemical cleavage of carotenoids : supramolecular enzyme mimics for beta-carotene 15, 15'-monooxygenase
  • Relationship of carotenoids to cancer
  • Lycopene and carcinogenesis
  • Carotenoids and eye disease : epidemiological evidence
  • Mechanistic evidence for eye diseases and carotenoids
  • Heart and vascular diseases
  • Carotenoids in systematic protection against sunburn
  • Carotenoids and immune responses
  • Therapeutic uses of carotenoids in skin photosensitivity diseases
  • Potential adverse effects of beta-carotene supplementation in cigarette smokers and heavier drinkers
  • Carotenoids: looking forward