Carotenoids in Health and Disease

by Krinsky; Norman I.

• ISBN13: 9780824754167
• ISBN10: 0824754166
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-30
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

This stimulating reference studies the role of carotenoids in the prevention of chronic disease and reviews breakthrough studies from more than 40 field authorities on the latest biochemical research, as well as carotenoid absorption, transport, metabolism, and bioconversion to vitamin A.

Table of Contents

Series Introduction	iii
Lester Packer
Enrique Cadenas
Preface	vii
Contributors	xiii
Basic Carotenoid Chemistry	1	(30)
Synnøve Liaaen-Jensen
Carotenoids and Radicals: Interactions with Other Nutrients	31	(22)
Ann Cantrell
T. George Truscott
Noninvasive Assessment of Carotenoids in the Human Eye and Skin	53	(32)
Paul S. Bernstein
Werner Gellermann
Methodology for Assessment of Carotenoid Levels in Blood and Plasma Fractions	85	(20)
Mario G. Ferruzzi
Steven J. Schwartz
Carotenoid Antioxidant Activity	105	(22)
Andrew J. Young
Denise M. Phillip
Gordon M. Lowe
Evidence for Pro-Oxidant Effects of Carotenoids In Vitro and In Vivo: Implications in Health and Disease	127	(24)
Paola Palozza
Carotenoid Orientation: Role in Membrane Stabilization	151	(14)
Wieslaw I. Gruszecki
Anticancer Activity of Carotenoids: From Human Studies to Cellular Processes and Gene Regulation	165	(32)
Yoav Sharoni
Wilhelm Stahl
Michael Danilenko
Joseph Levy
Induction of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes by Carotenoids	197	(12)
Nora O'Brien
Tom O'Connor
Impact of Food Processing on Content and Bioavailability of Carotenoids	209	(20)
Amy C. Boileau
John W. Erdman, Jr.
Transport, Uptake, and Target Tissue Storage of Carotenoids	229	(50)
Harold C. Furr
Richard M. Clark
Bioequivalence of Provitamin A Carotenoids	279	(16)
Guangwen Tang
Robert M. Russell
Bioconversion of Provitamin A Carotenoids	295	(18)
Arun B. Barua
Carotenoid Oxidative/Degradative Products and Their Biological Activity	313	(24)
Xiang-Dong Wang
Conversion of Carotenoids to Vitamin A: New Insights on the Molecular Level	337	(20)
Johannes von Lintig
Enzymatic Versus Chemical Cleavage of Carotenoids: Supramolecular Enzyme Mimics for β-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase	357	(16)
Wolf-D. Woggon
Mrinal K. Kundu
Relationship of Carotenoids to Cancer	373	(36)
Cheryl L. Rock
Lycopene and Carcinogenesis	409	(18)
Eileen Ang
Elizabeth C. Miller
Steven K. Clinton
Carotenoids and Eye Disease: Epidemiological Evidence	427	(18)
Julie A. Mares
Mechanistic Evidence for Eye Diseases and Carotenoids	445	(28)
John T. Landrum
Richard A. Bone
Heart and Vascular Diseases	473	(18)
Howard D. Sesso
J. Michael Gaziano
Carotenoids in Systemic Protection Against Sunburn	491	(12)
Wilhelm Stahl
Helmut Sies
Carotenoids and Immune Responses	503	(16)
David A. Hughes
Therapeutic Uses of Carotenoids in Skin Photosensitivity Diseases	519	(12)
Micheline M. Mathews-Roth
Potential Adverse Effects of β-Carotene Supplementation in Cigarette Smokers and Heavier Drinkers	531	(16)
Demetrius Albanes
Margaret E. Wright
Carotenoids: Looking Forward	547	(6)
Norman I. Krinsky
Susan T. Mayne
Helmut Sies
Index	553