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9781420061376

Phytochemicals: Aging and Health

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  • ISBN13:

    9781420061376

  • ISBN10:

    1420061372

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-04-18
  • Publisher: CRC Press

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With the expansion of the aging population, researchers are focusing on the role of nutrition, plant-based diets, and phytochemicals in healthy aging. Phytochemicals: Aging and Health illustrates the role of phytochemicals in disease prevention, providing an understanding of their relationship to healthy aging in an effort to promote optimal health and disease prevention. This text presents information on polyphenols, flavinoid analysis, botanical therapeutics and chronic disease prevention, carotenoids and visual function, green tea and skin care, pomegranate and cardiovascular disease, nutrient-gene interactions, and personalized nutrition, with a focus on nutrigenetics as a means of nutrition therapy.

Table of Contents

Technophysiological Evolution and Aging
Bioavailability and the Metabolism of Polyphenols
Advances and Challenges in Flavonoid Analysis
Botanical Therapeutics and Chronic Diseases
Lutein and Zeazanthin and Visual Function
Polyphenols as Potent Inhibitors: Significance in Alzheimer's Disease
Green Tea, Skin Care, and Skin Diseases
Pomegranate and Cardiovascular Diseases
Proof of Concept Bioassay and Clinical Evidence for a Botanical Anti-Allergy Intervention
Proof of Concept Clinical Evidence for a Nutrigenomic Botanical for Inflammation Associated with Genetic Overexpression of IL
Personalized Nutrition: Nutrigenetics as a Potential Tool for Targeted Medical Nutrition Therapy
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