Plant phenolics and human health : biochemistry, nutrition, and pharmacology

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fraga, Cesar G. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken,NJ : John Wiley , 2010
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245 0 0 |a Plant phenolics and human health :   |b biochemistry, nutrition, and pharmacology   |c edited by Cesar G. Fraga 
260 |a Hoboken,NJ :   |b John Wiley ,   |c 2010 
300 |a xii, 593 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. Dietary flavonoids and phenolic compounds -- 2. Bioavailability of flavonoids and phenolic acids -- 3. Biochemical actions of plant phenolics compounds : thermodynamic and kinetic aspects -- 4. Flavonoids-membrane interactions : consequences for biological actions -- 5. The biochemistry behind the potential cardiovascular protection by dietary flavonoids -- 6. Dietary flavanols : biochemical basis of short-term and longer-term vascular responses -- 7. Green tea catechins : anticancer effects and molecular targets -- 8. Flavonols : metabolism, bioavailability, and health impacts -- 9. Flavonols : biochemistry behind cardiovascular effects -- 10. Metabolism, bioavailability, and analysis of dietary isoflavones -- 11. Phytoestrogens up-regulate antioxidant genes -- 12. Dietary isoflavones : cardiovascular actions and activation of cellular signalling pathways -- 13. Bioavailability and metabolism of resveratrol -- 14. Resveratrol : biochemistry and functions -- 15. Resveratrol : the biochemistry behind its anticancer effects -- 16. Curcumin : the biochemistry behind its anticancer effects -- 17. Plant phenolic compounds : modulation of cytoprotective enzymes and Nrf2/ARE signaling -- 18. Phenolics in aging and neurodegenerative disorders -- 19. Natural phenolics and metal metabolism in neurodegenerative diseases -- 20. Epidemiology behind fruit and vegetable consumption and cancer risk with focus on flavonoids -- 21. Phenylpropanoid metabolism in plants : biochemistry, functional biology, and metabolic engineering 
650 0 |a Flavonoids   |x Physiological effect 
650 0 |a Nutrition 
650 0 |a Phenols   |x Physiological effect 
650 0 |a Phytochemicals   |x Physiological effect 
700 1 |a Fraga, Cesar G. ,   |e author 
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