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Handbook of Antioxidants (Second edition, revised and expanded)
Enrique Cadenas and Lester Packer
Marcel Dekker
2001
744 pages, Illustrated ISBN 0824705475
£130.00
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This book, volume 8 in the series Oxidative Stress and Disease,
presents the most recent research on the chemical, biological, and clinical
aspects of antioxidant molecules. It explores the metabolism, efficacy, and
current therapeutic applications of vitamins, carotenoids, polyphenols,
flavonoids, lipoic acid, glutathione, and melatonin. It contains new and
expanded material on antioxidants in beverages and herbal products. It will be
of value to nutritionists and dieticians, cell biologists and biochemists,
cardiologists, oncologists, dermatologists, and medical students in these
disciplines.
Offering over 4200 references, this book covers antioxidants in beverages and herbal products,
nitric oxide and selenium. Including contributions from over 90 international experts, the book
highlights research on food-derived antioxidants and biomarkers; vitamins E and C; coenzyme Q;
carotenoids, flavoroids and other polyphenols; antioxidants in beverages and herbal products; the
thiol antioxidants glutathione and lipoic acid; melatonin; selenium; and nitric oxide. The book
helps readers understand the numerous conflicting health claims and the
overabundance of epidemiological and clinical studies on nutrachemicals.
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