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Zusatztext "... The three editors and their 33 contributors of the 17 chapters have covered this subject very well. ? covers wide-ranging subjects! with interesting information on the causes and the likelihood of prevention of cancer from the consumption of selective foods. ?gives a good understanding of this interesting and controversial issue! which could be of interest to research scientists in trying to understand the importance of diet on human health in general. It also gives an insight into this issue to professionals working within the food industry and to researchers in food science and nutrition."-Ara Kanekanian! in International Journal of Dairy Technology! Vol 61! No 3 August 2008 Informationen zum Autor Agnieszka Bartoszek, Wanda Baer-Dubowska, Danuta Malejka-Giganti Klappentext As the interest in anticarcinogenic food components increases! Carcinogenic and Anticarcinogenic Food Components provides information on cancer-promoting and cancer-preventing food components! indicating their contents in foods! biological activities! possible impact on human cancer risk! and practical implications for dietary recommendations and functional design. This volume concentrates on the effects of diet on human health! rather than on the nutritive aspects of diet! and presents the multidisciplinary character of investigations on chemopreventive as well as carcinogenic properties of food components. Zusammenfassung Offers information on cancer-promoting and cancer-preventing food components, indicating their contents in foods, biological activities, and possible impact on human cancer risk. This title presents the multidisciplinary character of investigations on chemopreventive as well as carcinogenic properties of food components. Inhaltsverzeichnis Food and Cancer: Development of an Association! K. (Chris) Szyfter and J. GaweckiMolecular Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis! Danuta Malejka-Giganti and Natalia TretyakovaMetabolism of Chemical Carcinogens! Zofia MazerskaGenotoxic Food Components! Agnieszka BartoszekImpact of Food Preservation! Processing! and Cookingon Cancer Risk! Amanda J. Cross and Rashmi SinhaEnvironmental Contamination of Food! Marek Biziuk and Agnieszka BartoszekDietary Anti- and Prooxidants: Their Impact on OxidativeDNA Damage and Cancer Risk! Ryszard Olinski! Daniel Gackowski Marcus S. Cooke! and Joe LunecDietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids! Eicosanoids! andIntestinal Tumorigenesis! Jay Whelan! Michael F. McEntee! and Seung J. BaekChemoprevention of Cancer: Basic Mechanisms andMolecular Targets! Wanda Baer-Dubowska and Ewa IgnatowiczChemopreventive Phenolic Compounds in Common Spices! Young-Joon SurhCancer Prevention by Tea and Tea Constituents! Janelle M. Landau! Joshua D. Lambert! Mao-Jung Lee! and Chung S. YangCancer Chemoprevention by Wine Polyphenols andResveratrol! John M. Pezzuto! Tamara P. Kondratyuk! and Elena ShalaevFlavonoids: Common Constituents of Edible Fruitsand Vegetables! Nicole Monfilliette-CotelleCarotenoids in Cancer Prevention! Cristina FortesChemopreventive Potential of Compounds inCruciferous Vegetables! Ole VangPhytoestrogens and Their Effects on Cancer! Grzegorz Grynkiewicz and Adam OpolskiDiet and Cancer Prevention: Current Knowledge andFuture Direction! Elizabeth H. Jeffery and John A. MilnerIndex ...
