Antioxidants and Disease Prevention

The role of antioxidants and other nutritional agents in disease prevention is a widely discussed subject, attracting attention from professionals in all areas of medicine. This often-debated and rapidly evolving area of medicine could have important implications for how diseases are treated.

List of contents

Introduction. The Safety of Beta-Carotene and the Antioxidant Vitamins C and E. Antioxidants and Immune Function. Antioxidants and AIDS. Antioxidants and Cancer: The Epidemiologic Evidence. Antioxidants and Lung Cancer. Antioxidant Nutrients and Oral Cavity Cancer. Selenium and Cancer Prevention. Antioxidants and LDL Oxidation. Antioxidants and Coronary Artery Disease Prevention. Nutritional Antioxidants and Prevention of Age-Related Eye Disease. Index.

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About the author

Harinder Garewal

Summary

The role of antioxidants and other nutritional agents in disease prevention is a widely discussed subject. This title covers effects of nutritional agents in major disease areas, including cancer, heart disease, immune dysfunction, and eye disease. It includes such nutrients as beta-carotene, vitamin E, vitamin C, and selenium.

Product details

• Authors: Harinder Garewal, Garewal Harinder
• Assisted by: Ira Wolinsky (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.04.1997
• EAN: 9780849385094
• ISBN: 978-0-8493-8509-4
• No. of pages: 212
• Weight: 600 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Modern Nutrition
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry, MEDICAL / Nutrition, MEDICAL / Education & Training, biochemistry, Dietetics & nutrition, Human biology, Dietetics and nutrition, Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences