Carotenoids Volume 5: Nutrition and Health

Produktbeschreibung

The Carotenoids book series provides an introduction to the fundamental chemistry, detailed accounts of the basic methods used in carotenoid research, and critical discussions of the biochemistry, functions and applications of carotenoids. The use of carotenoids against diseases is discussed. This volume is to be used in conjunction with the Carotenoids book series and the Carotenoids Handbook. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editors' Introduction: A Healthy Debate.- Analysis of Carotenoids in Nutritional
Studies.- Carotenoids in Food.- Supplements.- Microbial and Microalgal
Carotenoids as Colourants and Supplements.- Genetic Manipulation of Carotenoid
Content and Composition in Crop Plants.- Absorption, Transport, Distribution in
Tissues and Bioavailability.- Carotenoids as Provitamin A.- Vitamin A and
Vitamin A Deficiency.- Epidemiology and Intervention Trials.- Modulation of
Intracellular Signalling Pathways by Carotenoids.- Antioxidant/Pro-oxidant
Actions of Carotenoids.- Carotenoids and Cancer.- Carotenoids and Coronary Heart
Disease.- The Eye.- Skin Photoprotection by Carotenoids.- The Immune System.-
Biological Activities of Carotenoid Metabolites.- Editors' Assessment.