Flavonoids in Health and Disease 2nd edition

Flavonoids in Health and Disease 2nd edition



Flavonoids in Health and Disease, Second Edition, (Antioxidants in Health and Disease)
By Catherine A. Rice-Evans, Lester Packer

Publisher: CRC
Number Of Pages: 504
Publication Date: 2003-05-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0824742346
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780824742348
Binding: Hardcover

Product Description:

Revised and expanded, this blue-ribbon reference emphasizes the latest developments in the identification, utilization, and analysis of flavonoids for the prevention of disease and maintenance of good health. The book examines the processes involved in the absorption, metabolism, distribution, and excretion of these compounds and the impact of biotransformation on flavonoid function. The Second Edition contains new discussions on the potential of dietary flavonoids to attenuate neurological dysfunction and degeneration, developments in gene expression and genomics for identification of therapeutic targets and markers of disease, and the mechanisms regulating flavonoid bioavailability.