Antioxidants in Food, Vitamins and Supplements: Prevention and Treatment of Disease

ISBN-13: 9780128101049 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 360 str.

Amitava Dasgupta; Kimberly Klein

Opis

Antioxidants in Food, Vitamins and Supplements bridges the gap between books aimed at consumers and technical volumes written for investigators in antioxidant research. It explores the role of oxidative stress in the pathophysiology of various diseases as well as antioxidant foods, vitamins, and all antioxidant supplements, including herbal supplements. It offers healthcare professionals a rich resource of key clinical information and basic scientific explanations relevant to the development and prevention of specific diseases. The book is written at an intermediate level, and can be easily understood by readers with a college level chemistry and biology background.

• Covers both oxidative stress-induced diseases as well as antioxidant-rich foods (not the chemistry of antioxidants)
• Contains easy-to-read tables and figures for quick reference information on antioxidant foods and vitamins
• Includes a glycemic index and a table of ORAC values of various fruits and vegetables for clinicians to easily make recommendations to patients

Spis treści

1. Introduction to Free Radicals and the Body's Antioxidant Defense2. Methods for Measuring Oxidative Stress in the Laboratory3. Oxidative Stress Induced by Air Pollution and Exposure to Sunlight4. Oxidative Stress Caused by Cigarette Smoking, Alcohol Abuse, and Drug Abuse5. Oxidative Stress Induced by Household Chemicals6. Psychological Stress-Induced Oxidative Stress7. Oxidative Stress and Cardiovascular Diseases8. Oxidative Stress and Cancer9. Diabetes and Oxidative Stress10. Role of Oxidative Stress in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Other Diseases Related to Aging11. Oxidative Stress Related to Other Diseases12. Fruits, Vegetable, and Nuts13. Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate: Rich Sources of Antioxidants14. Alcoholic Beverages: Antioxidant and Other Health Benefits of Moderate Consumption15. Antioxidant Vitamins and Minerals16. Herbal and Other Dietary Supplements That Are Antioxidants17. Combating Oxidative Stress with a Healthy Lifestyle

O autorze

Dr. Amitava Dasgupta received his Ph.D degree in Chemistry from Stanford University and received his medical training in Toxicology and Clinical Chemistry from the Laboratory Medicine Department of the University of Washington School Of Medicine at Seattle. He is board certified in both Toxicology and Clinical Chemistry by the American Board of Clinical Chemistry. He is a tenured Full Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center located at the Texas Medical Center at Houston. He is also the Director of Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology Laboratory of Memorial-Hermann Laboratory Services, the major clinical teaching hospital of the University of Texas. In addition, he is also the Medical Director of Memorial-TIRR Hospital laboratory services.

Dr. Dasgupta has published over 235 scientific papers and edited, co-edited, authored or co-authored 20 books including books published by Elsevier. He is on the Editorial Board of five major medical journals including American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Clinica Chimica Acta and Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis. He lectures both nationally and internationally on drug and alcohol testing and acts as an expert witness for the State of Texas for alcohol and drug related criminal prosecutions.

Kimberly Klein received her undergraduate degree in nutrition from the University of Florida and her Doctoral of Medicine degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She completed her residency training in the department of pathology at University of Texas Health Sciences Center and her sub-specialization training in the field transfusion medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. She is an Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center located at the Texas Medical Center at Houston. She has several published papers in field of pathology in the in Transfusion, surgical infection, disease of the month, and the Journal of Breast.