Antioxidants Effects in Health
The Bright and the Dark Side
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Antioxidants Effects in Health
The Bright and the Dark Side
About this book
Antioxidants Effects in Health: The Bright and the Dark Side examines the role that antioxidants play in a variety of health and disease situations. The book discusses antioxidants' historical evolution, their oxidative stress, and contains a detailed approach of 1) endogenous antioxidants, including endogenous sources, mechanisms of action, beneficial and detrimental effects on health, in vitro evidence, animal studies and clinical studies; 2) synthetic antioxidants, including sources, chemistry, bioavailability, legal status, mechanisms of action, beneficial and detrimental effects on health, in vitro evidence, animal studies and clinical studies; and 3) natural antioxidants, including sources, chemistry, bioavailability, mechanisms of action, possible prooxidant activity; beneficial and detrimental effects on health, in vitro evidence, animal studies and clinical studies. Throughout the boo, the relationship of antioxidants with different beneficial and detrimental effects are examined, and the current controversies and future perspectives are addressed and explored. Antioxidants Effects in Health: The Bright and the Dark Side evaluates the current scientific evidence on antioxidant topics, focusing on endogenous antioxidants, naturally occurring antioxidants and synthetic antioxidants. It will be a helpful resource for pharmaceutical scientists, health professionals, those studying natural chemistry, phytochemistry, pharmacognosy, natural product synthesis, and experts in formulation of herbal and natural pharmaceuticals.- Introduces recent information on antioxidants in a systematic way- Provides an overview of the history and function of antioxidants- Contains discussion of antioxidants including their chemistry, sources and main effects
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Table of contents
- Title of Book
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedicated
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- About the editors
- Preface
- Chapter1.1 Evolution of antioxidants over times (including current global market and trend)
- Chapter1.2 The oxidative stress: Causes, free radicals, targets, mechanisms, affected organs, effects, indicators
- Chapter1.3 Food auto-oxidation: An overview
- Chapter2.1 Bilirubin
- Chapter2.2 Catalase
- Chapter2.3 Coenzyme Q: An endogenous antioxidant
- Chapter2.4 Ferritin
- Chapter2.5 Glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase
- Chapter2.6 Melatonin
- Chapter2.7 Superoxide dismutase
- Chapter 2.8 Uric acid
- Chapter3.1 Ascorbyl palmitate
- Chapter3.2 Butylated hydroxyanisole
- Chapter3.3 Butylated hydroxytoluene
- Chapter3.4 Erythorbic acid (D-ascorbic acid)
- Chapter3.5 Nordihydroguaiaretic acid
- Chapter3.6 Octyl gallate
- Chapter3.7 Propyl gallate
- Chapter3.8 Tert-butylhydroquinone
- Chapter4.1 Amino acid: Essential builiding blocks for Human body
- Chapter 4.2 Carnosine
- Chapter4.3 Carnosol
- Chapter4.4 Carotenoids (Xanthophylls and Carotenes)
- Chapter4.5 Citric acid, antioxidant effects in health
- Chapter4.6 Antioxidant activity of coenzyme-Q; bright and dark side
- Chapter4.7 Curcumin
- Chapter4.8 Flavonoids
- Chapter4.9 Lecithin
- Chapter4.10 Lignans
- Chapter 4.11 Organosulfur compounds (allyl sulfide, indoles)
- Chapter4.12 Phenolic acids
- Chapter4.13 Phytic acid: As a natural antioxidant
- Chapter 4.14 Protein hydrolysates
- Chapter4.15 Selenium
- Chapter4.16 Sterols: benificial or detrimental for human helath
- Chapter4.17 Tartaric acid
- Chapter4.18 Turmeric
- Chapter4.19 Uric acid
- Chapter4.20 Vanillin
- Chapter4.21 Vitamin A
- Chapter4.22 Vitamin C
- Chapter4.23 Vitamin E (tocopherols and tocotrienols) (natural-occurring antioxidant; bright and dark side)
- Chapter4.24 Vitamin K
- Chapter4.25 Zinc
- Chapter5.1 Beneficial and detrimental effects of antioxidants in cancer
- Chapter5.2 Antioxidants and cardiovascular diseases
- Chapter5.3 Antioxidants and cataracts/age-related macular degeneration
- Chapter 5.4 Antioxidants and cognitive decline in elderly
- Chapter5.5 Antioxidant and dentistry
- Chapter5.6 Antioxidants and gastric lesions
- Chapter5.7 Antioxidants and immune functions
- Chapter5.8 Antioxidants and infertility
- Chapter5.9 Antioxidants and kidney diseases
- Chapter5.10 Antioxidants and liver diseases
- Chapter6.1 Antioxidants effects in health: The bright and the dark sides
- Chapter6.2 Food and food supplement antioxidants: Targets in human antioxidant system and effects on the production of endogenous antioxidants
- Chapter6.3 Antioxidants effects in health: Concluding remarks and future perspectives
- Index