Packer L., Hiramatsu M., Yoshikava T. (eds) Antioxidant Food Supplements in Human Health

Academic Press, 1999. — 511 p.Antioxidant Food Supplements in Human Health discusses new discoveries in the areas of oxygen and nitric oxide metabolism and pathophysiology, redox regulation and cell signaling, and the identification of natural antioxidants and their mechanisms of action on free radicals and their role in health and disease.An essential resource for researchers, students, and professionals in food science and nutrition, gerontology, physiology, pharmacology, and related areas.Key FeaturesHealth effects of antioxidant nutrients.
Nutrients of vitamins C and E, selenium, alpha-lipoic acid, coenzyme Q10, carotenoids, and flavonoids.
Natural source antioxidants, including pine bark, ginko biloba, wine, herbs,uyaku, and carica papaya.Vitamin E and Lung Cancer Prevention
Natural Antioxidants in the Protection against Cigarette Smoke Injury
Emerging Role of Nutrition in Chronic Disease Prevention: A Look at the Data, with an Emphasis on Vitamin C
Biological Activities of Tocotrienols and Tocopherols
Effects of High Cholesterol, Vitamin E, and Probucol on Protein Kinase C Activity and Proliferation of Smooth Muscle Cells
A New Function for Selenoproteins: Peroxynitrite Reduction
Selenium Peroxidases in Mammalian Testis
[alpha]-Lipoic Acid: Cell Regulatory Function and Potential Therapeutic Implications
Natural Sources of Lipoic Acid in Plant and Animal Tissues
Determination of Protein Bound Lipoic Acid in Tissues by Enzyme Recycling Method
Reaction of Ubiquinols with Nitric Oxide
Coenzyme Q Redox Cycle as an Endogenous Antioxidant
Occurrence, Biochemical Activities, and Bioavailability
Dietary Carotenoids and Their Metabolites as Potentially Useful Chemoprotective Agents Against Cancer
Cancer Prevention by Natural Carotenoids
Screening of Phenolics and Flavonoids for Antioxidant Activity
Dietary Flavonoids as Plasma Antioxidants on Lipid Peroxidation: Significance of Metabolic Conversion
Flavonoids in Foods
Dietary Flavonoids and Interaction with Physiologic Antioxidants
From Ancient Pine Bark Uses to Pycnogenol
Procyanidins from Pinus maritima Bark: Antioxidant Activity, Effects on the Immune System, and Modulation of Nitrogen Monoxide Metabolism
Antioxidant Properties of Ginkgo biloba Extract: EGb 761
Downregulation of Agonist-Induced Nitric Oxide Synthesis and Cell-Cell Adhesion by Ginkgo biloba Extract EGb 761: Therapeutic Efficacy in Circulatory Disorders
Reactive Oxygen Species Increase Neutrophil Adherence to Endothelial Cells and Activate Tyrosine Phosphorylation of Cytoskeleton Proteins
Natural Phenolic Antioxidants and Their Impact on Health
Antioxidants in Herbs: Polyphenols
Mixed Japanese Herbs and Age-Related Neuronal Functions
Actions of Tea Polyphenols in Oral Hygiene
The Food Industry and Functional Foods: Tea Antioxidants and Cardiovascular Disease
Antioxidant Properties of Crassostera gigas Oyster Extract
Superoxide Radical Scavenging Activity of Uyaku (Lindera strychnifolia), a Natural Extract Used in Traditional Medicine
Biological Effects of the Fermentation Product of Carica papaya (Bio-Normalizer)