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Carotenoids [electronic resource] :Volume 5: Nutrition and Health / edited by George Britton, Hanspeter Pfander, Synnøve Liaaen-Jensen.

by Britton, George [editor.]; Pfander, Hanspeter [editor.]; Liaaen-Jensen, Synnøve [editor.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Carotenoids: 5Publisher: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2009.Description: 447 p. online resource.ISBN: 9783764375010.Subject(s): Chemistry | Human physiology | Immunology | Toxicology | Food science | Nutrition | Chemistry | Chemistry/Food Science, general | Food Science | Human Physiology | Immunology | Pharmacology/Toxicology | NutritionDDC classification: 540 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
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.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: The Carotenoids book series provides detailed accounts of the fundamental chemistry of carotenoids and the basic methods used in carotenoid research, and critical discussions of the biochemistry, functions and applications of these important compounds. The final volume, Volume 5, deals with the topic that is of greatest general interest and public concern, carotenoids in human health and nutrition. This is the era of ‘functional foods’, and identifying roles of chemical components of foods as important micronutrients. Carotenoids feature high on the list of these. Volume 5 follows the carotenoid story from food to biological actions. Carotenoids, Volume 5 is planned as a coordinated, integrated treatment providing up-to-date and critical research surveys by leading authorities in the field, and incorporating some background material to help make the chapters accessible to carotenoid researchers who are not specialists on the particular topic.
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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.

The Carotenoids book series provides detailed accounts of the fundamental chemistry of carotenoids and the basic methods used in carotenoid research, and critical discussions of the biochemistry, functions and applications of these important compounds. The final volume, Volume 5, deals with the topic that is of greatest general interest and public concern, carotenoids in human health and nutrition. This is the era of ‘functional foods’, and identifying roles of chemical components of foods as important micronutrients. Carotenoids feature high on the list of these. Volume 5 follows the carotenoid story from food to biological actions. Carotenoids, Volume 5 is planned as a coordinated, integrated treatment providing up-to-date and critical research surveys by leading authorities in the field, and incorporating some background material to help make the chapters accessible to carotenoid researchers who are not specialists on the particular topic.

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