Carcinogenic and Anticarcinogenic Food Components (Chemical and Functional Properties of Food Components Series)

Dietary cancer prophylaxis is based on the detailed knowledge of carcinogenic and anticarcinogenic properties of food constituents. Although much data has been collected on these elements, an understanding of the causal mechanisms that link diet and cancer is still evolving. Carcinogenic and Anticarcinogenic Food Components explains the broad spectrum of information available on these compounds and examines what is behind their complexities. Internationally renowned biochemists, toxicologists, epidemiologists, and food scientists present the most recent studies that relate cancer risk to particular dietary components and discuss the latest clinical trials that evaluate the benefits of nutritional interventions. They discuss dietary sources containing carcinogenic compounds, their abundance in foods, and their possible cancer risks. Conversely, they explain the cancer- preventive potential of food components and the basic mechanisms and targets of chemoprevention. Chapters focus on the phenolic compounds found in tea, wine polyphenols and resveratrol, flavanoids of fruits and vegetables, carotenoids, constituents of cruciferous vegetables, and phytoestrogens. Additional information highlights the molecular and cellular events mediated by exposure to food carcinogens or chemopreventive agents. The book concludes with a perspective on the impact of diet on cancer prevention based on human trials and discusses future directions of research in this important field. Wide-ranging in scope and thorough in detail, Carcinogenic and Anticarcinogenic Food Components is an important resource for those interested in leveraging vital information on cancer promoting and cancer preventing food components.

dietary Cancer Prophylaxis Is Based On The Detailed Knowledge Of Carcinogenic And Anticarcinogenic Properties Of Food Constituents. Although Much Data Has Been Collected On These Elements, An Understanding Of The Causal Mechanisms That Link Diet And Cancer Is Still Evolving. Carcinogenic And Anticarcinogenic Food Components Explains The Broad Spectrum Of Information Available On These Compounds And Examines What Is Behind Their Complexities.

internationally Renowned Biochemists, Toxicologists, Epidemiologists, And Food Scientists Present The Most Recent Studies That Relate Cancer Risk To Particular Dietary Components And Discuss The Latest Clinical Trials That Evaluate The Benefits Of Nutritional Interventions. They Discuss Dietary Sources Containing Carcinogenic Compounds, Their Abundance In Foods, And Their Possible Cancer Risks. Conversely, They Explain The Cancer- Preventive Potential Of Food Components And The Basic Mechanisms And Targets Of Chemoprevention.

chapters Focus On The Phenolic Compounds Found In Tea, Wine Polyphenols And Resveratrol, Flavanoids Of Fruits And Vegetables, Carotenoids, Constituents Of Cruciferous Vegetables, And Phytoestrogens. Additional Information Highlights The Molecular And Cellular Events Mediated By Exposure To Food Carcinogens Or Chemopreventive Agents. The Book Concludes With A Perspective On The Impact Of Diet On Cancer Prevention Based On Human Trials And Discusses Future Directions Of Research In This Important Field.

wide-ranging In Scope And Thorough In Detail, Carcinogenic And Anticarcinogenic Food Components Is An Important Resource For Those Interested In Leveraging Vital Information On Cancer Promoting And Cancer Preventing Food Components.

Food and Cancer: Development of an Association, K. (Chris) Szyfter and J. GaweckiMolecular Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis, Danuta Malejka-Giganti and Natalia TretyakovaMetabolism of Chemical Carcinogens, Zofia MazerskaGenotoxic Food Components, Agnieszka BartoszekImpact of Food Preservation, Processing, and Cookingon Cancer Risk, Amanda J. Cross and Rashmi SinhaEnvironmental Contamination of Food, Marek Biziuk and Agnieszka BartoszekDietary Anti- and Prooxidants: Their Impact on OxidativeDNA Damage and Cancer Risk, Ryszard Olinski, Daniel Gackowski Marcus S. Cooke, and Joe LunecDietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Eicosanoids, andIntestinal Tumorigenesis, Jay Whelan, Michael F. McEntee, and Seung J. BaekChemoprevention of Cancer: Basic Mechanisms andMolecular Targets, Wanda Baer-Dubowska and Ewa IgnatowiczChemopreventive Phenolic Compounds in Common Spices, Young-Joon SurhCancer Prevention by Tea and Tea Constituents, Janelle M. Landau, Joshua D. Lambert, Mao-Jung Lee, and Chung S. YangCancer Chemoprevention by Wine Polyphenols andResveratrol, John M. Pezzuto, Tamara P. Kondratyuk, and Elena ShalaevFlavonoids: Common Constituents of Edible Fruitsand Vegetables, Nicole Monfilliette-CotelleCarotenoids in Cancer Prevention, Cristina FortesChemopreventive Potential of Compounds inCruciferous Vegetables, Ole VangPhytoestrogens and Their Effects on Cancer, Grzegorz Grynkiewicz and Adam OpolskiDiet and Cancer Prevention: Current Knowledge andFuture Direction, Elizabeth H. Jeffery and John A. MilnerIndex As the interest in anticarcinogenic food components increases, Carcinogenic and Anticarcinogenic Food Components provides information on cancer-promoting and cancer-preventing food components, indicating their contents in foods, biological activities, possible impact on human cancer risk, and practical implications for dietary recommendations and functional design. This volume concentrates on the effects of diet on human health, rather than on the nutritive aspects of diet, and presents the multidisciplinary character of investigations on chemopreventive as well as carcinogenic properties of food components. "Dietary cancer prophylaxis is based on the detailed knowledge of carcinogenic and anticarcinogenic properties of food constituents. Although much data has been collected on these elements, an understanding of the causal mechanisms that link diet and cancer is still evolving. Carcinogenic and Anticarcinogenic Food Components explains the broad spectrum of information available on these compounds and examines what is behind their complexities."--BOOK JACKET