Fruit and Vegetable Phytochemicals : Chemistry and Human Health, 2 Volumes

Now in two volumes and containing more than seventy chapters, the second edition of Fruit and Vegetable Phytochemicals: Chemistry, Nutritional Value and Stability has been greatly revised and expanded. Written by hundreds of experts from across the world, the chapters cover diverse aspects of chemistry and biological functions, the influence of postharvest technologies, analysis methods and important phytochemicals in more than thirty fruits and vegetables. Providing readers with a comprehensive and cutting-edge description of the metabolism and molecular mechanisms associated with the beneficial effects of phytochemicals for human health, this is the perfect resource not only for students and teachers but also researchers, physicians and the public in general. Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- About the Editor -- Introduction -- Volume I -- Part I: Chemistry and Biological Functions -- Chapter 1: The Contribution of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption to Human Health -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Effect of Consumption of Fruit and Vegetables on Some Diseases -- 1.3 Nutritional and Health Importance of Some Fruits and Vegetables -- 1.4 Enhancement of Phytochemicals in Fruits and Vegetables -- 1.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2: Anticarcinogenic Phytochemicals -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Possible Anticarcinogenic Mechanisms of Phytochemicals -- 2.3 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Beneficial Effects of Phytochemicals on the Endocrine System -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Thyroid Physiology and Physiopathology -- 3.3 Phytochemicals and Thyroid Function -- 3.4 Phytochemicals and Thyroid Cancer -- 3.5 Pancreas, Insulin, and Glucose Physiology -- 3.6 Pathophysiology of Diabetes -- 3.7 A Diet Rich in Phytochemicals and Diabetes -- 3.8 Individual Phytochemicals and Their Antidiabetic Effects -- 3.9 Prevention of Diabetes Chronic Complications and Phytochemicals -- 3.10 Phytochemicals and Bone Metabolism -- 3.11 Phytochemicals and the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis -- 3.12 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Phytochemicals Effects on Neurodegenerative Diseases -- 4.1 Anatomical and Functional Organization of the Nervous System -- 4.2 Cells of the Nervous System -- 4.3 Epidemiology of Neurodegenerative Diseases -- 4.4 General Physiopathology and Neurodegeneration -- 4.5 Glial Cells as Mediators of Phytochemicals in Neurodegenerative Diseases -- 4.6 Phytochemicals and Alzheimer's Disease -- 4.7 Phytochemicals Evaluation in Animal Models of Parkinson's Disease -- 4.8 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) -- 4.9 Phytochemicals and Schizophrenia -- References