Phytochemicals in health and disease / edited by Yongping Bao, Roger Fenwick. -- March Dekker, 2004. -- (Oxidative stress and disease). -- (58.842/P586)

Contents

Contents:

1. Nutritional Genomics  1

2. Methods to Study Bioavailability of Phytochemicals  25

3. characterization of Polyphenol Metabolites  57

4. Microarray Profiling of Gene Expression Patterns of Genistein in Tumor Cells  77

5. Gene Regulatory Activity of Ginkgo biloba L.  105

6. Cancer Chemoprevention with Sulforaphane, a Dietary Isothiocyanate  121

7. Phytochemicals Protects Against Heterocyclic Amine-induced DNA Adduct Formation  143

8. Organosulfur-Garlic Compounds and Cancer Prevention  163

9. Polymethylated Flavonoids: Cancer preventive and Therapeutic Potentials Dericed from Anti-inflammatory and Drug metabolism-Modifying Properties  187

10. Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer Chemoprevention by Tea and Tea Polyphenols  213

11. The Role of Flavonoids in Protection Against Cataract  227

12. Phytochemicals and the Prevention of Cardiovascular disease : Protential roles for Selected Fruits, Herbs, and Spices  241

13. Beneficial Effects of Resveratrol  257

14. The Role of Lycopene in Human Health  285

15. Effects of Oltipraz on Phase 1 and Phase 2 Xenobiotic-Metabolizing Enzymes  311 16. future Perspective in Phytochemical and Health Research  331