Handbook of Antioxidants, 2nd ed. Revised and Expanded By Lester Packer- Indian Reprint

October 26, 2001 by CRC Press, Special Indian Reprint 2016
Reference - 732 Pages

Summary

Contains new and expanded material on antioxidants in beverages and herbal products, nitric oxide and selenium, and the effect of vitamin C on cardiovascular disease and of lipoic acid on aging, hyperglycemia, and insulin resistance!

Offering over 4200 contemporary references-2000 more than the previous edition-the Second Edition of the Handbook of Antioxidants is an up-to-the-minute source for nutritionists and dietitians, cell biologists and biochemists, cardiologists, oncologists, dermatologists, and medical students in these disciplines.

General Topics

Food-Derived Antioxidants: How to Evaluate Their Importance in Food and In Vivo
Barry Halliwell

Measurement of Total Antioxidant Capacity in Nutritional and Clinical Studies
Guohua Cao and Ronald L. Prior

Quantification of Isoprostanes as Indicators of Oxidant Stress In Vivo
Jason D. Morrow, William E. Zackert, Daniel S. Van der Ende, Erin E. Reich, Erin S. Terry, Brian Cox, Stephanie C. Sanchez, Thomas J. Montine, and L. Jackson Roberts

Vitamin E

Efficacy of Vitamin E in Human Health and Disease
Sharon V. Landvick, Anthony T. Diplock, and Lester Packer

Vitamin E Bioavailability, Biokinetics, and Metabolism
Maret G. Traber

Biological Activity of Tocotrienols
Stefan U. Weber and Gerald Rimbach

Vitamin C

Vitamin C: From Molecular Mechanisms to Optimum Uptake
Sebastian J. Padayatty, Rushad Daruwala, Yaohui Wang, Peter Eck, Jian Song, Woo S. Koh, and Mark Levine

Vitamin C and Cardiovascular Diseases
Anitra C. Carr and Balz Frei

Epidemiological and Clinical Aspects of Ascorbate and Cancer
James E. Enstrom

Carotenoids

Carotenoids: Linking Chemistry, Absorption, and Metabolism to Potential Roles in Human Health and Disease
Denise M. Deming, Thomas W. M. Boileau, Kasey H. Heintz, Christine A. Atkinson, and John W. Erdman, Jr.

Antioxidant Effects of Carotenoids: Implication in Photoprotection in Humans
Wilhelm Stahl and Helmut Sies

Oxidative Breakdown of Carotenoids and Biological Effects of Their Metabolites
Werner G. Siems, Olaf Sommerburg, and Frederik J. G. M. van Kuijk

Carotenoids in the Nutrition of Infants
Olaf Sommerburg, Werner G. Siems, Kristina Meissner, and Michael Leichsenring

Human Studies on Bioavailability and Serum Response of Carotenoids
Elizabeth J. Johnson

Polyphenols and Flavonoids

Caffeic Acid and Related Antioxidant Compounds: Biochemical and Cellular Effects
João Laranjinha

Polyphenols and Flavonoids Protect LDL Against Atherogenic Modifications
Bianca Fuhrman and Michael Aviram

Phytoestrogen Content in Foods and Their Role in Cancer
Anna H. Wu and Malcolm C. Pike

Peroxynitrite Scavenging by Mitochondrial Reductants and Plant Polyphenols
Alberto Boveris, Silvia Alvarez, Silvia Lores Arnaiz, and Laura B. Valdez

Antioxidants in Beverages and Herbal Products

Antioxidant and Other Properties of Green and Black Tea
Philip J. Rijken, Douglas A. Balentine, C. A. J. van Mierlo, I. Paetau-Robinson, F. van de Put, Paul T. Quinlan, Ute M. Weisgerber, and Sheila A. Wiseman

The Phenolic Wine Antioxidants
Andrew L. Waterhouse

French Maritime Pine Bark: Pycnogenol
Gerald Rimbach, Fabio Virgili, and Lester Packer

Spices as Potent Antioxidants with Therapeutic Potential
Bharat B. Aggarwal, Nihal Ahmad, and Hasan Mukhtar

Lipoic Acid and Glutathione

Lipoic Acid: Cellular Metabolism, Antioxidant Activity, and Clinical Relevance
Oren Tirosh, Sashwati Roy, and Lester Packer

Cellular Effects of Lipoic Acid and Its Role in Aging
Régis Moreau , Wei-Jian Zhang, and Tory M. Hagen

Vascular Complications in Diabetes: Mechanisms and the Influence of Antioxidants
Peter Rösen, Hans-Jurgen Tritschler, and Lester Packer

Therapeutic Effects of Lipoic Acid on Hyperglycemia and Insulin Resistance
Erik J. Henriksen

Bioavailability of Glutathione
Dean P. Jones

Melatonin

Antioxidant Capacity of Melatonin
Russel J. Reiter, Dun-xian Tan, Lucien C. Manchester, and Juan R. Calvo

Radical and Reactive Intermediate-Scavenging Properties of Melatonin in Pure Chemical Systems
Maria A. Livrea, Luisa Tesoriere, Dun-xian Tan, and Russel J. Reiter

Selenium

Selenium: An Antioxidant?
Regina Brigelius-Flohé, Matilde Maiorino, Fulvio Ursini, and Leopold Flohé

Selenium Status and Prevention of Chronic Diseases
Paul Kneckt

Nitric Oxide

Antioxidant Properties of Nitric Oxide
Homero Rubbo and Rafael Radi