Carotenoids and Human Health

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tanumihardjo, Sherry A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2013.
• Series: Nutrition and Health
• Subjects: Medicine.; Personal health and hygiene.; Medicine & Public Health.; Clinical Nutrition.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-203-2

Carotenoids and Human Health provides an introduction to food sources and metabolism. Written by experts in their fields and including the most up-to-date information, this volume serves as an in-depth guide to studies that have been performed in humans and observations that have been made in popula...

Table of Contents:

• Food Sources of Carotenoids
• Carrots of Various Colors
• Carotenoid Metabolism and Enzymology
• Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species in Biological Systems: Reactions and Regulation by Carotenoids
• Kinetic Studies with Carotenoids
• Carotenoid Bioavailability: Influence of Dietary Lipid and Fiber
• Host Factors that Affect Carotenoid Metabolism
• Host Factors: Gender and Body Composition
• Carotenoid Metabolism and Health in Pregnancy and Lactation
• Carotenoids in Early Life
• Provitamin A Carotenoids and Cancer Prevention
• Lycopene and Cancer
• Lutein and Zeaxanthin and Eye Disease
• Carotenoids and Bone Health
• Provitamin A Carotenoids as a Dietary Source of Vitamin A
• Provitamin A Carotenoids and Immune Function
• Biofortification of Maize with Provitamin-A Carotenoids
• Horticultural Crops as a Source of Carotenoids
• Orange Sweetpotato as a Staple or Complementary Food
• International Efforts to Eradicate Vitamin A Deficiency.