Carotenoids Volume 5: Nutrition and Health /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Britton, George. (Editor), Pfander, Hanspeter. (Editor), Liaaen-Jensen, Synnv̜e. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Birkhũser Basel, 2009.
• Series: Carotenoids ; 5
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Human physiology.; Immunology.; Toxicology.; Food science.; Nutrition.; Chemistry/Food Science, general.; Food Science.; Human Physiology.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7501-0

The Carotenoids book series provides detailed accounts of the fundamental chemistry of carotenoids and the basic methods used in carotenoid research, and critical discussions of the biochemistry, functions and applications of these important compounds. The final volume, Volume 5, deals with the topi...

Table of Contents:

• Editors<U+0019> Introduction: A Healthy Debate
• Analysis of Carotenoids in Nutritional Studies
• Carotenoids in Food
• Supplements
• Microbial and Microalgal Carotenoids as Colourants and Supplements
• Genetic Manipulation of Carotenoid Content and Composition in Crop Plants
• Absorption, Transport, Distribution in Tissues and Bioavailability
• Carotenoids as Provitamin A
• Vitamin A and Vitamin A Deficiency
• Epidemiology and Intervention Trials
• Modulation of Intracellular Signalling Pathways by Carotenoids
• Antioxidant/Pro-oxidant Actions of Carotenoids
• Carotenoids and Cancer
• Carotenoids and Coronary Heart Disease
• The Eye
• Skin Photoprotection by Carotenoids
• The Immune System
• Biological Activities of Carotenoid Metabolites
• Editors<U+0019> Assessment.