Molecular Interventions in Lifestyle-Related Diseases Contributor(s): Hiramatsu, Midori (Editor), Yoshikawa, Toshikazu (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0824729587 ISBN-13: 9780824729585 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $356.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: Ongoing concern with diseases tied to poor lifestyle choices such as smoking, poor diet, alcohol consumption, and stress, led to an international symposium attended by leading experts. To bring attention to this major health concern, three of those experts invited prominent symposium participants to contribute to a book. This book, the result of that effort, addresses the molecular basis and cellular effects of free-radical and lifestyle-related diseases; it discusses mechanisms of immune suppression and other disease factors related to oxidative stress; and examines the therapeutic and prevention effects of specific nutrients, including flavonoids and polyphenols, and other phytonutrients. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Medical | Nutrition - Health & Fitness | Diet & Nutrition - Nutrition - Science | Life Sciences - Cell Biology |
Dewey: 616.39 |
LCCN: 2005051435 |
Series: Oxidative Stress and Disease |
Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.37" W x 9.12" (1.40 lbs) 376 pages |
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Publisher Description: The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, officially recognizing that various risk factors for disease are present in our environment, has proposed the concept of lifestyle-related diseases. These include those diseases that are tied to such lifestyle choices as excessive alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, exposure to stress, and poor diet. Ongoing attention to this issue led to an International Symposium on Free Radicals and Health: Molecular Interventions and Protection of Lifestyle-Related Diseases bringing together the top experts in that area. With the belief that the recognition of the occurrence of risk factors and their identification are important to overcoming lifestyle-related diseases, three of those experts invited prominent participants at the symposium to contribute to a book. Molecular Interventions in Lifestyle-Related Diseases is the result of that effort.This book is divided into three main sections: |