Plant Phenolics and Human Health: Biochemistry, Nutrition, and Pharmacology offers an essential survey of the current knowledge on the capacity of specific micronutrients present in ordinary diets to fight disease.

The coverage in this resource:

• Explains the presence and biochemical properties of phenolics present in fruits and vegetables, as well as in foods derived from their plant sources
• Provides biochemical explanations on how certain plant phenolics fight cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, and other widespread pathologies
• Focuses on certain phenolics, e.g., flavonoids, stilbenes, and curcuminoids, and provides insights on the biochemical bases used to define their significance in the diet as well as their recommended consumption requirements and toxicity

Plant Phenolics and Human Health: Biochemistry, Nutrition, and Pharmacology defines the association between diet and health from classical, alternative, and complementary biomedical perspectives.

Contents

1. Dietary Flavonoids and Phenolic Compounds
2. Bioavailability of Flavanols and Phenolic Acids
3. Biochemical Actions of Plant Phenolics Compounds: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects
4. Flavonoids–Membrane Interactions: Consequences for Biological Actions
5. The Biochemistry Behind the Potential Cardiovascular Protection by Dietary Flavonoids
6. Dietary Flavanols: Biochemical Basis of Short-Term and Longer-Term Vascular Responses
7. Green Tea Catechins: Anticancer Effects and Molecular Targets
8. Flavonols: Metabolism, Bioavailability, and Health Impacts
9. Flavonols: Biochemistry Behind Cardiovascular Effects
10. Metabolism, Bioavailability, and Analysis of Dietary Isoflavones
11. Phytoestrogens Up-regulate Antioxidant Genes
12. Dietary Isoflavones: Cardiovascular Actions and Activation of Cellular Signalling Pathways
13. Bioavailability and Metabolism of Resveratrol
14. Resveratrol: Biochemistry and Functions
15. Resveratrol: The Biochemistry Behind its Anticancer Effects
16. Curcumin: The Biochemistry Behind Its Anticancer Effects
17. Plant Phenolic Compounds: Modulation of Cytoprotective Enzymes and Nrf2/ARE Signaling
18. Phenolics in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disorders
19. Natural Phenolics and Metal Metabolism in Neurodegenerative Diseases
20. Epidemiology behind Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Cancer Risk with Focus on Flavonoids
21. Phenylpropanoid Metabolism in Plants: Biochemistry, Functional Biology, and Metabolic Engineering

Index

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