Handbook of Antioxidants [Hardcover]

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.&lãÜ