Phytochemicals in Health and Disease

Abstract

Nutritional genomics / Ruan M. Elliott, James R. Bacon, and Yongping Bao -- Methods to study bioavailability of phytochemicals / Birgit Holst and Gary Williamson -- Characterization of polyphenol metabolites / Andrea J. Day, Joseph A. Rothwell, and Michael R.A. Morgan -- Microarray profiling of gene expression patterns of genistein in tumor cells / Ching Li and Biehuoy Shieh -- Gene regulatory activity of Ginkgo biloba L. / Gerald Rimbach, Rainer Cermak, and Siegfried Wolffram -- Cancer chemoprevention with sulforaphane, a dietary isothiocyanate / Yuesheng Zhang -- Phytochemicals protect against heterocyclic amine-induced DNA adduct formation / Yongping Bao and James R. Bacon -- Organosulfur-garlic compounds and cancer prevention / John Milner -- Polymethylated flavonoids : cancer preventive and therapeutic potentials derived from anti-inflammatory and drug metabolism-modifying properties / Akira Murakami and Hajime Ohigashi -- Biochemical and molecular mechanisms of cancer chemoprevention by tea and tea polyphenols / Jen-Kun Lin -- The role of flavonoids in protection against cataract / Julie Sanderson and W. Russell McLauchlan -- Phytochemicals and the prevention of cardiovascular disease : potential roles for selected fruits, herbs and spices / Samir Samman -- Beneficial effects of resveratrol / Ann M. Bode and Zigang Dong -- The role of lycopene in human health / Regina Goralczyk and Ulrich Siler -- Effects of oltipraz on phase 1 and phase 2 xenobiotic-matabolizing enzymes / Sophie Langouët, Fabrice Morel and André Guillouzo -- Future perspectives in phytochemical and health research / Yongping Bao and Roger Fenwick.