Carotenoids and Human Health

Book Overview

Section I: Carotenoid Sources and Metabolism

Chapter 1: Food Sources of Carotenoids
Sara A. Arscott

Chapter 2: Carrots of Various Colors
Samantha Schmaelzle and Sherry Tanumihardjo

Chapter 3: Carotenoid Metabolism and Enzymology
Igor O. Shmarakov, Jason J. Yuen, and William S. Blaner

Chapter 4: Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species in Biological Systems: Reactions and Regulation by Carotenoids
John T. Landrum

Chapter 5: Kinetic Studies with Carotenoids
Guangwen Tang

Chapter 6: Carotenoid Bioavailability: Influence of Dietary Lipid and Fiber
Shellen Goltz and Mario G. Ferruzzi

Chapter 7: Host Factors that Affect Carotenoid Metabolism
Georg Lietz

Chapter 8: Host Factors: Gender and Body Composition
Joseph Dever

Section II: Carotenoids and Human Health

Chapter 9: Carotenoid Metabolism and Health in Pregnancy and Lactation
Kerry Schulze and Parul Christian

Chapter 10: Carotenoids in Early Life
Xiaoming Gong and Lewis P. Rubin

Chapter 11: Provitamin A Carotenoids and Cancer Prevention
Benchun Miao and Xiang-Dong Wang

Chapter 12: Lycopene and Cancer
Nikki Ford and John W. Erdman, Jr.

Chapter 13: Lutein and Zeaxanthin and Eye Disease
Rohini Vishwanathan and Elizabeth J. Johnson

Chapter 14: Carotenoids and Bone Health
Sherry A. Tanumihardjo and Neil Binkley

Section III: International Perspectives

Chapter 15: Provitamin A Carotenoids as a Dietary Source of Vitamin A
Marjorie J. Haskell

Chapter 16: Provitamin A Carotenoids and Immune Function
Charles B. Stephensen

Chapter 17: Biofortification of Maize with Provitamin-A Carotenoids
Kevin Pixley, Natalia Palacios, Raman Babu, Raphael Mutale, Rebecca Surles and Eliab Simpungwe

Chapter 18: Horticultural Crops as a Source of Carotenoids
Philipp W. Simon, Megan J. Bowman, Sherry A.Tanumihardjo

Chapter 19: Orange Sweetpotato as a Staple or Complementary Food
Paul van Jaarsveld and Mieke Faber

Chapter 20: International Efforts to Eradicate Vitamin A Deficiency
Sherry A. Tanumihardjo and Harold C. Furr

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493959751
• ISBN13: 9781493959754
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 331 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"