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Antioxidant Vitamins and Health: |
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Claude Fernand Bourgeois |
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$39.95 |
September 2003 |
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Preface
The idea for this book
originated from a request by the French organization for trade, Direction
Genrale de la Concurrence, de la Consommation et de la R
The book begins with a
discussion of free radicals and the reactive oxygen species generated in
vivo, goes on to describe the mechanism of antioxidation and the
antioxidant defenses in humans, and reviews epidemiological studies carried out
over the past two decades. These are thoroughly discussed and compared, and
conclusions drawn.
The book covers primarily
vitamins C and E and b-carotene, as well as polyphenols.
These are the antioxidants with which most studies are concerned. It does not
discuss mineral antioxidant nutrients nor other vitamins.
Oxidative phenomena have
been implicated in about 50 pathologies! The coverage in this book is limited
to the four most studied: cardiovascular disease, cancer, cataracts, and aging
(allowing aging to be considered as a pathology). While summarizing
numerous published studies, the book also offers more general information to
researchers interested in these antioxidant nutrients and, it is hoped, points
toward areas for future research.
The book will appeal to
researchers in the fields of antioxidant, cardiovascular disease, cancer,
cataracts, and aging; nutritional and pharmaceutical scientists; and students
in these disciplines.
I thank Lucien
Cronenberger, Pierre Mainguy, and Marc Nicol, who reviewed the whole
manuscript, and the specialists who reviewed individual chapters: Bruno
Lesourd, Henri Lestradet, Maurice Tubiana, In-Birlouez-Aragon, Jean Claude
Guilland, and Marc Suschetet. I also thank the technical board members of
CEDAP. I thank Mrs. Liliane Rougemont for help in typing the manuscript. And
finally, I thank Mr. Paul Finglas (A.F.R.C. Food Research Institute,