Phytopharmaceuticals in Cancer Chemoprevention (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Bagchi, Debasis; Preuss, Harry G.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

During the past decade, a significant amount of research has been conducted on phytopharmaceuticals. Today, a growing body of evidence demonstrates the efficacy of a wide variety of natural products and affirms their potential in the treatment of cancer. Phytopharmaceuticals in Cancer Chemoprevention focuses on the role of natural supplemen

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 688
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135504083
• Artikelnr.: 73300744

Autorenporträt

Debasis Bagchi, Harry G. Preuss

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1. Introduction. Epidemiology of Cancer: An Overview with a Special
Emphasis on Cancer Statistics 2003. Section 2. Pathophysiology of Cancer.
Role of DNA Methylation in Cancer and Chemotherapy. Metals, Metalloids and
Cancer. Molecular Mechanisms of Asbestos and Silica-induced Lung Cancer.
Free Radicals, Environmental Radiation, and Cancer. Involvement of Receptor
Tyrosine Kinases in Lung Cancer: Clinical Importance. Smokeless Tobacco,
Oxidative Stress, and Cancer. The Regulatory Roles of Estrogen in
Carcinogenesis: An Overview. NSAIDS and Colorectal Cancer. Current
Perspectives in Gastric Adenocarcinoma. Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus.
Helicobacter pylori and Gastric Cancer. Free Radicals, Oxidative Stress and
Cancer. Biotransformation and Mechanism of Action of Xenobiotics: What
Lessons from the Past Forty Years?. Obesity and Cancer.
Hemangioendothelioma as a Model to Study the Anti-Angiogenic Effects of
Dietary Chemopreventive Agents in vivo. Modulation of Late Adverse Effects
of Curative Radiation Therapy for Cancer. Section 3. Phytopharmaceuticals
and Chemoprevention Development of Selected Phytochemicals for Cancer
Chemoprevention, Vernon Steele Phytochemicals as Potential Cancer
Chemopreventive Agents, Rajendra G. Mehta and John M. Pezzuto History of
Natural Supplements in Cancer Therapy and Prevention, Gottumukkala V.
Subbaraju and Golakoti Trimurtulu Vitamin C, Vitamin E and b-Carotene in
Cancer Chemoprevention, Balz Frei and Jane Higdon Role of Polyphenols,
Flavonoids and Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins in Cancer Chemoprevention,
Sidhartha Ray and Debasis Bagchi Curcumin Derived from Turmeric (Curcuma
longa): A Spice for All Seasons, Bharat B. Aggarwal, Anushree Kumar, Manoj
S. Aggarwal, and Shishir Shishodia Tea in Chemoprevention of Cancer, Vaqar
Mustafa Adhami, Moammir Hasan Aziz, Nihal Ahmad, and Hasan Mukhtar
Phytoestrogens in Cancer Prevention: Characterization and Beneficial
Effects of a New Flavanone, Kurarinone