Kedar N. Prasad

Micronutrients in Health and Disease, Second Edition (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This new edition proposes a novel concept that in order to reduce oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, and glutamate, it is essential to increase levels of antioxidant enzymes as well as levels of dietary and endogenous antioxidant compounds at the same time. This book proposes a mixture of micronutrients that achieves this above goal.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429516610
• Artikelnr.: 56392557

Autorenporträt

Dr. Kedar N. Prasad obtained a Masters degree in Zoology from the University of Bihar, Ranchi, India, and a Ph.D. degree in Radiation Biology from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, in 1963. He received Post-doctoral training at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island. New York, and joined the Department of Radiology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center where he became Professor and Director for the Center for Vitamins and Cancer Research. He has published over 250 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and authored and edited 25 books in the area of radiation biology, nutrition and cancer, and nutrition and neurological diseases particularly Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. These articles were published in highly prestigious journals such as Science, Nature, and Proceedings of the National Academic of Sciences, USA. Dr Prasad has received several honors which include: Invitation by the Nobel Prize Committee to nominate a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Medicine for 1982; The 1999 Harold Harper Lecture at the meeting of the American College of Advancement in Medicine; An award for the best review of 1998-1999 on antioxidant and cancer; and 1999-2000 on antioxidants and Parkinson's disease by the American College of Nutrition. He was a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition, and served as a President of the International Society of Nutrition and Cancer, 1992-2000. In 2017, he was invited to become the member of The Royal Society of Medicine, London. Currently, he is Chief Scientific Officer of the Engage Global.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Chapter 1 Basic Facts about Micronutrients Chapter 2 Basic Facts
about Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and the Immune System Chapter 3
Scientific Rationale of Current Trends in Clinical Studies of
Micronutrients Chapter 4 Micronutrients in Healthy Aging and Age-Related
Decline in Organ Functions Chapter 5 Role of Micronutrients in Prevention
of Coronary Artery Disease and Improvement of the Standard Therapy Chapter
6 Micronutrients in Prevention and Improvement of the Standard Therapy in
Diabetes Chapter 7 Micronutrients in Cancer Prevention Chapter 8
Micronutrients in Improvement of the Standard Therapy in Cancer Chapter 9
Micronutrients in the Prevention and Improvement of the Standard Therapy
for Alzheimer's Disease Chapter 10 Micronutrients for the Prevention and
Improvement of the Standard Therapy for Parkinson's Disease Chapter 11
Micronutrients in Prevention and Improvement of the Standard Therapy in
Hearing Disorders Chapter 12 Micronutrients in Improvement of the Standard
Therapy in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Chapter 13 Micronutrients
in Improvement of the Standard Therapy in Traumatic Brain Injury Chapter 14
Micronutrients in Prevention and Improvement of the Standard Therapy in
HIV/AIDS Chapter 15 Improved Management of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
by Micronutrients Chapter 16 Micronutrients in the Management of Prion
Disease Chapter 17 Micronutrients for Improved Management of Huntington's
Disease Chapter 18 Micronutrients in Protecting Against Late Adverse
Health-Effects of Diagnostic Radiation Doses Chapter 19 Micronutrients in
Protecting Against Lethal Doses of Ionizing Radiation Chapter 20
Micronutrients in Prevention and Improvement of the Standard Therapy in
Arthritis Chapter 21 Misconceptions about the Functions and Value of
Antioxidants in Health and Disease Chapter 22 Dietary Reference Intakes of
Selected Micronutrients Conclusions Index