Carotenoids Volume 5: Nutrition and Health /

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Carotenoids Volume 5: Nutrition and Health /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Britton, George. (Editor), Liaaen-Jensen, Synnove. (Editor), Pfander, Hanspeter. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2009.
Edition:	1st ed. 2009.
Series:	Carotenoids ; 5
Subjects:	Chemistry. Food-Biotechnology. Human physiology. Immunology. Pharmacology. Nutrition . Chemistry/Food Science, general. Food Science. Human Physiology. Pharmacology/Toxicology. Nutrition.

Table of Contents:

Editors' Introduction: A Healthy Debate
Analysis of Carotenoids in Nutritional Studies
Carotenoids in Food
Supplements
Microbial and Microalgal Carotenoids as Colourants and Supplements
Genetic Manipulation of Carotenoid Content and Composition in Crop Plants
Absorption, Transport, Distribution in Tissues and Bioavailability
Carotenoids as Provitamin A
Vitamin A and Vitamin A Deficiency
Epidemiology and Intervention Trials
Modulation of Intracellular Signalling Pathways by Carotenoids
Antioxidant/Pro-oxidant Actions of Carotenoids
Carotenoids and Cancer
Carotenoids and Coronary Heart Disease
The Eye
Skin Photoprotection by Carotenoids
The Immune System
Biological Activities of Carotenoid Metabolites
Editors' Assessment.