Research Catalog

Title

Nutrition and cancer prevention : new insights into the role of phytochemicals / edited under the auspices of the American Institute for Cancer Research.

Publication

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

• American Institute for Cancer Research.
• American Institute for Cancer Research. Conference (9th : 1999 : Washington, D.C.)

Description

xii, 347 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Subjects

• Diet, Vegetarian
• Neoplasms > prevention & control
• Cancer > Chemoprevention > Congresses
• Cancer > Diet therapy > Congresses
• Functional foods > Congresses
• Plant Extracts
• Phytochemicals > Therapeutic use > Congresses
• Congress
• Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
• Dietary Supplements

Genre/Form

Congress.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Soybeans and Cancer Prevention: A Complex Food and a Complex Disease / Diane F. Birt -- 2. Dietary Soy Reduces Colon Carcinogenesis in Humans and Rats / Maurice R. Bennink -- 3. Soy and Risk of Hormone-Related and Other Cancers / Anna H. Wu -- 4. Role of Tomatoes, Tomato Products and Lycopene in Cancer Prevention / David Heber, Qing-Yi Lu and Vay Liang W. Go -- 5. Tea and Tea Polyphenols in Cancer Prevention / Chung S. Yang, Guang-yu Yang and Jee Y. Chung / [et al.] -- 6. Effects of Tea Polyphenols on the Signal Transduction Pathways / Zigang Dong, Masaaki Nomura and Chuanshu Huang / [et al.] -- 7. Mechanisms by Which Garlic and Allyl Sulfur Compounds Suppress Carcinogen Bioactivation / John A. Milner -- 8. Antiproliferative Effects of Garlic-Derived and Other Allium Related Compounds / John T. Pinto, Sameer Lapsia and Amy Shah / [et al.] -- 9. Considering the Mechanisms of Cancer Prevention by Selenium / Gerald F. Combs, Jr. --
• 10. Selenium Metabolism and Mechanisms of Cancer Prevention / Howard E. Ganther -- 11. Apoptosis and Angiogenesis in Cancer Prevention by Selenium / Junxuan Lu -- 12. Resveratrol Inhibits the Expression of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Mammary Epithelial Cells / Kotha Subbaramaiah and Andrew J. Dannenberg -- 13. The World of Resveratrol / George J. Soleas, Eleftherios P. Diamandis and David M. Goldberg -- 14. The Effects of Resveratrol on CYPlAl Expression and Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Function In Vitro / Henry P. Ciolino and Grace Chao Yeh -- 15. Herbals and Cancer / Michael J. Wargovich -- 16. The Role of Dietary Supplements in Health / Bernadette M. Marriott -- 17. The Beta-Carotene Story / Peter Greenwald and Sharon S. McDonald -- 18. Dietary Intervention Strategies: Validity, Execution and Interpretation of Outcomes / Phyllis E. Bowen -- 19. Nutrition and Cancer Prevention: New Insights Into the Role of Phytochemicals. Future Directions / Richard S. Rivlin --
• 20. Chemoprevention: Progress and Opportunity / Elizabeth C. Miller, Zhiming Liao and Yanping Guo / [et al.].

ISBN

0306465450

LCCN

2001016509

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries