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Nutraceuticals : Designer Foods III - Garlic, Soy and Licorice.

Phytochemicals are components acting individually, additively or synergistically, usually as a component of whole food, that have the characteristics of providing protective, preventative and possibly curative roles in the pathogenesis of cancer and other chronic disease progressions. Nutraceutical...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: LaChance, Paul A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Phytochemicals are components acting individually, additively or synergistically, usually as a component of whole food, that have the characteristics of providing protective, preventative and possibly curative roles in the pathogenesis of cancer and other chronic disease progressions. Nutraceutical is a term used to describe beneficial phytochemicals. The mechanisms of action of nutraceuticals may be one of several. Free radical scavenger and antioxidant nutraceuticals can nullify damage by any number of biochemical mechanisms, but some also exert benefit by enhancing immune function. A conser.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (398 pages)
ISBN:9780470384824
0470384824
1281450251
9781281450258