Oncological Functional Nutrition: Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants

Description:

Oncological Functional Nutrition: Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants presents the anticancer activities, metabolism, mechanism of action, doses, and sources of various phytochemicals and medicinal plants.

Broken into five parts, this book addresses cancer epidemiology, molecular and therapeutic bases of cancer, macro and micronutrients in cancer prevention and treatment, phytochemicals in the cancer treatment, and medical plants as potential functional foods or resources for the obtention of metabolites with anticancer activity.

Written for nutritionists, food scientists, health professionals, oncologists, endocrinologists, natural product chemists, ethnobotanists, chemists, pharmacists, biochemists, and students studying relating fields, Oncological Functional Nutrition: Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants will be a useful reference for those interested in learning more about functional nutrition and cancer.

Discusses functional nutrition as alternative therapy

Provides recommendations and intervention strategies related to the consumption of phytochemicals, food, and medicinal plants

Addresses cancer epidemiology, the molecular and therapeutic bases of cancer, phytochemicals in the cancer treatment, and medical plants

Table of Contents:

Chapter

1. Cancer epidemiology

Abstract

1. 1 Introduction

1. 2 Theoretical framework

1. 3 Endogenous exposure

1. 4 Exogenous exposure

1. 5 Cancer and obesity

1. 6 Cancer factors according to affected body site

1. 7 Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter

2. Molecular and therapeutic bases of cancer

Abstract

2. 1 Introduction

2. 2 Grow promotion and cell death suppression

2. 3 Cell signaling

2. 4 Replicative immortality and telomere dysfunctions

2. 5 Mechanisms of cell death: cell cycle checkpoints and DNA damage response

2. 6 Invasion and metastases

2. 7 Metabolic reprograming in cancer

2. 8 Microenvironment

2. 9 Inflammation

2. 10 Epigenetic of cancer

2. 11 Cancer and the circadian clock

2. 12 Treatment

2. 13 New paradigms of old ideas

2. 14 Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter

3. Macronutrients and micronutrients in cancer prevention and treatment

Abstract

3. 1 Introduction

3. 2 Macronutrients in cancer

3. 3 Micronutrients

3. 4 Conclusions

References

Chapter

4. Phytochemicals in cancer treatment

Abstract

4. 1 Introduction

4. 2 Phytochemicals

4. 3 Conclusions

References

Chapter

5. Medicinal plants as potential functional foods or resources for obtaining anticancer activity metabolites

Abstract

5. 1 Introduction

5. 2 Medicinal plants with anticancer potential

5. 3 Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

Index