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Title
Grapes and health [electronic resource] / John M. Pezzuto, editor.
ISBN
9783319289953 (electronic book)
3319289950 (electronic book)
9783319289939
Published
Switzerland : Springer, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 235 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
RM666.G75
Dewey Decimal Classification
641.3/48
Summary
This book offers a thorough review of the scientific research that links the consumption of grapes to better health. The book starts with a basic review of grape biology, including the key families of phytochemicals found in grapes, and where they are found. An overview of the rationale for and subsequent creation of a standardized grape powder for use in basic and clinical research provides insight and understanding regarding its widespread use in grape-specific research today. The remaining chapters each thoroughly examine a key area of health, demonstrating a significant scope of impact on well-being. The book examines the role of grapes in supporting heart health under multiple angles: general cardiovascular effects, as well as specific effects directly linked to atherosclerosis and hypertension. Other emerging and important areas of health are examined, ranging from grapes and cancer, where grape consumption has been shown to protect healthy colon tissue; grapes and inflammation, where grapes have been shown to block inflammatory activity in immune cells of fat tissue; to brain health, where a grape-enriched diet has been shown to protect against neuronal damage due to loss of oxygen in the brain, as well as against oxidative stress-related anxiety and resulting memory loss; to grapes and eye health where grape consumption has been shown to protect the retina from damage.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 8, 2016).
Grape Anatomy and Physiology
Standardized Grape Powder for Basic and Clinical Research
Grape Polyphenosis in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Grapes and Atherosclerosis
Grapes and Inflammation
Grapes and Cancer
Grapes and Gastrointestinal Health: Implications with Intestinal and Systemic Diseases
Grapes and the Brain
Grapes and Joint Health
Grapes and Urinary Bladder Function
Grapes and Vision.