Book description
In many Western diets, the role of plants has been reduced in favour of
more animal-based products and this is now being cited more widely as
being the cause of increases in the incidence of diseases such as cancer
and cardiovascular disease. This important book covers the biochemistry
and nutritional importance of a wide range of phytonutrients, including
all the major macronutrients as well as the micronutrients and
'non-essential' nutrients.
Phytonutrients is divided into three parts. The first deals
with the role of plants in the human diet. Part II, representing the
major part of the book covers in turn each of the major phytonutrient
groups. Chapters include: non-lipid micronutrients, lipids and
steroids, carotenoids, phenolics, vitamins C, E, folate/vitamin B12,
phytoestrogens, other phytonutrients and minerals, and
anti-nutritional factors. The final part of the book covers the
methods used to manipulate levels of phytonutrients in the diet, such
as fortification, supplementation and the use of genetically modified plants.
Phytonutrients is an essential purchase for nutritionists, food
scientists and plant biochemists, particularly those dealing with
nutrients from plants, and their use in the human diet.
Andrew Salter
is Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry in the School of Biosciences
at the University of Nottingham.
Helen Wiseman is Lecturer in Nutritional Sciences in the
Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences Division at King's College London.
Gregory Tucker is Professor of Plant Biochemistry in the School
of Biosciences at the University of Nottingham.
