Antioxidants in Food, Vitamins and Supplements: Prevention and Treatment of Disease - Softcover

Dasgupta, Amitava

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128101040 ISBN 13: 9780128101049

Publisher: Elsevier, 2016

Synopsis

Antioxidants in Food, Vitamins and Supplements bridges the gap between books aimed at consumers and technical volumes written for investigators in antioxidant research. It explores the role of oxidative stress in the pathophysiology of various diseases as well as antioxidant foods, vitamins, and all antioxidant supplements, including herbal supplements. It offers healthcare professionals a rich resource of key clinical information and basic scientific explanations relevant to the development and prevention of specific diseases. The book is written at an intermediate level, and can be easily understood by readers with a college level chemistry and biology background.

About this title

Review:

Antioxidants made easy for health care professionals

About the Author:

Amitava Dasgupta received his PhD degree in Chemistry from Stanford University and his fellowship training in Clinical Chemistry from the Laboratory Medicine Department of the University of Washington School of Medicine at Seattle. He is a tenured Full Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center located at the Texas Medical Center at Houston. Dr. Dasgupta has published 210 scientific papers, written many invited review articles, and has edited, co-edited or written 15 books. He is on the Editorial Board of five major medical journals including American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Clinica Chimica Acta and Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis.

About this edition

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0128101040
• ISBN 13: 9780128101049
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 358