Bioactive Dietary Factors and Plant Extracts in Dermatology (Nutrition and Health) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1493959832 ISBN 13: 9781493959839

Publisher: Humana, 2016

Synopsis

The role of Bioactive Dietary Factors and Plant Extracts in Preventive Dermatology provides current and concise scientific appraisal of the efficacy of foods, nutrients, herbs, and dietary supplements in preventing dermal damage and cancer as well as improving skin health.  This important new volume reviews and presents new hypotheses and conclusions on the effects of different bioactive foods and their components derived particularly from vegetables, fruits, and herbs.  Primary emphasis is on treatment and prevention of dermal damage focusing on skin cancers with significant health care costs and mortality. Bioactive Dietary Factors and Plant Extracts in Preventive Dermatology brings together expert clinicians and researchers working on the different aspects of supplementation, foods, and plant extracts and nutrition and skin health. Their expertise provides the most current knowledge in the field and will serve as the foundation for advancing future research. 

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Larson and Dr. Watson have worked together researching the role of immune and cytokine dysfunction in heart disease for 8 years. They have been and currently are funded to do such research by grants from the U.S. National Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood, the American Heart Foundation, companies and private foundations. Dr. Watson has edited 62 scientific books, including several dealing with heart disease and conditions such as aging and AIDS that promote immune dysfunction as well as heart disease. Dr. Larson directs the Center's organ perfusion program as well as its Master degree in pharmacology and toxicology for perfusion students.

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Ronald Ross Watson Ph.D.

Professor Health Promotion Sciences, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and the Sarver Heart Center in the School of Medicine, University of Arizona, P. O. Box 245155, 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85749.

(520) 626 2850, Fax (520) 626 6093 rwatson@u.arizona.edu

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Douglas F. Larson Ph.D.

Professor Surgery and the Sarver Heart Center in the School of Medicine, University of Arizona, P. O. Box 245066, 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85749. (520) 626 6494 dflarson@email.arizona.edu

About this edition

• Publisher: Humana
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1493959832
• ISBN 13: 9781493959839
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 569
• Editor: Watson Ronald Ross, Zibadi Sherma