Carotenoids Volume 5: Nutrition and Health

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxv

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2. Editors’ Introduction: A Healthy Debate

   • George Britton, Synnøve Liaaen-Jensen, Hanspeter Pfander

   Pages 1-6

3. Analysis of Carotenoids in Nutritional Studies

   • Frederick Khachik

   Pages 7-44

4. Carotenoids in Food

   • George Britton, Frederick Khachik

   Pages 45-66

5. Supplements

   • Alan Mortensen

   Pages 67-82

6. Microbial and Microalgal Carotenoids as Colourants and Supplements

   • Laurent Dufossé

   Pages 83-98

7. Genetic Manipulation of Carotenoid Content and Composition in Crop Plants

   • Paul D. Fraser, Peter M. Bramley

   Pages 99-114

8. Absorption, Transport, Distribution in Tissues and Bioavailability

   • Kirstie Canene-Adams, John W. Erdman Jr.

   Pages 115-148

9. Carotenoids as Provitamin A

   • Guangwen Tang, Robert M. Russell

   Pages 149-172

10. Vitamin A and Vitamin A Deficiency

    • George Britton

    Pages 173-190

11. Epidemiology and Intervention Trials

    • Susan T. Mayne, Margaret E. Wright, Brenda Cartmel

    Pages 191-210

12. Modulation of Intracellular Signalling Pathways by Carotenoids

    • Paola Palozza, Simona Serini, Maria Ameruso, Sara Verdecchia

    Pages 211-234

13. Antioxidant/Pro-oxidant Actions of Carotenoids

    • Kyung-Jin Yeum, Giancarlo Aldini, Robert M. Russell, Norman I. Krinsky

    Pages 235-268

14. Carotenoids and Cancer

    • Cheryl L. Rock

    Pages 269-286

15. Carotenoids and Coronary Heart Disease

    • Elizabeth J. Johnson, Norman I. Krinsky

    Pages 287-300

16. The Eye

    • Wolfgang Schalch, John T. Landrum, Richard A. Bone

    Pages 301-334

17. Skin Photoprotection by Carotenoids

    • Regina Goralczyk, Karin Wertz

    Pages 335-362

18. The Immune System

    • Boon P. Chew, Jean Soon Park

    Pages 363-382

19. Biological Activities of Carotenoid Metabolites

    • Xiang-Dong Wang

    Pages 383-408

20. Editors’ Assessment

    • George Britton, Synnøve Liaaen-Jensen, Hanspeter Pfander

    Pages 409-422

More than twenty years after the idea of this Carotenoids book series was first discussed, we finally reach the end of the project with Volume 5, which covers the functions and actions of carotenoids in human nutrition and health. In 1971, in Isler’s book Carotenoids, functions of carotenoids and vitamin A were covered in just two chapters. Now, thanks to technical developments and multidisciplinary approaches that make it possible to study functional processes in great detail, this subject is the most rapidly expanding area of carotenoid research, and occupies two full volumes, Volumes 4: Natural Functions and 5: Nutrition and Health. Although Volume 5 can be used as a single stand-alone volume, the two were planned as companion volumes to be used together. To understand the mechanisms of functions and actions of carotenoids, including how carotenoids may be involved in maintaining human health, requires understanding of the underlying principles, which are presented in the first part of Volume 4. The general philosophy and strategy of the series, to have expert authors review and analyse critically a particular topic and present information and give guidance on practical strategies and procedures is maintained in Volumes 4 and 5. It is also the aim that these publications should be useful for both experienced carotenoid researchers and newcomers to the field.

• Absorption
• Functional Food
• Metabolite
• Vitamin
• Vitamin A
• antioxidant
• biochemistry
• cancer
• carotenoids
• chemistry
• distribution
• food
• intervention
• nutrition
• research

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  George Britton

• Carote Nature GmbH, Bern, Switzerland

  Hanspeter Pfander

• Organic Chemistry Laboratories Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

  Synnøve Liaaen-Jensen

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