Chapter
Chapter 2: THE ROLE OF POLYPHENOLS IN THE PREVENTION OF ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT INDUCED INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSION: A KEY PROCESS IN PHOTOCARCINOGENESIS
Chapter 3: YERBA MATE (ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS): A PSYCHO-STIMULANT PLANT WITH ANTI-OXIDANT PROPERTIES
III. BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES AND HEALTH EFFECTS
IV. ARE THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS LINKED TO ITS ANTI-OXIDANT CAPACITY?
Chapter 4: MEDITERRANEAN DIET: A PRECIOUS TOOL FOR FIGHTING INFLAMMATORY DISEASES
1. THE INFLAMMATORY PROCESS
4. HERBS, VEGETABLES AND FRUITS
Chapter 5: PLANT POLYPHENOLS AND HUMAN HEALTH
STRUCTURE AND CLASSES OF POLYPHENOLS
POLYPHENOLS AND HUMAN HEALTH
Chapter 6: INDUSTRIAL APPLE POMACE: A RICH SOURCE OF ANTI-INFLAMMATORY POLYPHENOLS
Chapter 7: BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM DIFFERENT FOOD SOURCES: BIOSYNTHESIS, OCCURRENCE AND POTENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES PROTECTION
NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES PROTECTION
Chapter 8: ROLE OF POLYPHENOLS IN HUMAN DISEASE
3. ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSE SYSTEM
4. BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYPHENOLS
5. BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYPHENOLS
ROLE OF POLYPHENOLS AGAINST NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
CONCLUDING REMARKS AND PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 9: POLYPHENOLS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES: MECHANISM OF ACTION
2. ABSORPTION AND METABOLISM OF POLYPHENOLS
3. VASODILATORY EFFECTS OF POLYPHENOLS
4. ANTIINFLAMMATORY EFFECTS OF POLYPHENOLS
5. ANTITHROMBOTIC EFFECTS OF POLYPHENOLS
6. ANTIATHEROGENIC EFFECTS OF POLYPHENOLS
CONCLUDING REMARKS AND PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 10: INFLUENCE OF EXTRACTION METHODS ON STABILITY OF POLYPHENOLS
3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Chapter 11: BIOACTIVITY OF POLYPHENOLIC RICH FUNCTIONAL FOODS AND NUTRACEUTICALS FROM THE TROPICAL ISLAND OF MAURITIUS
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AS A SOURCE OF POLYPHENOLS AND ANTIOXIDANTS
BLACK TEA AND GREEN TEA AND THEIR BIOACTIVE ANTIOXIDANT CONSTITUENTS
PROPHYLACTIC POTENTIAL OF POLYPHENOLIC RICH EXTRACTS: MECHANISMS BEYOND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES