[内容简介]

One major example of the synergy of bioactive foods and extracts is their role as an antioxidant and the related remediation of cardiovascular disease. There is compelling evidence tosuggest that oxidative stress is implicated in the physiology of several major cardiovascular diseases including heart failure and increased free radical formation and reduced antioxidant defences. Studies indicate bioactive foods reduce the incidence of these conditions, suggestive of a potential cardioprotective role of antioxidant nutrients.

BioactiveFood as Dietary Interventions for Cardiovascular Diseaseinvestigates the role of foods, herbs and novel extracts in moderating the pathology leading to cardiovascular disease. It reviews existing literature, and presents new hypotheses and conclusions on the effects of different bioactive components of the diet.

• Addresses the most positive results from dietary interventions using bioactive foods to impact cardiovascular disease
• Documents foods that can affect metabolic syndrome and other related conditions
• Convenient, efficient and effective source that allows readers to identify potential uses of compounds – or indicate those compounds whose use may be of little or no health benefit
• Associated information can be used to understand other diseases that share common etiological pathways

[目录]

Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Prevention of CVD in Humans: Intervention Trials, Healthy Heart Concept, Future Developments

Herbal Supplements or Herbs in Heart Disease: History, herbal foods, coronary heart disease

Plant statins and Heart Failure

Bioactive Nutrients and Cardiovascular Disease

Vitamins and Myocardial Infarction in diabetics

Cardioprotective Nutrients

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease

Diet and Homocysteinemia - A role in CVD?

Phytosterols and Cardiovascular Disease

Taurine Exposure on Arterial Pressure

mouFISH Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease- Part 1

Quercetin and its Metabolites in Heart Health

Vitamin K, Coronary Calcification and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

A Review of the Antioxidant Actions of Three Herbal Medicines (Crataegus monogyna, Ginkgo biloba and Aesculus hippocastanum) on the Treatment of Cardiovascular diseases

Grape Poylphenols in Heart Health Promotion

Cacao for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases

Phytoestrogens and the Role in Cardiovascular Health: To Consume or Not to Consume?

Probiotic Species on Cardiovascular Disease: The Use of Probiotics to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

Dairy Foods and Cardiovascular Disease

Red Palm Oil Carotenoids: Potential Role in Disease Prevention

Bioactive Compounds in Red Palm Oil Can Modulate Mechanisms of Actions in in vitro Anoxic Perfused Rat Hearts

The Effect of L-carnitine and Its Derivatives in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease

Dietary Blueberry Supplementation as a Means of Lowering High Blood Pressure

Vitamin D and Cardio-Metabolic Risks

Phytosterols and Micronutrients for Heart Health

Protection by Plant Flavonoids Against Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

Bioactive Compounds In Heart Disease

A Critical Appraisal of the Individual Constituents of Indian Diet in Modulating Cardiovascular Risk

Omega 3 Fatty Acids in Prevention of CVD in Humans: Chemistry, Dyslipidemia

Herbal Supplements or Herbs in Heart Disease: Herbiceutical formulation, clinical trials, futuristic developments

Fish Proteins in Coronary Artery Disease Prevention: Amino Acid-Fatty Acid Concept

Herbs Used in Traditional Chinese Medicine in Treatment of Heart Diseases

Protective Effect of Garlic (Allium sativum L.) Against Atherosclerosis: A Review

Potential of Soy Phytochemicals in Cardiomyocyte Regeneration and Risk Reduction of Coronary Heart Disease

Fish Oil Fatty Acids and Vascular Reactivity

Counteracting the Infammatory Response in the Atherosclerosis Bioactive Products

Cardioprotective Efficacy of Alternative and Complementary Therapeutics

Effect of Terminalia Arjuna on Cardiac Hypertrophy

Fish Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease - Part 2

Plant Sterols and Artery Disease