Full Description
Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for Liver and Gastrointestinal Disease provides valuable insights for those seeking nutritional treatment options for those suffering from liver and/or related gastrointestinal disease including Crohn's, allergies, and colitis among others. Information is presented on a variety of foods including herbs, fruits, soy and olive oil. This book serves as a valuable resource for researchers in nutrition, nephrology, and gastroenterology.
Contents
The Alkaline Way in Digestive HealthFunctional Assessment of Gastrointestinal HealthAntioxidants in inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis and Crohn diseaseOmega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and inflammatory bowel diseasesAlcohol and gastrointestinal tract functionDangerous Herbal Weight Loss SupplementsMilk bacteria: Role in treating GI allergiesNutritional functions of polysaccharides from soy sauce in the gastrointestinal tractNutrition, Dietary Fibers and Cholelithiasis. Cholelithiasis, lipid loweringIndian medicinal plants and spices in the prevention and treatment of ulcerative colitisGinger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) an ancient remedy and modern drug in gastrointestinal disordersThe role of microbiota and probiotics on the gastrointestinal health: prevention of pathogen infectionsProbiotics and Irritable Bowel SyndromeAntioxidant, luteolin exhibits anti-inflammatory effect in in vitro gut-inflammation modelHUMAN MICROBIOME AND DISEASES: A METAGENOMIC APPROACHFolate production by lactic acid bacteriaProbiotics against digestive tract viral infectionsProbiotic bacteria as Mucosal immune system adjuvantMedicinal plants as remedies for gastrointestinal ailments and diseases: a reviewReview on the gastrointestinal protective effects of the indegeneous Indian medicinal plant Bael (Aegle marmelos Correa)Gastrointestinal and Hepatoprotective effects of Ocimum sanctum L. Syn (Holy basil or Tulsi): validation of the ethnomedicinal observationTurmeric (Curcuma longa L) the golden curry spice as a non-toxic gastroprotective agent: a reviewNutrition, Dietary Fibers and Cholelithiasis: Apple pulp, fibers, clinical trialsGastrointestinal protective effects of Eugenia jambolana LAM. (black plum) and its phytochemicals: a concise reviewPlant sterols and artery diseasePreventing The Diet Induced Disease Epidemic: An OverviewPrickly Pear Cactus ("nopal") for the treatment of Type 2 Diabetes mellitusCarotenoids: Liver diseases and preventionOmega-3 Fatty Acids and Early Life Nutritional Programming: Lessons from the Avian ModelPrebiotics, Probiotics and Health Promotion: an OverviewAntioxidant capacity of pomegranate juices and their role in its biological activitiesAnti-Inflammatory Actions of Pycnogenol: Diabetes and ArthritisDietary Bioactive Functional Polyphenols in Chronic Lung DiseasesAntioxidant capacity of medicinal plantsChinese herbal products in the prevention and treatment of liver diseaseBioactive Foods and Supplements for protection against Liver DiseasesThe role of prebiotics in GI and liver diseasesThe role of curcumin in GI and liver diseasesTLRs and intestinal immune tolerancePsychological mechanisms of dietary change in adulthoodBiochemical Mechanisms of Fatty Liver and Role of Bioactive Foods: Fatty Liver, Diagnosis, Nutrition Therapy, HerbsHepatoprotective effects of Zingiber officinale Roscoe (ginger): a reviewBetel leaf (Piper betel Linn), a wrongly maligned medicinal and dietary plant possess potent gastrointestinal and hepatoprotective effectsHepatoprotective effects of Picroliv, the ethanolic extract fraction of the endangered Indian medicinal plant Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex. BenthScientific validation of the hepatoprotective effects of the Indian gooseberry (Emblica officinalis Gaertn): a reviewBiochemical Mechanisms of Fatty Liver and Bioactive Foods: Wild foods, Bioactive Foods, Clinical trials in HepatoprotectionPhytochemicals are effective in the prevention of ethanol-induced hepatotoxicity: preclinical observations
