Dietary Anticarcinogens and Antimutagens

Download or read book Dietary Anticarcinogens and Antimutagens written by I T Johnson and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2000-09-28 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive and international in content, Dietary anticarcinogens and antimutagens: Chemical and biological aspects includes topics as diverse as the health benefits of tea, wine and beer, through the prevention of various cancers, to the development of effective communication for healthy eating. The book is organised in to sections covering: epidemiology of diet and cancer; mechanisms of DNA damage and repair; the body's various protective mechanisms; and experimental approaches to the study of diet and cancer, with particular emphasis on humans as subjects.