Overview
- Unique approach to use nutraceuticals to protect against radiation-induced injury
- Mechanisms of oxidative damage
- A more comprehensive discussion of mechanisms of damage of a wide variety of man-made environmental toxins that exist currently and a unique compilation of strategies to negate the influence of these toxins
Part of the book series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology (NAPSA)
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Table of contents (25 papers)
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Tissue Damage due to Radiological Agents
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Preventing the Harmful Health Effects of Biological Agents
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Bioactive Compounds from Natural Sources for Prophylaxis and Treatment of the Effects of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Agents
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About this book
The probability for exposure to damaging radiation, toxic chemicals in the environment and adverse biological agents has increased exponentially today. The more frequent and faster travel that we experience today also escalates the risk of contraction and transmission of potentially deadly infections. This has created a very real and escalating risk for injuries and deaths. This is accentuated in the military and medical staff that is more frequently exposed to radiological, chemical, and biological agents in their normal working environment. Understanding the mechanisms whereby these toxic agents inflict damage to our bodies is essential to prepare us for these challenges.Much of the damage is inflicted through the generation of free radicals and non-radical oxidants which then act through oxidative mechanisms to injury the body. This volume will discuss the damage caused by these radiological, chemical, and biological environmental stressors, the mechanisms through which the damage can occur and the novel strategies that can be used to reduce the injury inflicted by these toxic compounds. Using basic and clinical research approaches, the contents of this book discuss new ideas for the development of bioactive products and environmental approaches to lessen or negate the biological damage inflicted by thesenoxious compounds.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“This book concerns itself with nonconventional means of preventing, reversing and rehabilitating living systems that have been subjected to a variety of environmental stressors. … the primary audience might appear to be basic scientists. … the book should find an audience among clinicians of all types who should consider these findings. … It covers both basic and clinical research approaches, developing new ideas for bioactive product development as well as environmental approaches to lessen or negate the biological damage already inflicted.” (J. Thomas Pierce, Doody’s Book Reviews, November, 2013)Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advanced Bioactive Compounds Countering the Effects of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Agents
Book Subtitle: Strategies to Counter Biological Damage
Editors: Grant N. Pierce, Volodymyr I. Mizin, Alexander Omelchenko
Series Title: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6513-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-6512-2Published: 23 May 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-6532-0Published: 07 May 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-6513-9Published: 08 July 2014
Series ISSN: 1874-6489
Series E-ISSN: 1874-6527
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 287
Number of Illustrations: 67 b/w illustrations
Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology, Environmental Health, Public Health, Medicinal Chemistry