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Dietary Phytochemicals in Cancer Prevention and Treatment

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 401)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Isothiocyanates as Inhibitors of Esophageal Cancer

    • Gary D. Stoner, Mark A. Morse
    Pages 13-23
  3. Cancer Chemoprevention by Polyphenols in Green Tea and Artichoke

    • Rajesh Agarwal, Hasan Mukhtar
    Pages 35-50
  4. Effects of Tea on Carcinogenesis in Animal Models and Humans

    • Chung S. Yang, Laishun Chen, Mao-Jung Lee, Janelle M. Landau
    Pages 51-61
  5. Estrogens, Phytoestrogens, and Breast Cancer

    • Robert Clarke, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Elizabeth Cho, Mattie R. James, Fabio Leonessa
    Pages 63-85
  6. Soy Isoflavonoids and Cancer Prevention

    • Stephen Barnes, Jeff Sfakianos, Lori Coward, Marion Kirk
    Pages 87-100
  7. Quercetin as a Modulator of the Cellular Neoplastic Phenotype

    • Matías A. Avila, José Cansado, K. William Harter, Juan A. Velasco, Vicente Notario
    Pages 101-110
  8. Effects of Monoterpenes and Mevinolin on Murine Colon Tumor CT-26 in Vitro and its Hepatic “Metastases” in Vitro

    • Selwyn A. Broitman, John Wilkinson IV, Sonia Cerda, Steven K. Branch
    Pages 111-130
  9. Antitumorigenic Effects of Limonene and Perillyl Alcohol Against Pancreatic and Breast Cancer

    • Pamela L. Crowell, A. Siar Ayoubi, Yvette D. Burke
    Pages 131-136
  10. Organosulfur Compounds and Cancer

    • Michael A. Lea
    Pages 147-154
  11. Allium Vegetables and the Potential for Chemoprevention of Cancer

    • Michael J. Wargovich, Naoto Uda
    Pages 171-177
  12. The Attributes of Selenium-Enriched Garlic in Cancer Prevention

    • Clement Ip, Donald J. Lisk
    Pages 179-187
  13. Is There a Need to Change the American Diet?

    • Johanna Dwyer
    Pages 189-198
  14. The National 5 a Day for Better Health Program

    • Jerianne Heimendinger, Daria Chapelsky
    Pages 199-206
  15. Nutritional Implications of Dietary Phytochemicals

    • Mark Messina, Virginia Messina
    Pages 207-212
  16. Designer Foods

    • John W. Finley
    Pages 213-220

About this book

The sixth annual research conference of the American Institute for Cancer Research was held August 31 and September 1, 1995, at the Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washing­ ton, DC. In view of the promising leads in the diet/nutrition and cancer research field, the conference was devoted to "Dietary Phytochemicals in Cancer Prevention and Treatment. " The number of sessions was increased over that in previous conferences in order to accommodate the topics of interest. The conference overview, entitled "Plants and Cancer: Food, Fiber, and Phytochemicals," provided a framework for the following sessions. In addition, the attendees were reminded that for several decades epidemiologists have noted a lower risk of lung, esophageal, stomach, and colon cancer in populations consuming diets high in fruits and vegetables. However, isolation and ingestion of individual protective factors are not the preferred action since the complexity of the food and the matrix in which nutritional factors are embedded are important. The individual sessions then provided more insight as to why eating fruits and vegetables is associated with a lower risk of cancer. The first of these sessions was on "Isothiocyanates" that induce both the Phase I and Phase II enzymes that increase detoxification and conjugation reactions, thus causing more rapid removal of any xenobiotic or carcinogen. Thus, less carcinogen is available for interaction with DNA or other critical cellular macromolecules.

Editors and Affiliations

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    American Institute for Cancer Research

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dietary Phytochemicals in Cancer Prevention and Treatment

  • Editors: American Institute for Cancer Research

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0399-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-8034-4Published: 30 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-0399-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 324

  • Topics: Nutrition, Biochemistry, general, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Plant Sciences

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