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Grapes and Health

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Editors:
  1. John M. Pezzuto

    1. A & M Schwartz Coll of Pharm & Health Sc, Long Island University, Hilo, USA

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  • Provides an in-depth review of the ways in which grapes exert health benefits, which include aspects such as the promotion of antioxidant activity and cell-signaling capabilities
  • Provides insight into how grapes may provide benefits related to diverse aspects of health
  • Allows health professionals to understand the complexity of systems beneficially impacted by a single food

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Grape Anatomy and Physiology

    • Leroy L. Creasy, Min T. Creasy
    Pages 1-15

  3. Standardized Grape Powder for Basic and Clinical Research

    • Richard B. van Breemen, Brian Wright, Yongchao Li, Daniel Nosal, Tristesse Burton
    Pages 17-26

  4. Grape Polyphenols in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

    • Myron Gross
    Pages 27-52

  5. Grapes and Atherosclerosis

    • Maria Luz Fernandez, Jacqueline Barona
    Pages 53-76

  6. Grapes and Inflammation

    • E. Mitchell Seymour, Steven F. Bolling
    Pages 77-97

  7. Grapes and Cancer

    • Randall F. Holcombe
    Pages 99-117

  8. Grapes and Gastrointestinal Health: Implications with Intestinal and Systemic Diseases

    • Brian Collins, Jessie Baldwin, Kristina Martinez, Mary Ann Lila, Michael McIntosh
    Pages 119-138

  9. Grapes and the Brain

    • Pamela Maher
    Pages 139-161

  10. Grapes and Joint Health

    • Casey Tiernan, Shanil Juma, Jacquelynn Lucero, Victorine Imrhan, Chandan Prasad, Parakat Vijayagopal
    Pages 163-185

  11. Grapes and Urinary Bladder Function

    • Robert M. Levin, Robert E. Leggett, Catherine Schuler
    Pages 187-212

  12. Grapes and Vision

    • Ayelen Bulloj, Silvia C. Finnemann
    Pages 213-235
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About this book

This book offers a thorough review of the scientific research that links the consumption of grapes to better health. The book starts with a basic review of grape biology, including the key families of phytochemicals found in grapes, and where they are found. An overview of the rationale for and subsequent creation of a standardized grape powder for use in basic and clinical research provides insight and understanding regarding its widespread use in grape-specific research today. The remaining chapters each thoroughly examine a key area of health, demonstrating a significant scope of impact on well-being. The book examines the role of grapes in supporting heart health under multiple angles: general cardiovascular effects, as well as specific effects directly linked to atherosclerosis and hypertension. Other emerging and important areas of health are examined, ranging from grapes and cancer, where grape consumption has been shown to protect healthy colon tissue; grapes andinflammation, where grapes have been shown to block inflammatory activity in immune cells of fat tissue; to brain health, where a grape-enriched diet has been shown to protect against neuronal damage due to loss of oxygen in the brain, as well as against oxidative stress-related anxiety and resulting memory loss; to grapes and eye health where grape consumption has been shown to protect the retina from damage.

Editors and Affiliations

  • A & M Schwartz Coll of Pharm & Health Sc, Long Island University, Hilo, USA

    John M. Pezzuto

About the editor

Dr. Pezzuto received his A.B. degree in chemistry from Rutgers University and Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He is currently Professor and Dean of the Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Long Island University and holds adjunct professorial positions at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Purdue University, and the University of Hawaii. He is an author of over 500 publications, co-inventor of several patents, the editor of four books, a member of over 10 editorial boards of international journals, and the editor-in-chief of Pharmaceutical Biology.  He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and recipient of the Volwiler Research Award by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. His current research interests are predominately in the areas of biology-driven natural product drug discovery and characterization, with primary emphasis in the fields of cancer chemotherapy and cancer chemoprevention.  He directs a long-term project designed to investigate the effects of grape consumption on health.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Grapes and Health

  • Editors: John M. Pezzuto

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28995-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-28993-9Published: 03 June 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80469-9Published: 31 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-28995-3Published: 25 May 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 235

  • Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Nutrition, Food Science, Medicinal Chemistry

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