Addresses the roles of phytochemicals in disease prevention and health promotion. This text links diets rich in plant-derived compounds with decreased risk of chronic degenerative diseases. It features pharmacokinetics and bioavailability that address how phytochemicals get into the body, and what happens to them and how they're metabolized.

Phytochemicals: Mechanisms of Action is the latest volume in a highly regarded series that addresses the roles of phytochemicals in disease prevention and health promotion. The text links diets rich in plant-derived compounds with decreased risk of chronic degenerative diseases. Chapters highlight recent developments in three areas not sufficiently covered in previous references. Pharmacokinetics and bioavailability addresses how phytochemicals get into the body, what happens to them and how they're metabolized. Mechanisms of action, explains how phytochemicals work at the cellular level. Clinical outcomes and methodology focuses on the reasonable biomarkers, as well as current and future methods that demonstrate clinical efficacy.