Dietary reference intakes : proposed definition and plan for review of dietary antioxidants and related compounds / a report of the Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes and its Panel on Dietary Antioxidants and Related Compounds, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Panel on Dietary Antioxidants and Related Compounds.

Series:

Compass series (Washington, D.C.)

The compass series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antioxidants.

Food--Composition.

Food.

Reference values (Medicine).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 13 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There has been intense interest recently among the public and the media in the possibility that increased intakes of ''dietary antioxidants'' may protect against chronic disease. Many research programs are underway in this area. Epidemiological evidence suggests that the consumption of fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of both cancer and cardiovascular disease, and it has been hypothesized that this is due in part to the presence of antioxidant compounds in fruits and vegetables. As a result, these compounds have been considered together by many people and loosely termed dietary antioxidants. Closer examination, however, reveals that compounds typically grouped together as dietary antioxidants can differ quite considerably from one another, both in terms of their chemical behavior and in terms of their biological properties. This report from the Institute of Medicine's Food and Nutrition Board provides a proposed definition of dietary antioxidants so as to characterize the biological properties of these compounds.

Contents:

Dietary Reference Intakes

Copyright

REVIEWERS

Contents

Dietary Reference Intakes: Proposed Definition and Plan for Review of Dietary Antioxidants and …

INTRODUCTION

TOWARD A DEFINITION OF DIETARY ANTIOXIDANT

Possible Health Benefits

PROPOSED DEFINITION

Presence in Human Diets

Measurement of Quantities in Foods

Decreased Adverse Effects of Some ROS and RNS

Role of ROS and RNS in Health and Disease

Antioxidant Mechanisms

Evidence for Antioxidant Activity

FOOD COMPONENTS THAT WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE PANEL

Beta-Carotene and Other Carotenoids

Vitamin C

Vitamin E

Selenium

FOOD COMPONENTS THAT WILL NOT BE REVIEWED BY THE PANEL

Phenols and Polyphenols

Other Proposed Dietary Antioxidants

SUMMARY

BETA-CAROTENE AND OTHER CAROTENOIDS

VITAMIN C

VITAMIN E

Appendix Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610186440

9780309184717

0309184711

9781280186448

1280186445

9780309570176

0309570174

9780585085807

0585085803

OCLC:

43475751