Anti-inflammatory Nutraceuticals and Chronic Diseases

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gupta, Subash Chandra (Editor), Prasad, Sahdeo (Editor), Aggarwal, Bharat B. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 928
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Pharmacology.; Food > Biotechnology.; Nutrition.; Biomedicine.; Food Science.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

This comprehensive volume focuses on anti-inflammatory nutraceuticals and their role in various chronic diseases. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drugs such as steroids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), statins and metformin have been shown to modulate inflammatory pathway...

Table of Contents:

• Curcuminand Its Role in Chronic Diseases
• Berberine and its Role in Chronic Disease
• Emodin and Its Role in Chronic Diseases
• Ursolic acid and chronic disease:  An overview of UA’s effects on prevention and treatment of obesity and cancer
• Tocotrienol and its Role in Chronic Diseases
• Indole-3-carbinol and its Role in Chronic Diseases
• Sanguinarine and its Role in Chronic Diseases
• Piperine and its Role in Chronic Diseases
• Therapeutic Potential and Molecular Targets of Piceatannol in Chronic Diseases
• Fisetin and its Role in Chronic Diseases.