Nutrition and Diet Research : Appetite and Weight Loss.

Intro -- NUTRITION AND DIET RESEARCH: APPETITE AND WEIGHT LOSS -- NUTRITION AND DIET RESEARCH: APPETITE AND WEIGHT LOSS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 PHYTOCHEMICALS FOR THE CONTROL OF HUMAN APPETITE AND BODY WEIGHT -- ABSTRACT -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- MECHANISMS THAT REGULATE BODY WEIGHT -- Signals of Energy Intake and Fat Storage -- Central Control of Energy Balance -- Systems Implicated in Energy Expenditure -- PHYTOCHEMICALS AND WEIGHT CONTROL -- PHYTOCHEMICALS THAT DECREASE BODY WEIGHT MAINLY THROUGH A PERIPHERAL MECHANISM -- Korean Pine Nut Oil -- Palm Oil + Oat Oil Fractions -- Gallic Acid -- Garcinia Cambogia -- PHYTOCHEMICALS THAT BLOCK PANCREATIC LIPASE AND Α-AMYLASE -- Salix Matsudana -- Platycodi Radix -- Kochia Scoparia -- Aesculus Turbinata -- Tea Saponins -- Oolong Tea -- Green Tea -- Green Coffee Bean -- Citrus Aurantium -- PHYTOCHEMICALS THAT DECREASE BODY WEIGHT THROUGH A COMBINATION OF CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL MECHANISMS -- Gingseng -- Caffeine -- Nicotine -- Khat -- Hoodia Gordonii -- Caralluma Fimbriata -- Coleus Forskohlii -- PHYTOCHEMICALS THAT INCREASE APPETITE AND BODY WEIGHT -- Cannabis Sativa -- Sutherlandia (Lessertia Frutescens) -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 BIOAVAILABILITY AND METABOLISM OF DIETARY FLAVONOIDS - MUCH KNOWN - MUCH MORE TO DISCOVER -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FLAVONOID ABSORPTION AND METABOLISM IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT -- The Oral Cavity -- The Stomach -- The Small Intestine -- The Colon and Microflora -- DISTRIBUTION OF FLAVONOID METABOLITES ROUND THE BODY -- FLAVONOID BIOAVAILABILITY TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM -- BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF FLAVONOID METABOLITES -- Quercetin/Flavonols -- Isoflavones -- Catechins -- Other Flavonoids -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

Chapter 3 EXPLORING THE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES OF PARTICIPANTS IN STRUCTURED WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAMMES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- RESEARCH SETTING -- AIMS AND METHODS -- FINDINGS -- Motivation for Seeking Help with Weight Loss -- The Lived Experience of Weight Loss Programmes -- Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing the Lessons Learned -- CONCLUSION -- Policy and Practice Implications -- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE IN VITRO GENOTOXICITY EVALUATION OF FOOD COMPONENTS: THE SELENIUM -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Selenium -- 1.2. Genotoxicity Evaluation: In Vitro vs. in Vivo Tests -- 1.3. Genotoxicity Assessment of Food Components -- 2. BACTERIAL CELL SYSTEMS -- 3. NON-MAMMALIAN CELL SYSTEMS -- 4. MAMMALIAN CELL SYSTEMS -- 4.1. Chromosome Aberrations -- 4.2. Sister Chromatid Exchanges -- 4.3. Micronucleus Test -- 4.4. Comet Assay -- 4.5. DNA Damage and Repair, Unscheduled DNA Synthesis -- 4.6. Flow Cytometry -- 4.7. Other Methodologies -- 5. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 BENEFICIAL AND HARMFUL EFFECTS OF WINE CONSUMPTION ON HEALTH: PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS, BIOGENIC AMINES AND OCHRATOXIN A -- ABSTRACT -- 1. THE WINE -- 1.1. A Introduction in the Wine World -- 1.2. The Composition of Wine -- Water (80%-85%) -- Alcohols (10%-20%) -- Acids (0.4%-1%) -- Sugars -- Mineral salts (0.2%-0.4%) -- Nitrogenous compounds -- Phenolic compounds or polyphenolics -- Sulfites -- 1.3. Wine Microbiology -- 2. PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS -- 2.1. Introduction to the Phenolic Compounds -- 2.2. Presence of Phenolic Compounds in Wine -- 2.3. Polyphenols, Wine and Health -- 3. BIOGENIC AMINE -- 3.1. Introduction to the Biogenic Amines -- 3.2. Presence of Biogenic Amines in Wine -- 3.3. Toxicological Effects of the Presence of Biogenic Amines in Wine.

4. ETHYL-CARBAMATE OR URETHANE -- 4.1. Introduction to the Ethyl-Carbamate -- 4.2. Ethyl-Carbamate and Wine -- 4.3. Toxicity of Ethyl-Carbamate -- 5. OCHRATOXINE -- 5.1. Introduction to the Ochratoxine -- 5.2. Presence of Ochrtoxine A in Wine -- 5.3. Toxicity of Ochratoxine A -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 EVALUATION OF ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY AND APPETITE MODULATION OF GREEN TEAS WITH HIGH AND LOW LEVELS OF ORGANIC SELENIUM IN RATS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIAL AND METHODS -- Chemicals and Standards -- Preparation of Tea Extracts -- Mineral Analysis of Dry Tea Material -- Animals and Housing -- Pre-Meal Administration -- Serum Antioxidant Capacity -- Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power Assay -- Statistical Analysis -- In Vivo Antioxidant Status -- RESULTS -- Mineral Contents -- Effect of Tea Extracts on Food Intake, Water Intake and Body Weight Gain in Rats -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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