Epigenetic Functional Nutrition

When Science Meets the Table

Francesco Matrisciano Hood (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

179 Seiten

2023 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-1990-9 (ISBN)

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Bioactive compounds such as polyphenols, bioflavonoids, and phytonutrients exert antioxidants, anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities that might support and protect our organism in fighting against inflammatory-based chronic diseases.This book contains the latest research on the role of bioactive compounds in inflammatory-based chronic diseases, and highlights the benefits of functional foods and their epigenetic effects in mental disorders and two specific types of cancer, breast and colorectal cancer, that show a strong association with inflammatory mechanisms.The book combines the benefits of a functional diet, considered as a naturally grown, nutrient-dense, chemical-free, and mainly plant-based, with epigenetics, which consists of complex molecular processes, finely orchestrated in response to environmental factors, that regulate gene expression. This book also aims to encourage people to adopt an anti-inflammatory diet, rich in bioactive compounds that, by targeting epigenetic marks, may help to prevent and manage chronic diseases.

Francesco Matrisciano Hood is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist, functional food scientist and researcher at University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC). He is the author of several preclinical research publications on epigenetics and schizophrenia, metabotropic glutamate receptors in autism and schizophrenia, and the role of functional nutrition in schizophrenia, autism, and stress-related disorders. His research primarily focuses on neuroepigenetics in neurodevelopmental disorders, particularly epigenetic mechanisms in animal models of schizophrenia, including prenatal stress, epigenetic changes in the genes involved in schizophrenia pathogenesis and the role of metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) 2/3 receptors as potential targets for antipsychotics. He also has extensive clinical and preclinical research experience in behavioral science, molecular pharmacology and epigenetic techniques.

Erscheinungsdatum	26.07.2023
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Bioinformatik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	1-5275-1990-2 / 1527519902
ISBN-13	978-1-5275-1990-9 / 9781527519909
Zustand	Neuware