Second Edition
by Frank Kotsonis
and Maureen Mackey

Nutritional Toxicology discusses the role of nutrients in protecting the body against toxicants. It explores the overall importance of the metabolism of xenobiotics and antioxidant nutrients in their increasingly important role in protecting against oxidative damage generated by free radicals.

This reference also discusses components of the diet that can influence metabolism of drugs, how alcohol consumption affects nutritional status, and conversely, how nutritional status affects alcohol metabolism. The effect of age on the body's ability to metabolize drugs and toxicants is discussed in detail.

Contents

1. Antioxidant Nutrients and Protection From Free Radicals
2. Carotenoids and Health Risk
3. The Role of Nutrients in Detoxification Mechanisms
4. Foods Derived From Genetically Modified Crop Plants
5. Allergic Reactions and Food Intolerances
6. Ethanol Toxicity and Nutritional Status
7. Interactions Between Foods, Nutritional Supplements and Drugs
8. Phytosterols in Human Health
9. Threshhold of Regulation: A Unifying Concept in Food Safety Assessment
10. Biotechnology-derived and Novel Foods: Safety Approaches and Regulations
11. Safety Effectiveness and Labeling of Self Care Products
12. Functional Foods: Regulatory and Scientific Considerations
13. Estimation of Food Chemical Intake
14. Post Marketing Surveillance in the Food Industry: the Aspartame Case Study
15. Regulation of Flavor Ingredients
16. Food Irradiation
17. Carcinogens

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