Antioxidants and Exercise (book)

DESCRIPTION In this ground-breaking book Dr. Jan Karlsson presents his latest findings on nutratherapy, focusing on vitamins Q E, and F1 and how they relate to exercise, sports, and health. Among the world's leading researchers on radicals and antioxidants, Karlsson explains the relationship between A<>A* nutratherapy and preventive medicine, A<>A* muscle metabolism and radical-antioxidant biology, A<>A* muscle biochemistry and food choices, and A<>A* foods, food supplements, and physical performance. Clearly written and thoroughly illustrated, Antioxidants and Exercise contains the latest research on nutratherapy and how it can enhance performance. AUDIENCE A reference for exercise physiologists, sport nutritionists, sports medicine professionals, and muscle physiologists. CONTENTS Part I: Introduction to Nutraology Chapter 1. Introduction History of radical and antioxidant science Topics to be discussed Applicability of nutratherapy to recreational exercise and elite sports Chapter 2. Historical Perspective Introduction of new concepts Nutratherapy and health promotion Vitamin terminology Vitamins and enzymology Earlier nutraceutical concepts Nutratherapy as a potential risk factor Radical trauma in people who exercise Summary Part II: Radical Formation Chapter 3. Principles of Radical Formation Definition of the term radical Metabolism and radical formation Radical formation in the service of life Radical formation and cell protection: The antioxidant strategy Principles of the cascade reaction Fenton reactions Summary Chapter 4. Principles of Radical Quenching Uniqueness of phenol structures Phenol species and their scavenging potentials Radical scavenging Water solubility and antioxidant allocation Other antioxidant compounds Quenching of singlet oxygen Summary Chapter 5. Recycling Systems or Irreversible Reactions? Design of recycling systems in biology Vitamin Q as a coenzyme in mitochondria Antioxidants and reversible processes/reactions Irreversible reactions Vitamin Q, mitogenic ligands, and training Cycling antioxidants and antioxidant enzymes Summary Chapter 6. Radical Formation in Different Cells and Tissues Muscle activity and mitochondrial metabolism Muscle exercise, purine metabolism, and radicals Endothelial tissue