Flavonoids and other Polyphenols

Hardback  512 pages  ISBN 0121822362      £99.95

This book, volume 335 in the Methods in Enzymology series, covers the large group of aromatic oxygen heterocyclic compounds that are widely distributed throughout biological systems, particularly in higher plants, and are involved in a wide array of physiological processes. This volume covers all current topics concerning flavonoids and related polyphenols including recent studies that have linked them with antioxidant activity, increasing their importance to the pharmaceutical industry. Major topics covered in this volume include sources, characterization, analytical methods, bioavailability, antioxidant action, and biological activity making it of value to biochemists, pharmacologists, physiologists, cell biologists and biomedical researchers.