Anti-Angiogenic Functional and Medicinal Foods

This book explores the role of food in regulating blood vessel formation, highlighting anti-angiogenic compounds and their potential in treating chronic diseases.

The regulation and manipulation of blood vessel generation is crucial for treating various chronic diseases, including both oncological and non-oncological conditions. Recent research has identified several bioactive compounds in our diets that can inhibit the signaling pathways or the construction of new blood vessels. This discovery opens up exciting possibilities for the development of functional and medicinal foods aimed at addressing chronic degenerative diseases.

Anti-Angiogenic Functional and Medicinal Foods draws from a diverse array of esteemed international contributors to explore the historical and contemporary use of conventional foods, nutraceuticals, and health products across various regions, including North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, India, Australia, and New Zealand. With advancements in proteomics, genomics, and toxicogenomics, this book provides a detailed understanding of the molecular basis of nutrition and systems toxicology. It examines the role of angiogenesis in chronic diseases and delves into endothelial cell responses, the angiogenic cascade, and how these processes relate to tumors, cardiovascular diseases, inflammatory arthritis, and obesity.

Additionally, the book features chapters that investigate specific foods and their bioactive compounds, such as the effects of edible berry anthocyanins, various Chinese medicinal foods, dietary flavonoids, probiotics, shark cartilage, EPA and DHA, and marine polysaccharides. It concludes with a discussion on the challenges faced in developing and delivering anti-angiogenic functional food products, making Anti-Angiogenic Functional and Medicinal Foods a valuable resource for researchers, scientists, clinical nutritionists, and oncologists alike.