This volume is the result of a New York Academy of Sciences conference held in Palo Alto, California on April 26-29, 2001. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Alcohol and wine in the prevention of cardiovascular disease : epidemiological evidence -- Balancing the risks and benefits of moderate drinking / by R. Curtis Ellison -- Alcohol and cardiovascular diseases : a historical perspective / by Arthur L. Klatsky -- Alcohol, type of alcohol, and all-cause and coronary heart disease mortality / by Morton Grønbæk -- Polyphenolic components of wine -- Wine phenolics / by Andrew L. Waterhouse -- Wine, biodiversity, technology, and antioxidants / by Fulvio Mattivi, Christian Zulian, Giorgio Nicolini, and Leonardo Valenti -- Chemistry of the antioxidant effect of polyphenols / by Wolf Bors and Christa Michel -- Bioflavonoid-rich botanical extracts show antioxidant and gene regulatory activity / by Kishorchandra Gohil and Lester Packer -- Vasodilating procyanidins derived from grape seeds / by David F. Fitzpatrick, Bettye Bing, David A. Maggi, Richard C. Fleming, and Rebecca M. O'Malley -- Inhibition by wine polyphenols of peroxynitrite-initiated chemiluminescence and NADH oxidation / by Alberto Boveris, Laura Valdez, and Silvia Alvarez -- Effects of alcohol/wine on cardioprotection and atherosclerosis -- The protective and anti-protective effects of ethanol in a myocardial infarct model / by Maike Krenz, Michael V. Cohen, and James M. Downey -- Cardiovascular protection by alcohol and polyphenols : role of nitric oxide / by Dale A. Parks and Francois M. Booyse -- Cardioprotection with alcohol : role of both alcohol and polyphenolic antioxidants / by Motoaki Sato, Nilanjana Maulik, and Dipak K. Das -- Wine, diet, antioxidant defenses, and oxidative damage / by Druso D. Pérez, Pablo Strobel, Rocío Foncea, M. Soledad Díez, Luis Vásquez, Inés Urquiaga, Oscar Castillo, Ada Cuevas, Alejandra San Martín, and Federico Leighton -- Wine flavonoids protect against LDL oxidation and atherosclerosis / by Michael Aviram and Bianca Fuhrman -- Scientific aspects which justify the benefits of the Mediterranean diet : mild-to-moderate versus heavy drinking / by M.-I. Covas, J. Marrugat, M. Fitó, R. Elosua, and C. de la Torre-Boronat -- Antithrombotic effect of polyphenols in experimental models : a mechanism of reduced vascular risk by moderate wine consumption / by Giovanni de Gaetano, Amalia de Curtis, Augusto di Castelnuovo, Maria Benedetta Donati, Licia Iacoviello, and Serenella Rotondo.
Series:
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ; v. 957
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