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Synopsis
This book addresses many of today's key issues pertaining to free radical damage and micronutrient production. A valuable guide for a variety of specialists concerned with nutrition and the prevention of free radical tissue injury.
Booknews
Relates how oxygen-derived free radicals in humans and animals can wreak havoc if the balance between them and the natural defense system is upset, and how such damage can be averted by the presence of certain antioxidant micronutrients. Emphasizing the basic science aspects of interest to researchers rather than direct therapeutic uses, discusses cancer and aging, malnutrition, vitamins, and other topics. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)