It is increasingly recognized that most chronic diseases of concern today are multifactorial in
origin. To combat such diseases and adverse health conditions, a treatment approach …

Flavonoids and phenolic acids make up one of the most pervasive groups of plant
phenolics. Due to their importance in plants and human health, it would be useful to have a …

Furanocoumarins are organic chemical components in grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) juice that
have been shown to induce potentially deleterious drug interactions. In this study we …

Since the early 1990's, grapefruit juice has been implicated in drug interaction with various
furanocoumarins (FCs) now associated with the effect. Although FCs are present in various …

Drug‐metabolizing enzymes (DMEs) are primarily expressed in the liver but their role in the
extrahepatic tissues such as gastrointestinal tract (GIT), pulmonary, excretory, nervous …

Higher plants produce a vast variety of secondary metabolites known as phytochemicals
(PCs) which appear to protect the plant against a variety of stresses such as UV irradiation …

While the gastrointestinal tract ingests, digests, and absorbs nutrients, the liver transforms
nutrients, synthesizes plasma proteins, and detoxifies bacteria and toxins absorbed from the …

Objectif. Évaluer la prévalence de la consommation de pamplemousse chez les patients
admis dans un service d'urgences médicales et l'impact potentiel de cette consommation sur …

This. chapter. will. address. the. relationship. between. nutrition. and. nonalcoholic. liver.
diseases.. Nonalcoholic. fatty. liver. disease.(NAFLD),. chronic. hepatitis. B. and. C …

Over the past decades, awareness has increased of multiple health-promoting effects of
diets rich in anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins and, specifically, of these compounds' …