Can Functional Foods Help Prevent Cancer?
Functional foods and nutraceuticals in the prevention of cancer, inflammation, and diverse degenerative diseases
Session 116
Monday, July 19, 10:30 a.m.–noon
Room: S401cd
Track: Food, Health & Nutrition
This session will discuss nutraceuticals derived from dietary spices, anthocyanins, and other phytochemicals which have demonstrated a broad spectrum of preventative biochemical functions in cardiovascular disorders, advancing age-induced oxidative stress, inflammatory responses, and diverse degenerative diseases.
Through animal and human trials, the first speaker, Ramesh Gupta, Murray State University, will show how UC-II can be effective and safe in treating osteoarthritis (OA). The second speaker—Debasis Bagchi, University of Houston College of Pharmacy—will discuss that edible berries, a potential source of anthocyanin antioxidants, have demonstrated a broad spectrum of biochemical functions. These include cardiovascular disorders, advancing age-induced oxidative stress, inflammatory responses, and diverse degenerative diseases. Berry anthocyanins also improve neuronal and cognitive brain functions, ocular health, as well as protect genomic DNA integrity. Bagchi’s presentation will demonstrate the beneficial effects of wild blueberry, bilberry, cranberry, elderberry, raspberry seeds, and strawberry in human health and disease prevention.
Nilanjana Maulik, University of Connecticut Health Center, will lecture on “Resveratrol: A Novel Natural Supplement in Promoting Cardioprotection Against Coronary Heart Disease.”
Nair Sreejayan, University of Wyoming, Laramie, will explore ways to manage insulin resistance by diet, which plays a pivotal role in reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases. A growing body of evidence suggests that chromium plays a critical role in the regulation of insulin action, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease. The bioavailability and biological activity of chromium are dependent upon the ligand to which chromium is bound. Sreejayan and colleagues synthesized and characterized a novel series of chromium-dinicotino-amino acid complexes and evaluated them for their ability to augment insulin signaling and improve glucose-uptake in cultured cells and in rodent model of insulin resistance.
I couldn´t be there! but i would like to know what was discussed about the prevention of cancer with funcional foods like berrys and their compounds. Whether is possible to extract these compunds and put them in a cookie for, for example.