Fruits, vegetables, and herbs : bioactive foods in health promotion. Ronald Watson, Victor Preedy.

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Socioeconomic inequalities in fruit and vegetable intakes -- Industrial freezing, cooking, and storage differently affect antioxidant nutrients in vegetables -- Pharmacological properties of some medicinal plants, its components and using fields -- Nutritional indicators and health aspects of fruit and vegetable consumption in aged adults -- Diabetes, diabetic complications, and flavonoids -- Curcumin : the epigenetic therapy -- Nutraceuticals as therapeutic agents for inflammation -- Vegetarian diets and disease outcomes -- Diet and nutrition role in prostate health -- Advances in the study of the health benefits and mechanisms of action of the pulp and seed of the Amazonian palm fruit, Euterpe oleracea Mart., known as "açai" -- Grape bioactives for human health -- Kiwifruit and health -- Cocoa--past medicinal uses, current scientific evidence, and advertised health benefits -- Pomegranate juice and extract -- Berries and blood pressure -- Poi history, uses, and role in health -- Bioactive potential of two wild edible mushrooms of the Western Ghats of India -- Nutrient profile, bioactive components, and functional properties of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) -- Fruit and vegetable consumption in the United States : patterns, barriers and federal nutrition assistance programs -- Dietary fiber and health : cardiovascular disease and beyond -- Fruits, vegetables, and herbs : bioactive foods promoting wound healing -- Curcumin in hepatic stellate cell activation in health -- Curcumin against amyloid pathology in mental health and brain composition -- Recent developments in using plant-derived natural products as tubulin inhibitors for the management of cancer -- Medicinal and nutritional qualities of Zingiber officinale -- Antimicrobials from herbs, spices, and plants