"The Proceedings of an International Conference sponsored by the Food Chemistry Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry, held at Norwich, UK September 13-16, 1992."--T.p. verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Relationships between diet and cancer in human populations -- Occurrence and significance of carcinogens in foods -- Free radical reactions and antioxidant nutrients in the etiology of human cancers -- Tumour initiation: the significance of endogenous biotransformation enzymes and their modulation by diet -- Suppressing tumour development: the role of diet in the modulation of cell
proliferation -- Immune mechanism: the role of food components as immunoregulators -- Dietary fibre and related substances -- Research technique: new approaches -- Implications for public health.