[...]... by which the data were obtained are explained and evaluated 2 Relation to other volumes Although Volume 5 may be used as a single stand-alone volume, Volume 4: Natural Functions and Volume 5: Human Nutrition and Health were planned as companion volumes to be used together To understand the mechanisms of functions and actions of carotenoids requires understanding of the underlying fundamental principles... processes and intricate mechanistic studies The literature is vast and expanding rapidly This, the final volume of the Carotenoids series, surveys the field of carotenoids in human nutrition and health In the past 15 years or so, the topic has been covered in several books Two of these, Carotenoids in 2 George Britton, Synnøve Liaaen-Jensen and Hanspeter Pfander Human Health [3] and Carotenoids and Retinoids:... Carotenoids Volume 5: Nutrition and Health © 2009 Birkhäuser Verlag Basel Chapter 1 Editors’ Introduction: A Healthy Debate George Britton, Synnøve Liaaen-Jensen and Hanspeter Pfander A Introduction Interest in carotenoids and human health goes back some 80 years, when the link between βcarotene (3) and vitamin A was first demonstrated and the dietary importance of β-carotene and some other carotenoids. .. Carotenoids, functions of carotenoids and vitamin A were covered in just two chapters Now, thanks to technical developments and multidisciplinary approaches that make it possible to study functional processes in great detail, this subject is the most rapidly expanding area of carotenoid research, and occupies two full volumes, Volumes 4: Natural Functions and 5: Nutrition and Health Although Volume 5 can be... cross-referencing between Volumes 4 and 5, and with earlier Volumes in the series Earlier Volumes and Chapters therein are usually not included in reference lists Carotenoid nomenclature The IUPAC semi-systematic names for all known naturally occurring carotenoids are given in the Carotenoids Handbook Trivial names for many carotenoids are, however, wellestablished and convenient, and are generally used... advice during the planning of this series and especially Volumes 4 and 5, and we are delighted to have chapters co-authored by him and his colleagues from Tufts University, Boston, in Volume 5 It is an honour and pleasure to pay tribute to them and other carotenoid friends and colleagues who have passed on during the time we have been working on the Carotenoids books, and to acknowledge the immense contributions... naturally-occurring carotenoids Volume 2 describes methods for the chemical synthesis of carotenoids, including those that are needed as analytical standards and on a larger scale for biological trials Functions and actions are inextricably linked with biosynthesis and metabolism, covered in Volume 3 xxviii Note that the original editions of Volumes 1A, 1B and 3 are now ‘out of print’ and not available... 2005 and 2008 References to specialized monographs and reviews on particular topics can be found in the relevant Chapters Volume 5 and its companion, Volume 4, are the last volumes in the Carotenoids series, and in many ways point the way to the future of carotenoid research If the insight that these books provide stimulates chemists, physicists, biologists and the medical professions to understand and. .. 5 can be used as a single stand-alone volume, the two were planned as companion volumes to be used together To understand the mechanisms of functions and actions of carotenoids, including how carotenoids may be involved in maintaining human health, requires understanding of the underlying principles, which are presented in the first part of Volume 4 The general philosophy and strategy of the series,... A is also covered 3 Content of Volume 5 a) Nutrition i) Analysis Building on the coverage in Volumes 1A and 1B, some recommended procedures for the analysis of carotenoids in food and human blood and tissues, especially by HPLC, are described in Chapter 2 ii) Sources of carotenoids Humans do not biosynthesize carotenoids so all carotenoids that are found in human blood and tissues must be ingested, . with Carotenoids in Human Health and Nutrition . A true giant in the field, Norman pioneered so much of current thinking and understanding of the nutritional value and health benefits of carotenoids, .