Description |
xvi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1. Drinking wine / R. George -- 2. The history of wine as a medicine / P. A. Norrie -- 3. Archaeology and the origins of wine production / J. M. Renfrew -- 4. Saving the vine from Phylloxera: a never-ending battle / G. Gale -- 5. Wine and heart disease: a statistical approach / M. Bobak and M. Marmot -- 6. Wine, alcohol and cardiovascular diseases / A. L. Klatsky -- 7. Wine flavonoids, LDL cholesterol oxidation and atherosclerosis / M. Aviram and B. Fuhrman -- 8. Resveratrol: biochemistry, cell biology and the potential role in disease prevention / D. M. Goldberg and G. J. Soleas -- 9. Grape-derived wine flavonoids and stilbenes / G. L. Creasy and L. L. Creasy -- 10. Modern biotechnology of winemaking / R. S. Jackson -- 11. The identity and parentage of wine gapes / R. M. Pinder and C. P. Meredith -- 12. Wine and migraine / M. Sandler -- 13. Wine: protective in macular degeneration / T. O. Obisesan -- 14. Antimicrobial effects of wine / M. E. Weisse and R. S. Moore |
Summary |
This book delves into the history and appreciation of wine, its early role as a medicine, and modern evidence on how and why wine protects against disease. It also addresses genetic modification of the grapevine, long recognized as a natural process, and the microbes involved in the making of wine |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Wine -- Physiological effect.
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Wine -- Therapeutic use.
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Wine -- Health aspects.
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Wine and wine making.
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Wine and wine making -- Chemistry.
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Wine -- history.
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Wine -- analysis.
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Cardiovascular Diseases -- prevention & control.
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Diet Therapy.
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Author |
Sandler, Merton.
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Pinder, Roger.
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LC no. |
2002072706 |
ISBN |
0415247349 : |
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