Description:Presents the latest advances in the rapidly expanding area of research into flavonoids–discussing the molecular, biochemical, and physiological effects of flavonoids in vivo. Highlights the anticancer properties of flavonoids and investigates flavonoid influence on coronary heart disease. Furnishing evidence for the protective effects of dietary phytochemicals against chronic diseases, Flavonoids in Health and Disease shows how to analyze and identify flavonoids covers phenolic acid in fruits and flavonoids in medicinal plants analyzes the antioxidant activities of flavonoids explains the interaction of flavonoids with metal in biological systems addresses flavonoid and isoflavonoid inhibition of lipid peroxidation examines flavonoids in wine, pine bark, the nutrition of grape phenolics, and the antioxidant properties of flavonoids and phenylpropanoids in fruit juices elucidates the absorption, metabolism, and bioavailability of flavonoids and more.