HIV/AIDS: Oxidative Stress and Dietary Antioxidants

HIV/AIDS: Oxidative Stress and Dietary Antioxidants provides comprehensive coverage of oxidative stress in HIV/AIDS, focusing on both the pathological process around molecular and cellular metabolism and the complications that can arise due to nutritional imbalance. It provides a pathway for researchers and clinicians to gain an in-depth understanding of the role of oxidative stress, bridging the transdisciplinary divide between virologists, immunologists, physicians, clinical workers, food scientists and nutritionists to advance medical sciences and enable preventative treatment strategies.

Very often oxidative stress is a feature of HIV/AIDs or of the treatment of HIV/AIDs. While immunologists, physicians and clinical workers understand the processes in HIV/AIDs, they may be less conversant in the science of nutrition and dietetics. Similarly, nutritionists and dietitians may be less conversant with the detailed clinical background and science of HIV/AIDs.

Section 1: Oxidative Stress and HIV/AIDs 1. Antioxidant status in HIV infection in different clinical conditions 2. Oxidative stress and TB-HIV co-infection 3. Dysfunctional HDL in relation to oxidative stress and HIV 4. Ageing with HIV and oxidative stress 5. Antioxidant in breast in HIV lactating mothers 6. Oxidative stress in HIV in relation to metals

Section 2: Antioxidants and HIV/AIDs 7. HIV and gender differences in diet: a focus on antioxidants 8. Nutritional knowledge in HIV-positive individuals in India 9. Antioxidants in HIV in Africa: supplements, local diet, and education 10. Gene delivery of antioxidant enzymes in HIV 11. Genistein as an antioxidant and use in HIV 12. Glutathione supplementation, antioxidant effects and HIV 13. Herbal remedy Plectranthus barbatus, antioxidant aspects and HIV 14. Methyl gallate as an antioxidant and HIV 15. Taurine and oxidative stress in HIV 16. Magnesium and HAART-mediated oxidative stress 17. Selenium Supplementation and Immune Restorative effects in HIV 18. Vitamin D, oxidative stress and the antiretroviral tenofovir 19. Vitamin E and testicular damage protection in highly active antiretroviral drugs (HAART) 20. Assessing Antioxidant Capacity of Dietary Components 21. Resources in HIV and Nutrition