chapter 1 Oxidants and Antioxidants: Mechanism of Action and Regulation of Gene Expression by Bioflavonoids / Lester Packer -- chapter 2 Transcriptional Regulation of Cellular Antioxidant Defense Mechanisms. Toxicological vs. Physiological / Young-Joon Surh -- chapter 3 Redox Regulation of Inflammatory Tissue Damage by Thioredoxin / Shugo Ueda -- chapter 4 Regulation of NF-jB-Driven Inflammatory Genes by Phytoestrogens. Wim Vanden Berghe, Nathalie Dijsselbloem, An De Naeyer, / Linda Vermeulen -- chapter 5 Nuclear Factor-jB as Target for Chemoprevention / Bharat B. Aggarwal -- chapter 6 Heme Oxygenase-1: An Emerging Major Cellular Defense Against Cigarette Smoke-Induced Oxidative Stress and Cytotoxicity. Thomas Mu¨ller -- chapter 7 Biphasic Induction of HO-1 in Macrophages Treated with Lipopolysaccharide: Role of HO-1 Induction in Cell Survival from Oxidative Stress / Klaokwan Srisook -- chapter 8 The Role of Ga12 Proteins in the PKC and JNK- Dependent Induction of NOS by Thrombin / Sang Geon Kim -- chapter 9 Actions of 8-Hydroxyguanine in DNA / Jin Won Hyun -- chapter 10 Role of Oxidative Stress in Hypercholesterolemia- Induced Inflammation / Karen Y. Stokes -- chapter 11 Oxidative Stress in Rheumatoid Arthritis / Takashi Okamoto -- chapter 12 Roles of Carbon Monoxide and Nitric Oxide in Liver Damage / Hun-Taeg Chung -- chapter 13 Role of Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Response in Smokers and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease / Irfan Rahman -- chapter 14 Association of Chronic Inflammation with Carcinogenesis: Implications of Anti-inflammatory Strategies for Cancer Prevention / Marie Yeo -- chapter 15 Molecular Inflammation as an Underlying Mechanism of Aging: The Anti-inflammatory Action of Calorie Restriction / Hae Young Chung -- chapter 16 Oxidative Stress in Mitochondria: The Involvement in Neurodegenerative Diseases / Makoto Naoi -- chapter 17 Implications of Inflammatory Stress in Alzheimer's Disease / Jung-Hee Jang -- chapter 18 Biomarkers for Evaluating Antioxidant Effects -- chapter 19 Antioxidant and Neuroprotective Potentials / Muhammad Soobrattee -- chapter 20 Resveratrol-A Unique Polyphenolic Antioxidant Present in Grape Skins and Red Wine-Is a Preventive Medicine Against a Variety of Degenerative Diseases / Dipak K. Das -- chapter 21 Molecular Mechanisms of Prevention Against Allergic Rhinitis by Aller-7, A Novel Polyherbal Formulation / Debasis Bagchi -- chapter 22 Antioxidant Character of Selenium and Its Survival Signals by Activation of PI3-K=Akt Pathways -- chapter 23 Neuroprotection by Rasagiline and Related Propargylamines Is Mediated by Suppression of Mitochondrial Death Signal and Induction of Antiapoptotic Genes / Wakako Maruyama.