ABSTRACT
The preceding twenty-five chapters are comprehensive reviews of the carotenoid
literature up to, in many cases, the middle of 2003. Most of these chapters deal
with the role that carotenoids may play in human health and disease, including
diseases such as cancer, heart disease, eye diseases such as age-related macular
degeneration and cataracts, skin photosensitivity diseases, and the impact of
carotenoids on the immune system. In several diseases, such as cancer, the
available data are ambiguous, but these ambiguities are dealt with and logical
explanations are presented.
