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About this book
This single-source reference draws together the current knowledge of the vitamins' biological properties in the context of human nutrition. Vitamins are co-enzymes, antioxidants or precursors of hormones and are therefore involved in a great many biochemical and physiological processes. They play a vital role in the maintenance of health, and there is evidence that dietary sources of vitamins have beneficial effects in the prevention of heart-related diseases, bone diseases and possibly cancer. Following introductory chapters on historical and nutritional aspects of vitamins, the next four chapters cover relevant and detailed aspects of physiology and functional anatomy, biochemistry, immunology and the regulation of protein synthesis by nuclear hormone receptors. These background chapters, supported by a glossary of terms, provide the scientific principles upon which vitamin functions are based. The following thirteen chapters deal with each vitamin in turn. Subject areas include chemical structure, intestinal absorption, transport, metabolism, biochemical and physiological actions, immunoregulatory properties, deficiency-related diseases and potential toxicity. An extensive bibliography refers the reader to the original research literature. Vitamins is aimed at nutritionists, biochemists, physiologists and physicians whether they be researchers, teachers or students. Food scientists, food technologists and many others working in the health professions will also find much of use and interest in the book. The inclusion of the theoretical principles in the background chapters makes the book an ideal starting point for those working outside the area who need a solid overview of the subject.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 Historical Events Leading to the Establishment of Vitamins
- 2 Nutritional Aspects of Vitamins
- 3 Background Physiology and Functional Anatomy
- 4 Background Biochemistry
- 5 Background Immunology
- 6 The Genetic Control of Protein Synthesis and its Regulation by Nuclear Hormone Receptors
- 7 Vitamin A: Retinoids and Carotenoids
- 8 Vitamin D
- 9 Vitamin E
- 10 Vitamin K
- 11 Thiamin (Vitamin B1)
- 12 Flavins: Riboflavin, FMN and FAD (Vitamin B2)
- 13 Niacin: Nicotinic Acid and Nicotinamide
- 14 Vitamin B6
- 15 Pantothenic Acid and Coenzyme A
- 16 Biotin
- 17 Folate
- 18 Vitamin B12
- 19 Vitamin C
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Index