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The vitamins : fundamental aspects in nutrition and health /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Waltham, MA :
Academic Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | 4th ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. I. Perspectives on the vitamins in nutrition. What is a vitamin? Thinking about vitamins
- Vitamin: a revolutionary concept
- An operating definition of a vitamin
- The recognized vitamins
- 2. Discovery of the vitamins. The emergence of nutrition as a science
- The process of discovery in nutritional science
- The empirical phase of vitamin discovery
- The experimental phase of vitamin discovery
- The vitamine therory Elucidation of the vitamins
- Vitamin terminology
- Other factors sometimes called vitamins
- The modern history of the vitamins
- 3. Properties of vitamins. Chemical and physical properties of the vitamins
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin E
- Vitamin K
- Vitamin C
- Thiamin
- Riboflavin
- Niacin
- Vitamin B6
- Biotin
- Pantothenic acid
- folate
- Vitamin B12
- General properties of the vitamins
- Physiological utilization of the vitamins
- Metabolism of the vitamins
- Metabolic functions of the vitamins
- pt. II. Considering the individual vitamins. 5. Vitamin A. The significance of vitamin A
- Sources of vitamin A
- Absorption of vitamin A
- Transport of vitamin A
- Metabolism of vitamin A
- Metabolic functions of vitamin A
- Vitamin A in health and disease
- Vitamin A deficiency
- Vitamin A toxicity
- Case studies.
- 6. Vitamin D. The significance of vitamin D
- Sources of vitamin D
- Enteric absorption of vitamin D
- Transport of vitamin D
- Metabolism of vitamin D
- Metabolic functions of vitamin D
- Vitamin D in health and disease
- Vitamin D deficiency
- Vitamin D toxicity
- Case studies
- 7. Vitamin E. The significance of vitamin E
- Sources of vitamin E
- Absorption of vitamin E
- Transport of vitamin E
- Metabolism of vitamin E
- Metabolic functions of vitamin E
- Vitamin E in health and disease
- Vitamin E deficiency
- Vitamin E toxicity
- Case studies
- 8. Vitamin K. The significance of vitamin K
- Sources of vitamin K
- Absorption of vitamin K
- Transport of vitamin K
- Metabolism of vitamin K
- Metabolic functions of vitamin K
- Vitamin K in health and disease
- Vitamin K deficiency
- Vitamin K toxicity
- Case studies
- 9. Vitamin C. The significance of vitamin C
- Sources of vitamin C
- Absorption of vitamin C
- Transport of vitamin C
- Metabolism of vitamin C
- Metabolic functions of vitamin C
- Vitamin C in health and disease
- Vitamin C deficiency
- Vitamin C toxicity
- case studies.
- 10. Thiamin. The significance of thiamin
- Sources of thiamin
- Absorption of thiamin
- Transport of thiamin
- Metabolism of thiamin
- Metabolic functions of thiamin
- Thiamin in health and disease
- Thiamin deficiency
- Thiamin toxicity
- Case studies
- 11. Riboflavin. The significance of riboflavin
- Sources of riboflavin
- Absorption of riboflavin
- Transport of riboflavin
- Metabolism of riboflavin
- Metabolic functions of riboflavin
- Riboflavin in health and disease
- Riboflavin deficiency
- Riboflavin toxicity
- Case study
- 12. Niacin. The significance of niacin
- Sources of niacin
- Absorption of niacin
- Transport of niacin
- Metabolism of niacin
- Metabolic functions of niacin
- Niacin in health and disease
- Niacin deficiency
- Niacin toxicity
- Case study
- 13. Vitamin B6. The significance of vitamin B6
- Sources of vitamin B6
- Absorption of vitamin B6
- Transport of vitamin B6
- Metabolism of vitamin B6
- Metabolic functions of vitamin B6
- Vitamin B6 in health and disease
- Vitamin B6 deficiency
- Vitamin B6 toxicity
- Case studies
- 14. Biotin. The significance of biotin
- sources of biotin
- absorption of biotin
- transport of biotin
- Metabolism of biotin
- Metabolic functions of biotin
- Biotin in health and disease
- Biotin deficiency
- Biotin toxicity
- Case study.
- 15. Pantothenic acid. The significance of pantothenic acid
- Sources of pantothenic acid
- Absorption of pantothenic acid
- Transport of pantothenic acid
- Metabolism of pantothenic acid
- Metabolic functions of pantothenic acid
- Pantothenic acid in health and disease
- Pantothenic acid deficiency
- Pantothenic acid toxicity
- Case study
- 16. Folate. The significance of folate
- Sources of folate
- Absorption of folate
- Transport of folate
- Metabolism of folate
- Metabolic functions of folate
- Folate in health and disease
- Folate deficiency
- Folate toxicity
- Case study
- 17. Vitamin B12. The significance of vitamin B12
- Sources of vitamin B12
- Absorption of vitamin B12
- Transport of vitamin B12
- Metabolism of vitamin B12
- Metabolic functions of vitamin B12
- Vitamin B12 in health and disease
- Vitamin B12 deficiency
- Vitamin B12 toxicity
- Case study
- 18. Quasi-vitamins. Is the list of vitamins complete?
- Choline
- Carnitine
- myo-Inositol
- Pyrroloquinoline quinone
- Ubiquinones
- Flavonoids
- Non-provitamin A carotenoids
- Orotic acid
- p-Aminobenzoic acid
- Lipoic acid
- Ineffective factors
- Unidentified growth factors
- Questions of semantics.
- pt. III. Using current knowledge of the vitamins. 19. Sources of the vitamins. Vitamins in foods
- Predicting vitamin contents
- Vitamin bioavailability
- Vitamin losses
- Vitamin fortification
- Biofortification
- Vitamin labeling of foods
- Vitamin supplementation
- Vitamins in livestock feeding
- 20. Assessing vitamin status. General aspects of nutritional assessment
- Assessment of vitamin status
- Vitamin status ofhuman populations
- 21. Quantifying vitamin needs. Dietary standards
- Determining dietary standards for vitamins
- Factors affecting vitamin requirements
- Vitamin allowances for humans
- Vitamin allowances for animals
- 22. Vitamin safety. uses of vitamins above required levels
- Hazards of excessive vitamin intakes
- signs of hypervitaminoses
- Safe intakes of vitamins.