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Vitamins and hormones : advances in research and applications. Volume 40 /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York ; London :
Academic Press,
1983.
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| Colección: | Vitamins and hormones ;
v. 40. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Vitamins and Hormones, Volume 40; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors to Volume 40; Preface; Chapter 1. Biosynthesis of Ubiquinone; I. Introduction; II. Distribution of Ubiquinones; III. Assembly of Ubiquinones from Precursor Molecules; IV. Metabolic Pathway for Biosynthesis of Ubiquinones in Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Organisms; V. Characterization of Enzymes in the pathway for Ubiquinone Biosynthesis; VI. Regulation of Ubiquinone Biosynthesis; VII. Ubiquinone-Ubichromenol-a-Tocopherol Interrelationships; VIII. Summary; References
- Chapter 2. Synthesis and Analysis of the PteroylpolyglutamatesI. Introduction; II. History; III. Structure and Nomenclature; IV. Synthesis of the Fully Oxidized, Unsubstituted Pteroylpolyglutamates; V. Reduction and One-Carbon Substitution of the Pteroylpolyglutamates; VI. Biological Synthesis; VII. Analytical Methods; VIII. Results; References; Chapter 3. Vitamin A and Cancer; I. Introduction; II. History; III. Vitamin A Deficiency and Human Cancer; IV. Vitamin A Deficiency and Experimental Cancer in Animals; V. Effects of Administration of Retinoids and Carcinogens to Experimental Animals
- VI. Effects of Administration of Retinoids to Human Cancer PatientsVII. Vitamin A and Differentiation of Normal Tissue; VIII. Fate of Vitamin A-Active Compounds in Vivo; IX. Cellular Retinoid Binding Proteins; X. Effects of Retinoids on Proliferation and Differentiation of Tumor Tissue; XI. Role of the Intracellular Binding Proteins in Retinoid Action in Tumor Tissue; XII. Possible Alterations of Vitamin A Metabolism Related to Malignancy; References; Chapter 4. Hypothalamic-Hypophysial Vasculature and Its Relationship to Secretory Cells of the Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland
- I. IntroductionII. Hypothalamic-Hypophysial Vasculature; III. Blood Flow of the Hypophysial Complex; IV. Neurohormones in Hypophysial Portal Blood; V. Dopamine Concentration in Blood of Individual Portal Vessels; VI. Transport of Pituitary Hormones to the Brain; VII. Hypothalamic Secretion of Dopamine and Its Regulation; VIII. Summary; References; Chapter 5. Growth and Somatomedins; I. Growth; II. Anabolic Factors in Serum; III. Chemical Characterization of the Somatomedins; IV. Biological Effects of the Somatomedins; V. Receptors for the Somatomedins
- VI. Circulating Forms of the SomatomedinsVII. Assays for the Measurement of Somatomedins; VIII. Content of Somatomedins in the Circulation; IX. Source of the Somatomedins; X. Regulation of Somatomedins; XI. Conclusion: A Proposed Integrated Biological Role for the Somatomedins; References; Chapter 6. Calciferols: Actions and Deficiencies in Action; I. Introduction; II. Normal Calciferol Action; III. Deficiencies in Calciferol Action; References; Index