The Vitamins

Fundamental Aspects in Nutrition and Health

Gerald F. Combs (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

528 Seiten

1992
Academic Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-12-183490-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This text, taking a concept-centred approach, is a presentation of individual vitamins as well as the history and state of current knowledge about vitamins. It examines the biological, chemical and physiological aspects of vitamins and vitamin-like subjects. The book also aims to promote effective teaching by including case studies, questions and exercises, and is intended for use by students and professionals as a textbook and reference in both human and animal nutrition and medicine.

Inhalt

Perspectives on the vitamins in nutrition - what is a vitamin? discovery of the vitamins; characteristics of the vitamins; avitaminoses; considering the individual vitamins - vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, vitamin C, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, biotin, pantothenic acid, folate, vitamin B12, quasi-vitamins; using current knowledge of the vitamins - sources of the vitamins; assessing vitamin status, quantifying vitamin requirements; vitamin safety. Appendices: original reorts for case studies; a core of vitamin research literature; index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.1992
• Zusatzinfo: index
• Verlagsort: San Diego
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 180 x 264 mm
• Gewicht: 1144 g
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung
• ISBN-10: 0-12-183490-5 / 0121834905
• ISBN-13: 978-0-12-183490-6 / 9780121834906
• Zustand: Neuware