The vitamins : fundamental aspects in nutrition and health
Provides advanced coverage of the biochemistry and physiology of vitamins and vitamin-like substances. Suitable for those interested in nutrition, food science, animal science or endocrinology, this title provides a presentation of each of the vitamins, as well as the history of their discoveries an...
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Amsterdam :
Elsevier
c2012
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| Edition: | Fourth edition |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. What is a vitamin?
- 2. Discovery of the vitamins
- 3. Properties of vitamins
- 4. Vitamin deficiency
- 5. Vitamin A
- 6. Vitamin D
- 7. Vitamin E
- 8. Vitamin K
- 9. Vitamin C
- 10. Thiamin
- 11. Riboflavin
- 12. Niacin
- 13. Vitamin B6
- 14. Biotin
- 15. Pantothenic acid
- 16. Folate
- 17. Vitamin B12
- 18. Quasi-vitamins
- 19. Sources of the vitamins
- 20. Accessing vitamin status
- 21. Quantifying vitamin needs
- 22. Vitamin safety