9780824704285: Handbook of Vitamins
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0824704282 ISBN 13: 9780824704285
Publisher: CRC Press, 2001

Synopsis

Features a comprehensive summary of the chemical, physiological, and nutritional relationships of all recognized vitamins!

Maintaining the standards of excellence set forth in the previous editions, the Handbook of Vitamins, Third Edition presents a thorough examination of the fundamental characteristics, functions, and roles of vitamins in human health.

Extensively updated and expanded to reflect the latest advances in analytical and separation methodologies!

Offering a compendium of authoritative, current knowledge on the nature and function of each known nutrient, the Third Edition discusses….

  • improvements in the methodology, isolation, identification, and the synthesis of vitamins
  • the chemistry, metabolism, and biochemical functions of vitamins
  • vitamin interactions with environmental factors, drugs, alcohol, and smoking
  • vitamins in disease prevention and health promotion
  • the efficacy and hazards of high vitamin dosages
  • and more!
    New sections cover…
  • the roles vitamins play as catalysts, cellular regulators, and co-substrates
  • biochemical markers for vitamin deficiency and groups at risk
  • the relationship of B12 and folate metabolism to homocysteine regulation, and the possible connections of homocysteine to vascular diseases and developmental defects
  • new roles for vitamins A, K, and D, and the role of vitamin E and flavonoids in oxidant defense
    Containing over 2800 literature references and 150 illustrations and tables, the Handbook of Vitamins, Third Edition serves as an indisputably valuable reference for human and animal nutritionists, dietitians, food scientists and technologists, biochemists, organic and analytical chemists, pharmacologists, toxicologists, physiologists, physicians in general practice, and makes an indispensable text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

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    Review

    "Wide acclaim for the first edition ...will prove extremely useful to both students and professionals teaching graduate nutrition courses. There are very few concise but comprehensive resources such as this which are available for teaching graduate courses on vitamins. Each chapter is written by well- established authorities. ...a much needed addition to resource material available to basic researchers as well as to teachers and practitioners in the field of nutrition. It is well written; reflects an outstanding editing job; and will make a major contribution to any personal or institutional library. "-Food Technology ...an excellent overview of our understanding of the chemistry and metabolism of all of the known vitamins. Each is discussed in depth and detail by knowledgeable scientists. ...an excellent reference for the personal collection and for libraries. It provides an extraordinary amount of information about all of the vitamins. -Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences ...the best currently available reference text on vitamins. -Journal of the American College of Nutrition ...an in-depth resource for the practicing nutritionist....provides excellent in-depth state-of-the-art reviews....All serious students of clinical nutrition...should have a copy of the Handbook of Vitamins. -IM (Internal Medicine for the Specialist) Continuing praise for the second edition... ...one of the best textbooks available in the field of vitamins; this was true for the First Edition...and remains so for the Second. There are very few books [that] all nutritionists should have in their libraries, and [this] is certainly one of them. It is an outstanding desk reference [that] is well organized, concise, and as thorough as any single book on all vitamins can be." ...[this book] is special because it reflects the growing trend toward the application of supplemental nutrients in disease prevention and treatment.... ...highly recommend[ed]...it's simply the best on the market. Dr. Machlin is to be commended for a job well done. "-Journal of Applied Nutrition ...clearly one of the most authoritative scientific texts on vitamins, combing chemical, compositional, nutritional and metabolic data....Dr. Machlin is to be congratulated on this excellent volume.... -Food Chemistry ...an excellent reference. - The Indian Journal of Nutritional Dietetics ...an excellent resource book for vitamin chemistry andan asset to any nutrition library. -Australian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics ..a state-of-the-art review....highly recommended source of information in this field-International Food Ingredients "authoritative and comprehensive.an appropriate addition to any health science or hospital library. "-E-Streams

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    Publisher
    CRC Press
    Publication date
    2001
    Language
    English
    ISBN 10 
    0824704282
    ISBN 13 
    9780824704285
    Binding
    Hardcover
    Edition number
    3
    Number of pages
    600