The Vitamins: Fundamental Aspects in Nutrition and Health, 6th Edition

• Presents complete information about vitamins in a format useful as both a teaching text and desk reference.
• Includes coverage of vitamin-related topics not typically found in general nutrition texts (e.g., enteric microbial biosynthesis of vitamins, global prevalence of deficiencies, diagnosing ‘silent’ asymptomatic vitamin deficiencies, histories of vitamin discoveries).
• Contains useful appendices of key reference information (e.g., vitamin requirements of humans and animals, vitamin contents of foods, sources of vitamin information).

Περιεχόμενα:

Part I. Perspectives on the Vitamins in Nutrition
1. What is a Vitamin?
2. Discovery of the Vitamins
3. Chemical and Physiological Properties of the Vitamins
4. Vitamin Deficiency

Part II. The Individual Vitamins
5. Vitamin A
6. Vitamin D
7. Vitamin E
8. Vitamin K
9. Vitamin C
10. Thiamin
11. Riboflavin
12. Niacin
13. B6
14. Biotin
15. Pantothenic acid
16. Folate
17. B12
18. Quasivitamins

Part III. Using Current Knowledge of the Vitamins
19. Sources of the Vitamins
20. Assessing Vitamin Status
21. Quantifying Vitamin Requirements
22. Vitamin Safety

Appendices
A. Vitamin Terminology: Past and Present
B. Original Reports for Case Studies
C. A Core of Vitamin Research Literature
D. Vitamin Contents of Foods
E. Vitamin Contents of Feedstuffs