Overview

Thoroughly revised and updated, Handbook of Vitamins highlights the recent research in vitamins and gene expression, vitamin-dependent genes, and vitamin effect on DNA stability. This fourth edition includes new chapters on vitamin-dependent modification of chromatin, analysis of vitamin metabolism using accelerated mass spectrometry, and dietary reference intakes for vitamins. Featuring contributions from international experts, it encompasses classical and modern approaches to vitamins, focusing on human nutrition, vitamin analysis, and vitamin action at the molecular level.

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Author:   Robert B. Rucker (University of California, Davis, USA) ,  Janos Zempleni (University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA) ,  John W. Suttie (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA) ,  Donald B. McCormick (Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Edition:   4th New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.293kg
ISBN:  

9780849340222

ISBN 10:   0849340225
Pages:   608
Publication Date:   08 June 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781466515567
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Vitamin A: Nutritional Aspects of Retinoids and Carotenoids, A.C. Ross and E.H. Harrison Vitamin D, A.W. Norman and H.L. Henry Vitamin K, J.W. Suttie Vitamin E, M.G. Traber Bioorganic Mechanisms Important to Coenzyme Functions, D.B. McCormick Niacin, J.B. Kirkland Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), R.S. Rivlin Thiamine, C.J. Bates Pantothenic Acid, R.B. Rucker and K. Bauerly Vitamin B6, S. Dakshinamurti and K. Dakshinamurti Biotin, D.M. Mock Folic Acid, L.B. Bailey Vitamin B12, R. Green and J.W. Miller Choline, T.A. Garrow Ascorbic Acid, C.S. Johnston, F.M. Steinberg, and R.B. Rucker Vitamin-Dependent Modifications of Chromatin: Epigenetic Events and Genomic Stability, J.B. Kirkland, J. Zempleni, L.K. Buckles, and J.K. Christman Accelerator Mass Spectrometry in the Study of Vitamins and Mineral Metabolism in Humans, F. Fonseca de Moura, B.J. Burri, and A.J. Clifford Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamins, S.P. Murphy and S.I. Barr Index

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Maintaining the status as the highest quality reference in the field, the Handbook of Vitamins brings together leading experts in molecular biology, biochemistry, and physiology to incorporate these new discoveries into this updated and revised fourth edition. True to the clinical focus of the previous editions, this book is comprised of comprehensive analyses of the chemical, physiological, and nutritional relationships and the newly identified functions of all recognized vitamins. -Anticancer Research, Sept/ Oct 2007, Vol. 27, No. 5A

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