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The vitamins : fundamental aspects in nutrition and health /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Combs, Gerald F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, [1998]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Vitamins.
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Perspectives on the vitamins in nutrition
  • What is a vitamin?
  • Discovery of the vitamins
  • Chemical and physiological properties of vitamins
  • Vitamin deficiency
  • Pt. 2. 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
  • Quasivitamins
  • Pt. 3. Using current knowledge of the vitamins
  • Sources of vitamins.
  • Assessing vitamin status
  • Quantifying vitamin needs - Vitamin safety
  • Appendixes
  • Vitamin terminology: past and present
  • Original reports for case studies
  • Core of current vitamin research literature
  • Vitamin contents of foods
  • Vitamin contents of feedstuffs.