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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Combs, Gerald F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, [2012]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Vitamins.
Nutrition.
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • What is a Vitamin?
  • Discovery of the vitamins
  • Chemical and physiological properties of vitamins
  • Vitamin deficiency
  • Vitamin A
  • Vitamin D
  • Vitamin E
  • Vitamin K
  • Vitamin C
  • Thiamin
  • Riboflavin
  • Niacin
  • Vitamin B6
  • Biotin
  • Pantothenic acid
  • Folate
  • Vitamin B12
  • Quasi-vitamins
  • Sources of vitamins
  • Assessing vitamin status
  • Quantifying vitamin needs
  • Vitamin safety
  • Appendix A: vitamin terminology: past and present
  • Appendix B: original reports for case studies
  • Appendix C: a core of current vitamin research literature
  • Appendix D: vitamin contents of foods
  • Appendix E: vitamin contents of feedstuffs.