Vitamins : their role in the human body /
This single-source reference draws together the current knowledge of the vitamins' biological properties in the context of human nutrition. Vitamins are co-enzymes, antioxidants or precursors of hormones and are therefore involved in a great many biochemical and physiological processes. They pl...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ames, Iowa :
Blackwell Science,
2004.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This single-source reference draws together the current knowledge of the vitamins' biological properties in the context of human nutrition. Vitamins are co-enzymes, antioxidants or precursors of hormones and are therefore involved in a great many biochemical and physiological processes. They play a vital role in the maintenance of health, and there is evidence that dietary sources of vitamins have beneficial effects in the prevention of heart-related diseases, bone diseases and possibly cancer. Following introductory chapters on historical and nutritional aspects of vitamins, the next four. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 432 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470774571 0470774576 1405148101 9781405148108 |