| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 309 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I: Essential. Clinical and immunological effects and biomarkers of zinc deficiency -- Zinc and the immune system: Insights into the role of zinc in autoimmune diseases -- Zinc transporters in physiology and pathophysiology -- Copper -- Iron -- Iodine -- Selenium -- Unifying mechanisms of trivalent chromium in health and disease -- Manganese -- Fluorine in human metabolism, health and disease -- Part II: Toxic trace elements. Arsenic skin carcinogenesis: A prototypic model of chemical carcinogenesis featured with abnormal differentiation and aberrant immune responses -- Emerging importance of manganese and arsenic as modifiers of cadmium accumulation -- Lead -- Methylmercury: Human exposure, animal behavior, and insight on molecular mechanism -- Part III: Vitamins. Vitamin A -- The B-vitamins -- Vitamin C -- Vitamin D in human health -- Vitamin E: Tocopherols and tocotrienol and their role in health and disease -- Recommended daily dietary allowances |
| Summary |
"Essential and Toxic Trace Elements and Vitamins in Human Health is a comprehensive guide to the wide variety of micronutrients that affect human health, including fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins that support diverse biochemical functions, trace elements with established and suggested links to health maintenance, and elements with known human toxicity such as arsenic, cadmium, and lead. An essential reference text for nutritionists working in academia and functional food and supplement industries, dieticians, and clinicians, Essential and Toxic Trace Elements and Vitamins in Human Health provides an in-depth look at toxic trace elements and essential vitamins and minerals and their direct influence on the body's overall health with expert research from renowned scientists"--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from resource home page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed February 8, 2021) |
| Subject |
Trace elements in nutrition.
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Vitamins in human nutrition.
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Trace elements.
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Vitamins.
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Nutrition.
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Micronutrients
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Vitamins
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Trace Elements
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Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
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trace elements.
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Vitamins
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Trace elements
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Nutrition
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Trace elements in nutrition
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Vitamins in human nutrition
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Prasad, Ananda S. (Ananda Shiva), editor.
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Brewer, George J., 1930- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780128093016 |
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0128093013 |
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