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The Vitamins: Fundamental Aspects in Nutrition and Health, Sixth Edition presents both overviews and in-depth discussions of the sources, chemistry, metabolism and functions of these essential nutrients in physiology and health. Sections cover perspectives (history of discovery, general properties and impacts), individual Vitamins (their respective chemistries, metabolism), and their dietary sources and global needs. In addition, the inclusion and interpretation of recent clinical research findings relevant to all vitamins, particularly vitamins A, D, E, K, C, thiamin, folate and vitamin B12 is included, along with an expanded discussion on single-carbon metabolism), implications to neuropathies, and more.
Contents
Part I. Perspectives on the Vitamins in Nutrition
1. What is a Vitamin?
2. Discovery of the Vitamins
3. Chemical and Physiological Properties of the Vitamins
4. Vitamin Deficiency
Part II. The Individual Vitamins
5. Vitamin A
6. Vitamin D
7. Vitamin E
8. Vitamin K
9. Vitamin C
10. Thiamin
11. Riboflavin
12. Niacin
13. B6
14. Biotin
15. Pantothenic acid
16. Folate
17. B12
18. Quasivitamins
Part III. Using Current Knowledge of the Vitamins
19. Sources of the Vitamins
20. Assessing Vitamin Status
21. Quantifying Vitamin Requirements
22. Vitamin Safety
Appendices
A. Vitamin Terminology: Past and Present
B. Original Reports for Case Studies
C. A Core of Vitamin Research Literature
D. Vitamin Contents of Foods
E. Vitamin Contents of Feedstuffs