Full Description
This book explores the important role of trace elements in human health, including trace minerals, toxic trace elements, and major minerals. Essential trace elements are needed in small amounts for normal body functions, but both their deficiency and excess can harm health.
International experts study how different metallic elements, cations and micronutrients affect cell function. Using multidisciplinary approaches to cover the biochemical, physiological, and nutritional aspects of these elements, they give a deep understanding of how these minerals impact cellular and molecular processes related to health and disease.
The book is a valuable resource for health professionals, nutritional scientists, medical students, fellows, residents, and graduate students. It focuses on the functional biochemistry of specific metallic elements in various cell systems, providing current insights into how different metals regulate cell functions. Readers will gain knowledge about the importance of metallic minerals and trace elements. The insights from international authors will help advance understanding of how trace minerals can prevent diseases and address global health issues.
Contents
Part I. Trace Elements in Health and Disease.- Chapter 1. Modulation of Trace Elements in Pregnant Women and its Clinical Importance for Fetal Development.- Chapter 2. Trace Elements as Molecular Orchestrators of Health and Disease: A Biochemical and Pathophysiological Perspective.- Chapter 3. Trace Minerals (Fe, Zn, Cr, Cu, Se, V, Mn, Mo, Co) in Human Health and Disease.- Chapter 4. Sources and Role of Trace Elements in Nutrition.- Chapter 5. The Neuroprotective Role of Micronutrients: A Systematic Review of Preclinical and Clinical Studies on Antioxidant Vitamins, Essential Minerals, and Trace Elements in Managing Neurodegenerative Diseases.- Chapter 6. Chromium in the Prevention of Diabetes-induced Cardiovascular and Renal Disorders: Where do We Stand Now?.- Chapter 7. The Role of Antioxidant-associated Trace Elements in the Development Diabetic Cardiomyopathy.- Chapter 8. Selenium and the Heart: Molecular Insights into Cardioprotection - A Review.- Chapter 9. The Role of Cadmium in the Development and Progression of Liver Cancer.- Chapter 10. Functional Biochemistry of Trace Elements in Cancer: Mechanisms, Biomarkers, and Therapeutic Potentials.- Part II. Heavy Metals and Major Minerals.- Chapter 11. Heavy Metals for Treating Disease and Maintaining Health.- Chapter 12. Role of Micronutrients in the Treatment of Metal/ Metalloid Toxicity: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential.- Chapter 13. Development of Hypertension in Response to Chronic Exposure to Mercury.- Chapter 14. Occupational Lead Exposure and its Association with Reproductive Dysfunctions in Both Genders.- Chapter 15. Essential and Toxic: The Dual Nature of Heavy Metals in Human Physiology.- Chapter 16. Functional Biochemistry of Iron and its Cardio-pulmonary Impact.- Chapter 17. Iron Metabolism and Its Role in Anemia.- Chapter 18. The Involvement of Copper Deficiency in the Pathogenesis of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.- Chapter 19. Major Minerals: Cardiometabolic Benefits and their Role in Promoting Healthy Aging.- Chapter 20. Major Minerals (Na, K, Ca, Mg, P) in Physiological Function and Disease.- Chapter 21. Sodium Homeostasis and Roles of Sodium-Dependent Transport in Health.
