Essential and toxic trace elements and vitamins in human health / Edited by Ananda S. Prasad, George J. Brewer.
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TextPublication details: London : Elsevier/ Academic Press, c2020.Description: xviii, 309 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmISBN: - 9780128053782
- QP534.E87 2020
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
"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".
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