Handbook of vitamins

Advances in molecular and cellular biology, analytical chemistry, and nanotechnology have improved the understanding of vitamin biomechanics and the requirements for human function. This book contains summaries that analyze the chemical, physiological, and nutritional relationships and highlight the identified functions for recognized vitamins. Content: Vitamin A: nutritional aspects of retinoids and carotenoids / A. Catharine Ross and Earl H. Harrison -- Vitamin D / Anthony W. Norman -- Vitamin K / John W. Suttie -- Vitamin E / Maret G. Traber -- Bioorganic mechanisms important to coenzyme functions / Donald B. McCormick -- Niacin / James B. Kirkland -- Riboflavin (vitamin B2) / Richard S. Rivlin -- Thiamine / Chris J. Bates -- Pantothenic acid / Robert B. Rucker and Kathryn Bauerly -- Vitamin B6 / Shyamala Dakshinamurti and Krishnamurti Dakshinamurti -- Biotin / Donald M. Mock -- Folic acid / Lynn B. Bailey -- Cobalamin (vitamin B12) / Ralph Green and Joshua W. Miller -- Choline / Timothy A. Garrow -- Ascorbic acid / Carol S. Johnston -- Vitamin-dependent modifications of chromatin: epigenetic events and genomic stability / James B. Kirkland ... [et al.] -- Accelerator mass spectrometry in the study of vitamins and mineral metabolism / Fabiana Fonseca de Moura, Betty Jane Burri, and Andrew J. Clifford -- Dietary reference intakes for vitamins / Suzanne P. Murphy and Susan I. Barr. Abstract: Advances in molecular and cellular biology, analytical chemistry, and nanotechnology have improved the understanding of vitamin biomechanics and the requirements for human function. This book contains summaries that analyze the chemical, physiological, and nutritional relationships and highlight the identified functions for recognized vitamins. Read more...