The Vitamins
- 4th Edition - August 19, 2016
- Author: Gerald F. Combs Jr.
- Language: English
The fourth edition of this bestselling text will again provide the latest coverage of the biochemistry and physiology of vitamins and vitamin-like substances. Extensively revised… Read more
The fourth edition of this bestselling text will again provide the latest coverage of the biochemistry and physiology of vitamins and vitamin-like substances. Extensively revised and expanded on the basis of recent research findings with enlarged coverage of health effects of vitamin-like factors, it is ideally suited for students and an important reference for anyone interested in nutrition, food science, animal science or endocrinology. It contains a cohesive and well-organized presentation of each of the vitamins, as well as the history of their discoveries and current information about their roles in nutrition and health.
- Selected for inclusion in Doody's Core Titles 2013, an essential collection development tool for health sciences libraries
- Includes approximately 30% new material
- Substantial updates have been made to chapters on vitamins A, C, E, K, folate, and the quasi-vitamins
- Provides checklists of systems affected by vitamin deficiencies and food sources of vitamins
- Key concepts, learning objectives, vocabulary,case studies, study questions and additional reading lists are included making this ideally suited for students
- Thoroughly updated with important recent research results, including citations to key reports, many added tables and several new figures
- Addition of Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HANES III) data
- Updated Dietary Reference Values
Students and health professionals, also researchers in food science, veterinary and animal sciences
PART I. Perspectives on the Vitamins in Nutrition
Chapter 1. What is a Vitamin?
Vocabulary
1 Thinking About Vitamins
2 Vitamin: A Revolutionary Concept
3 An Operating Definition of a Vitamin
4 The Recognized Vitamins
Chapter 2. Discovery of the Vitamins
Vocabulary
1 The Emergence of Nutrition as a Science
2 The Process of Discovery in Nutritional Science
3 The Empirical Phase of Vitamin Discovery
4 The Experimental Phase of Vitamin Discovery
5 The Vitamine Theory
6 Elucidation of the Vitamins
7 Vitamin Terminology
8 Other Factors Sometimes Called Vitamins
9 The Modern History of the Vitamins
Recommended Reading
Chapter 3. Properties of Vitamins
Vocabulary
1 Chemical and Physical Properties of the Vitamins
2 Vitamin A
3 Vitamin D
4 Vitamin E
5 Vitamin K
6 Vitamin C
7 Thiamin
8 Riboflavin
9 Niacin
10 Vitamin B6
11 Biotin
12 Pantothenic Acid
13 Folate
14 Vitamin B12
15 General Properties of the Vitamins
16 Physiological Utilization of the Vitamins
17 Metabolism of the Vitamins
18 Metabolic Functions of the Vitamins
Recommended Reading
Chapter 4. Vitamin Deficiency
Vocabulary
1 The Concept of Vitamin Deficiency
2 Clinical Manifestations of Vitamin Deficiencies
3 Vitamin Deficiency Diseases: Manifestations of Biochemical Lesions
4 The Many Causes of Vitamin Deficiencies
Recommended Reading
PART II. Considering the Individual Vitamins
Chapter 5. Vitamin A
Vocabulary
1 The Significance of Vitamin A
2 Sources of Vitamin A
3 Absorption of Vitamin A
4 Transport of Vitamin A
5 Metabolism of Vitamin A
6 Metabolic Functions of Vitamin A
7 Vitamin A in Health and Disease
8 Vitamin A Deficiency
9 Vitamin A Toxicity
10 Case Studies
Recommended Reading
Chapter 6. Vitamin D
Vocabulary
1 The Significance of Vitamin D
2 Sources of Vitamin D
3 Enteric Absorption of Vitamin D
4 Transport of Vitamin D
5 Metabolism of Vitamin D
6 Metabolic Functions of Vitamin D
7 Vitamin D in Health and Disease
8 Vitamin D Deficiency
9 Vitamin D Toxicity
10 Case Studies
Recommended Reading
Chapter 7. Vitamin E
Vocabulary
1 The Significance of Vitamin E
2 Sources of Vitamin E
3 Absorption of Vitamin E
4 Transport of Vitamin E
5 Metabolism of Vitamin E
6 Metabolic Functions of Vitamin E
7 Vitamin E in Health and Disease
8 Vitamin E Deficiency
9 Vitamin E Toxicity
10 Case Studies
Recommended Reading
Chapter 8. Vitamin K
Vocabulary
1 The Significance of Vitamin K
2 Sources of Vitamin K
3 Absorption of Vitamin K
4 Transport of Vitamin K
5 Metabolism of Vitamin K
6 Metabolic Functions of Vitamin K
7 Vitamin K in Health and Disease
8 Vitamin K Deficiency
9 Vitamin K Toxicity
10 Case Studies
Recommended Reading
Chapter 9. Vitamin C
Vocabulary
1 The Significance of Vitamin C
2 Sources of Vitamin C
3 Absorption of Vitamin C
4 Transport of Vitamin C
5 Metabolism of Vitamin C
6 Metabolic Functions of Vitamin C
7 Vitamin C in Health and Disease
8 Vitamin C Deficiency
9 Vitamin C Toxicity
10 Case Studies
Recommended Reading
Chapter 10. Thiamin
Vocabulary
1 The Significance of Thiamin
2 Sources of Thiamin
3 Absorption of Thiamin
4 Transport of Thiamin
5 Metabolism of Thiamin
6 Metabolic Functions of Thiamin
7 Thiamin in Health and Disease
8 Thiamin Deficiency
9 Thiamin Toxicity
10 Case Studies
Recommended Reading
Chapter 11. Riboflavin
Vocabulary
1 The Significance of Riboflavin
2 Sources of Riboflavin
3 Absorption of Riboflavin
4 Transport of Riboflavin
5 Metabolism of Riboflavin
6 Metabolic Functions of Riboflavin
7 Riboflavin in Health and Disease
8 Riboflavin Deficiency
9 Riboflavin Toxicity
10 Case Study
Recommended Reading
Chapter 12. Niacin
Vocabulary
1 The Significance of Niacin
2 Sources of Niacin
3 Absorption of Niacin
4 Transport of Niacin
5 Metabolism of Niacin
6 Metabolic Functions of Niacin
7 Niacin in Health and Disease
8 Niacin Deficiency
9 Niacin Toxicity
10 Case Study
Recommended Reading
Chapter 13. Vitamin B
Vocabulary
1 The Significance of Vitamin B6
2 Sources of Vitamin B6
3 Absorption of Vitamin B6
4 Transport of Vitamin B6
5 Metabolism of Vitamin B6
6 Metabolic Functions of Vitamin B6
7 Vitamin B6 in Health and Disease
8 Vitamin B6 Deficiency
9 Vitamin B6 Toxicity
10 Case Studies
Recommended Reading
Chapter 14. Biotin
Vocabulary
1 The Significance of Biotin
2 Sources of Biotin
3 Absorption of Biotin
4 Transport of Biotin
5 Metabolism of Biotin
6 Metabolic Functions of Biotin
7 Biotin in Health and Disease
8 Biotin Deficiency
9 Biotin Toxicity
10 Case Study
Case
Recommended Reading
Chapter 15. Pantothenic Acid
Vocabulary
1 The Significance of Pantothenic Acid
2 Sources of Pantothenic Acid
3 Absorption of Pantothenic Acid
4 Transport of Pantothenic Acid
5 Metabolism of Pantothenic Acid
6 Metabolic Functions of Pantothenic Acid
7 Pantothenic Acid in Health and Disease
8 Pantothenic Acid Deficiency
9 Pantothenic Acid Toxicity
10 Case Study
Recommended Reading
Chapter 16. Folate
Vocabulary
1 The Significance of Folate
2 Sources of Folate
3 Absorption of Folate
4 Transport of Folate
5 Metabolism of Folate
6 Metabolic Functions of Folate
7 Folate in Health and Disease
8 Folate Deficiency
9 Folate Toxicity
10 Case Study
Recommended Reading
Chapter 17. Vitamin B
Vocabulary
1 The Significance of Vitamin B12
2 Sources of Vitamin B12
3 Absorption of Vitamin B12
4 Transport of Vitamin B12
5 Metabolism of Vitamin B12
6 Metabolic Functions of Vitamin B12
7 Vitamin B12 in Health and Disease
8 Vitamin B12 Deficiency
9 Vitamin B12 Toxicity
10 Case Study
Recommended Reading
Chapter 18. Quasi-Vitamins
Vocabulary
1 Is the List of Vitamins Complete?
2 Choline
3 Carnitine
4 MYO-inositol
5 Pyrroloquinoline Quinone
6 Ubiquinones
7 Flavonoids
8 Non-Provitamin a Carotenoids
9 Orotic Acid
10 p-Aminobenzoic Acid
11 Lipoic Acid
12 Ineffective Factors
13 Unidentified Growth Factors
14 Questions of Semantics
Recommended Reading
PART III. Using Current Knowledge of the Vitamins
Chapter 19. Sources of the Vitamins
Vocabulary
1 Vitamins in Foods
2 Predicting Vitamin Contents
3 Vitamin Bioavailability
4 Vitamin Losses
5 Vitamin Fortification
6 Biofortification
7 Vitamin Labeling of Foods
8 Vitamin Supplementation
9 Vitamins in Livestock Feeding
Recommended Reading
Chapter 20. Assessing Vitamin Status
Vocabulary
1 General Aspects of Nutritional Assessment
2 Assessment of Vitamin Status
3 Vitamin Status of Human Populations
Recommended Reading
Chapter 21. Quantifying Vitamin Needs
Vocabulary
1 Dietary Standards
2 Determining Dietary Standards for Vitamins
3 Factors Affecting Vitamin Requirements
4 Vitamin Allowances for Humans
5 Vitamin Allowances for Animals
Recommended Reading
Chapter 22. Vitamin Safety
Vocabulary
1 Uses of Vitamins Above Required Levels
2 Hazards of Excessive Vitamin Intakes
3 Signs of Hypervitaminoses
4 Safe Intakes of Vitamins
Recommended Reading
APPENDIX A. Current and Obsolete Designations of Vitamins (Bolded) and Other Vitamin-Like Factors
APPENDIX B. Original Reports for Case Studies
APPENDIX C. A Core of Current Vitamin Literature
APPENDIX D. Vitamin Contents of Foods (units per 100 g edible portion)
APPENDIX E. Vitamin Content of Feedstuffs (units per kg)
Index
- Edition: 4
- Published: August 19, 2016
- Language: English
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Gerald F. Combs Jr.
Gerald F. Combs, Jr. is an internationally recognized leader in nutrition, particularly in the areas of micronutrient functions, diet and cancer prevention, and sustainable food systems. He has conducted research ranging from fundamental studies with cultured cells and animal models to human metabolic and clinical investigations, including studies in China, Bangladesh, Costa Rica and Malawi. He has lectured in some 30 countries and published more than 350 scientific papers and reviews, and 15 books, including six editions of The Vitamins: Fundamental Aspects in Nutrition and Health. He received his graduate training in nutritional biochemistry at Cornell University, where he later served on that faculty for 29 years before being named Director of the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center in Grand Forks ND from 2020-2015. He was is a Senior Scientist at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University in Boston, 2015-2022. He presently is Professor Emeritus, Div. Nutritional Sciences, at Cornell University.
Affiliations and expertise
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