Dietary magnesium : new research / Andrew W. Yardley, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yardley, Andrew W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Magnesium in the body.

Magnesium--Metabolism.

Magnesium.

Magnesium deficiency diseases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral in the body and is essential to good health. Approximately 50 per cent of total body magnesium is found in bone. The other half is found predominantly inside cells of body tissues and organs. Only 1 per cent of magnesium is found in blood, but the body works very hard to keep blood levels of magnesium constant. Magnesium is needed for more than 300 biochemical reactions in the body. It helps maintain normal muscle and nerve function, keeps heart rhythm steady, supports a healthy immune system, and keeps bones strong.Magnesium also helps regulate blood sugar levels, promotes normal blood pressure, and is known to be involved in energy metabolism and protein synthesis. There is an increased interest in the role of magnesium in preventing and managing disorders such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Dietary magnesium is absorbed in the small intestines. Magnesium is excreted through the kidney.

Contents:

Short communication magnesium concentration in mononculear cells of COPD patients in stable phase / N. Ruljancic, S. Popovic-Grle, V. Rumenjak

Research and review studies magnesium intake, the metabolic syndrome, and chronic disease : a critical review of epidemiologic studies / Yiqing Song

Chronopathological forms of asthma due to magnesium depletion with hypo-or hyper-function of the biological clock : therapeutic implications / Jean Durlach ... [et al.]

Low birth weight and magenesium : from the standpoint of "fetal origin" hypothesis / Junji Takaya

Dietary magnesium and metabolic syndrome / Fernando Guerrero-Romero, Martha Rodriguez-Moran

Relation of vitamin D, calcium, and magnesium to the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus / Sara Chacko, Simin Liu

Enhancement of magnesium content in plants by exploiting ionomics and transcriptomics / Christian Hermans, Nathalie Verbruggen

A role for magnesium in the regulation of ruminal sodium transport / Friederike Stumpff, Holger Martens

Zinc, copper, manganese, and magnesium in liver cirrhosis / Dario Rahelic, Velimir Bozikov, Milan Kujundzic.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61668-105-5

OCLC:

923663717