A guide to vitamins and their effects on diseases / edited by Ahmet Ata Alturfan and Ebru Emekli-Alturfan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alturfan, Ahmet Ata, editor.

Emekli-Alturfan, Ebru, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vitamin therapy.

Vitamins in human nutrition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (609 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

This book provides a contemporary, comprehensive and general review of vitamins and the role of vitamins in diseases. In the first part of the book, readers will be informed about fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins, vitamin-like substances, how they work in the body, their absorption, storage, transport, their recommended daily allowances, deficiencies and toxicity. In the second part, readers will discover how vitamins affect several diseases, and learn about their mechanism of action in diseases. The second part will also explore vitamin related minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, copper and zinc.The book is unique in that it reveals the mechanism of action of each vitamin in relation to conditions such as the metabolism, autoimmune diseases, degenerative systems, infectious diseases, and aging. This book serves as a brief but beneficial guide for academic institutions, health professionals, practitioners, medical and dentistry students, nutritionists and pharmacists.

Contents:

Intro

Dedication

Epigraph

Contents

Preface

Contributors

Section 1

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Section 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Section 3

Chapter 6

Section 4

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Section 5

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Appendix.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Alturfan, Ahmet Ata A Guide to Vitamins and Their Effects on Diseases

ISBN:

9781527500938

OCLC:

1375298466