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Vitamin E in Health and Disease: Biochemistry and Clinical Applications
 
 
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Vitamin E in Health and Disease: Biochemistry and Clinical Applications [Hardcover]

Lester Packer (Author)

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0824786920 978-0824786922 October 30, 1992 1
Probes developments and trends in research and clinical applications of vitamin E, discussing its chemistry and biochemistry and natural occurence in nuts, seeds, whole grains and vegetable and fish-liver oils. The book covers new findings on the role of vitamin E as a biological response modifier.

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. . .the ultimate treatise on vitamin E. . .exceeding all previous texts in detail and consistency. . . Everyone working in the area of vitamin E research should own this volume. . .Every graduate student interested in nutrition should be required to read this book not only for basic knowledge, but to examine the variety of ways researchers approach experimental design.
---Journal of the American Dietetic Association
This extensive book discusses present and past studies into the links between Vitamin E and the risks of a number of chronic and acute health problems. . . .particularly useful for biochemists, pharmacologists, public health researchers and research dietitians.
---International Journal of Cardiology
. . .a significant contribution to the field. . .This impressive work is composed of. . .67 chapters, authored and coauthored by more than 125 international scientific and clinical experts in vitamin E research. . . .a reference work for toxicologists, research scientists, and physicians specializing in dermatology, neurology, pediatrics, ophthalmology, and internal medicine. They need to be both aware of and knowledgeable in the findings presented here for their experiments, research, and clinical practice.
---Journal of Toxicology: Cutaneous & Ocular Toxicology

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The tocotrienols, which are similar to tocopherols in molecular structure except that there are three double bonds in the isoprenoid side chain, are found widely distributed in the plant kingdom. Read the first page
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other antioxygenic nutrients, lipid oxyradicals, unilammelar liposomes, acceptor liposomes, oxyradical propagation, common superscript number, tocopherol delivery, antioxygenic components, donor liposomes, senescent cell antigen, ascorbic acid dependent reduction, detectable lipid peroxidation, tocopheroxyl radical reduction, chromanoxyl radical accumulation, clastogenic material, dietary palm oil, oxyradical injury, tocopherol homologs, hypercholesterolemic chickens, free radical reductase activity, international palm oil development conference, intermembrane transfer, aging antigen, higher recycling efficiency, intermembrane exchange
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Acad Sci, New York, Clin Nutr, Biochim Biophys Acta, Biol Chem, Arch Biochem Biophys, Free Radic Biol Med, Biochem Biophys Res Commun, Academic Press, Vitam Nutr Res, Marcel Dekker, Clin Invest, United States, Cancer Res, Chem Phys Lipids, Nutr Sci Vitaminol, Exp Eye Res, Natl Cancer Inst, Plenum Press, Photochem Photobiol, Arch Dermatol, National Research Council, Vitam Horm, Arch Environ Health, Bull Chem Soc Jpn
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