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September 27, 2007 012183493X 978-0121834937 3rd
The third 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.

NEW TO THIS EDITION:
*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

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PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION:
"It was a pleasure to read this magnificent book that can be used for teaching and as a desk reference. In short, this is the premier textbook in vitamins and may be used at both the graduate and undergraduate levels."
-JOURNAL OF OPTIMAL NUTRITION

"This text would be useful for anyone teaching a course about vitamins."
-FOOD TECHNOLOGY

"The organization of the book is a unique and useful approach to presenting material. Students will find the formatting of individual chapters extremely useful. This is an excellent learning textbook for an undergraduate or early graduate course on the vitamins."
-JOURNAL OF NUTRITION EDUCATION

"The book is obviously valuable to those teaching or using information associated with vitamins. I also recommend the book to other teachers as a way of presenting material to students to learn rather than memorize."
-JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EDUCATION

"The strength of this book is the clear description of the chemistry of each vitamin and related compounds and of the biochemistry and metabolic functions in the body. For those who want to build their knowledge of the vitamins on a chemical and biochemical base, this book will prove excellent."
-AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL

About the Author

Gerald F. Combs, Jr., Ph.D., is a Emeritus Professor of Nutrition at Cornell University. His specialties are the nutritional biochemistry of trace elements and vitamins, clinical intervention studies, and the linkages of agriculture and human health in national development. He has authored or co-authored 279 publications, including two major reference books.


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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vitamine theory, trivial designation, physiological utilization, hydrofolic acid, relative biopotencies, vitamin discovery, casei factor, enteric absorption, generic descriptor, empirical phase, isoprenoid units, thiamin pyrophosphate, defined diets, dehydroascorbic acid
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Elucidation of the Vitamins, Sign Vitamin, Nomenclature Vitamin, Recommended Reading, United States, Case Que, Discovery of the Vitamins, Vitamin Deficiency Table, University of California, Thiamin Thiamin, Short History of Nutritional Science, Learning Objectives, Vitamin Deficiency Diseases, Growth of Lactobacillus, Nobel Prize, New York, Niacin Nicotinic, Clinical Manifestations of Vitamin Deficiencies, Physiological Utilization of the Vitamins, The Empirical Phase of Vitamin Discovery, Anchoring Concepts, Compound Relative, Christian Eijkman, Vitamin Vitamer, The Vitamine Theory
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