Nutrient Metabolism, Second Edition: Structures, Functions, and Genes

✍ Scribed by Martin Kohlmeier

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 882
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Nutrient Metabolism, Second Edition, provides a comprehensive overview of the supply and use of nutrients in the human body and how the body regulates intake. Chapters detail the principles determining digestion and absorption of food ingredients and how these compounds and their metabolites get into the brain, cross the placenta and pass through the kidneys. Each nutrient’s coverage contains a nutritional summary that describes its function, its food sources, dietary requirements, potential health risks if deficient, and impact of excessive intake. This handbook contains the latest information on the scope of structures, processes, genes and cofactors involved in maintaining a healthy balance of nutrient supplies. Of interest to a wide range of professionals because nutrient issues connect to so many audiences, the book contains a useful link to dietary supplements.

• Latest research findings on health and clinical effects of nutrients and of interventions affecting nutrient supply or metabolism
• Each nutrient covered contains a nutritional summary describing its function, food sources, dietary requirements, potential health risks if deficient, and impact of excessive intake.
• Nutrient information immediately accessible--from source to effect--in one volume

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front-matter, Pages i,iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Preface, Pages xi-xii
Acknowledgments, Page xiii
List of Abbreviations, Pages xv-xxi
Introduction, Pages xxiii-xxviii
Chapter 1 - Chemical Senses, Pages 1-23
Chapter 2 - Intake Regulation, Pages 25-35
Chapter 3 - Absorption, Transport, and Retention, Pages 37-93
Chapter 4 - Xenobiotics, Pages 95-110
Chapter 5 - Fatty Acids, Pages 111-186
Chapter 6 - Carbohydrates, Alcohols, and Organic Acids, Pages 187-242
Chapter 7 - Nonnutrients and Bioactives, Pages 243-263
Chapter 8 - Amino Acids and Nitrogen Compounds, Pages 265-477
Chapter 9 - Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Nonnutrients, Pages 479-565
Chapter 10 - Water-Soluble Vitamins and Nonnutrients, Pages 567-671
Chapter 11 - Minerals and Trace Elements, Pages 673-807
Chapter 12 - Applications, Pages 809-824
Index, Pages 825-870