Nutrition is becoming ever more central to our understanding of metabolic processes. Nutritional biochemistry offers insight into the mechanisms by which diet influences human health and disease. This book focuses on five aspects of this complex field of study: nutritional genomics, clinical nutriti
Selenium. Geobotany, Biochemistry, Toxicity, and Nutrition
β Scribed by Irene Rosenfeld and Orville A. Beath (Auth.)
- Year
- 1964
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 411
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
PREFACE, Pages vii-viii
CHAPTER I - HISTORY, Pages 1-7
CHAPTER II - GEOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SELENIUM, Pages 9-60
CHAPTER III - SELENIUM INDICATOR PLANTS, Pages 61-89
CHAPTER IV - ACCUMULATION OF SELENIUM BY PLANTS, Pages 91-140
CHAPTER V - SELENIUM POISONING IN ANIMALS, Pages 141-226
CHAPTER VI - PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF SELENIUM POISONING, Pages 227-232
CHAPTER VII - SELENIUM IN NUTRITION, Pages 233-277
CHAPTER VIII - SELENIUM IN RELATION TO PUBLIC HEALTH, Pages 279-298
CHAPTER IX - CHEMISTRY OF SELENIUM, Pages 299-332
CHAPTER X - BIOCHEMISTRY OF SELENIUM, Pages 333-371
Author Index, Pages 373-387
Subject Index, Pages 389-411
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