The Vitamins: Fundamental Aspects in Nutrition and Health - Couverture rigide

Combs Jr. M.Sc PhD, Gerald F.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0123819806 ISBN 13 : 9780123819802

Editeur : Academic Press Inc, 2012

Synopsis

The fourth 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gerald F. Combs, Jr. is an internationally recognized leader in nutrition, particularly in the areas of micronutrient functions, diet and cancer prevention, and sustainable food systems. He has conducted research ranging from fundamental studies with cultured cells and animal models to human metabolic and clinical investigations, including studies in China, Bangladesh, Costa Rica and Malawi. He has lectured in some 30 countries and published more than 350 scientific papers and reviews, and 15 books, including six editions of The Vitamins: Fundamental Aspects in Nutrition and Health. He received his graduate training in nutritional biochemistry at Cornell University, where he later served on that faculty for 29 years before being named Director of the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center in Grand Forks ND from 2020-2015. He was is a Senior Scientist at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University in Boston, 2015-2022. He presently is Professor Emeritus, Div. Nutritional Sciences, at Cornell University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Academic Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0123819806
• ISBN 13: 9780123819802
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 598
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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