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Vitamin K: Past, Present, Future Essential for normal blood
coagulation, possible roles in bone, vascular, and tumor
metabolism, and a nutrient critical to the health of the newborn
infant -- these are just some of the many health-promoting aspects
of Vitamin K. Vitamin K in Health and Disease navigates the
exciting research venues that have opened in the past few years
surrounding this micro nutrient, particularly its role in skeletal
and cardiovascular health. It also provides the historical timeline
of vitamin K research and discovery that began in the 1930s.
Comprehensive in scope, this book offers complete coverage of the
chemistry of Vitamin K; deficiency signs and nutritional
assessment; metabolism and biochemistry; and pharmacology. It also
presents up-to-date scientific studies on the nutritional,
metabolic, and medical aspects along with a review of current
dietary requirements and the difficulty involved in establishing an
appropriate dietary reference intake for Vitamin K. Extensive
References, More than 45 Illustrations, Numerous Tables Based on
John Suttie's 35 years of experience directing a broad vitamin K
research program, this work discusses plasma and non-plasma Vitamin
K-dependent proteins. It also includes helpful tables on food
sources, population intake of Vitamin K, and the impact of diet on
the circulating levels of the vitamin - highlighting the role of
vitamin K in health and disease. Vitamin K in Health and Disease
provides a foundation for future innovations in research and in
determining the best ways to implement current knowledge.
Within the last few years, knowledge about vitamins has increased
dramatically, resulting in improved understanding of human
requirements for many vitamins. This new edition of a bestseller
presents comprehensive summaries that analyze the chemical,
physiological, and nutritional relationships, as well as highlight
newly identified functions, for all recognized vitamins. These
include vitamins A, D, K, E, B6, B12, niacin, riboflavin, thiamine,
pantothenic acid, biotin, folate, choline, and ascorbic acid.
Keeping the tradition of the previous volumes, the Handbook of
Vitamins, Fifth Edition provides an updated, contemporary
perspective on vitamins in human nutrition. Bringing together
leading experts in molecular biology, biochemistry, and physiology,
the book contains substantial revisions in every chapter, covering
vitamin metabolism, including human requirements, clinical aspects
of deficiency, vitamin-dependant cell signals and gene regulation,
and roles as coenzymes. The chapter on epigenetics has been updated
and expanded to include novel findings about vitamins not
previously considered in studies of nutrient-dependent epigenome
modification. The book also contains a new chapter on genome
stability, highlighting current understanding of vitamin-genome
interactions in the evolution of the human genome and the
functional consequences of human genetic variation. Maintaining its
status as a high-quality reference, this handbook incorporates new
discoveries into an updated and revised fifth edition.
Vitamin K: Past, Present, Future Essential for normal blood
coagulation, possible roles in bone, vascular, and tumor
metabolism, and a nutrient critical to the health of the newborn
infant -- these are just some of the many health-promoting aspects
of Vitamin K. Vitamin K in Health and Disease navigates the
exciting research venues that have opened in the past few years
surrounding this micro nutrient, particularly its role in skeletal
and cardiovascular health. It also provides the historical timeline
of vitamin K research and discovery that began in the 1930s.
Comprehensive in scope, this book offers complete coverage of the
chemistry of Vitamin K; deficiency signs and nutritional
assessment; metabolism and biochemistry; and pharmacology. It also
presents up-to-date scientific studies on the nutritional,
metabolic, and medical aspects along with a review of current
dietary requirements and the difficulty involved in establishing an
appropriate dietary reference intake for Vitamin K. Extensive
References, More than 45 Illustrations, Numerous Tables Based on
John Suttie's 35 years of experience directing a broad vitamin K
research program, this work discusses plasma and non-plasma Vitamin
K-dependent proteins. It also includes helpful tables on food
sources, population intake of Vitamin K, and the impact of diet on
the circulating levels of the vitamin - highlighting the role of
vitamin K in health and disease. Vitamin K in Health and Disease
provides a foundation for future innovations in research and in
determining the best ways to implement current knowledge.
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