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Essential and Toxic Trace Elements and Vitamins in Human Health

Author : George J. Brewer

Publisher : Academic Press

Page : 328 pages

File Size : 12,54 MB

Release : 2020-06-14

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0128093013

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Essential and Toxic Trace Elements and Vitamins in Human Health is a comprehensive guide to the wide variety of micronutrients that affect human health, including fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins that support diverse biochemical functions, trace elements with established and suggested links to health maintenance, and elements with known human toxicity such as arsenic, cadmium, and lead. An essential reference text for nutritionists working in academia and functional food and supplement industries, dieticians, and clinicians, Essential and Toxic Trace Elements and Vitamins in Human Health provides an in-depth look at toxic trace elements and essential vitamins and minerals and their direct influence on the body’s overall health with expert research from renowned scientists. Presents a balanced scientific view of essential and nonessential micronutrients with an in-depth analysis of the biochemical functions each plays in human health Examines particular micronutrients in detail with coverage of clinical aspects, interaction with other micronutrients, immunological effects, cognitive functions and epigenetics Focuses on effective management of micronutrient deficiencies and on toxicity implications of overexposure



Essential and Toxic Element

Author : Ananda S. Prasad

Publisher : Elsevier

Page : 544 pages

File Size : 49,22 MB

Release : 2013-10-22

Category : Science

ISBN : 1483262073

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Trace Elements in Human Health and Disease, Volume II: Essential and Toxic Elements is a collection of papers presented at an international symposium on trace elements held in Detroit, Michigan on July 10-12, 1974. The symposium provided a forum for discussing the role of essential and toxic elements such as magnesium and chromium in human health and disease. Comprised of 21 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of magnesium deficiency and magnesium toxicity in humans, followed by an analysis of magnesium deficiency and its relation to calcium, parathyroid hormone, and bone metabolism. The reader is then introduced to the biochemistry and physiology of magnesium, along with chromium metabolism and its biochemical effects on humans. Subsequent chapters deal with the metabolism and biochemistry of selenium and sulfur; the health and disease implications of selenium and glutathione peroxidase; effect of pre-eruptive or post-eruptive fluoride administration on caries susceptibility in the rat; and perinatal effects of trace element deficiencies. The book also considers the basis of recommended dietary allowances for trace elements before concluding with a description of quantitative measures of the toxicity of mercury in humans. This book will be useful to physicians, researchers, nutritionists, and toxicologists.



Diet and Health

Author : National Research Council

Publisher : National Academies Press

Page : 765 pages

File Size : 16,87 MB

Release : 1989-01-01

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0309039940

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Diet and Health examines the many complex issues concerning diet and its role in increasing or decreasing the risk of chronic disease. It proposes dietary recommendations for reducing the risk of the major diseases and causes of death today: atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (including heart attack and stroke), cancer, high blood pressure, obesity, osteoporosis, diabetes mellitus, liver disease, and dental caries.



Essential and Toxic Trace Elements in Human Health and Disease

Author : Ananda S. Prasad

Publisher : Wiley-Liss

Page : 704 pages

File Size : 10,22 MB

Release : 1988-03-24

Category : Health & Fitness

ISBN : 9780471614494

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A comprehensive survey of the latest information on the biochemical, immunological, and clinical aspects of trace elements essential to humans (e.g., zinc, copper, iron, chromium, selenium, and manganese), including methods measuring these elements in human subjects--and common toxic elements, such as lead, cadmium, mercury, and aluminum. Addresses the relationships of trace elements to immunity, fluoride metabolism, free radicals, cancer chemotherapy, parenteral nutrition, and micronutrient interactions in humans.



Soil Components and Human Health

Author : Rolf Nieder

Publisher : Springer

Page : 907 pages

File Size : 43,57 MB

Release : 2018-01-10

Category : Science

ISBN : 9402412220

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Book Description

This volume highlights important links existing between soils and human health which up to now are not fully realized by the public. Soil materials may have deleterious, beneficial or no impacts on human health; therefore, understanding the complex relationships between diverse soil materials and human health will encourage creative cooperation between soil and environmental sciences and medicine. The topics covered in this book will be of immense value to a wide range of readers, including soil scientists, medical scientists and practitioners, nursing scientists and staff, toxicologists, ecologists, agronomists, geologists, geochemists, public health professionals, planners and several others.



Essentials of Toxicology for Health Protection

Author : David Baker

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 368 pages

File Size : 10,84 MB

Release : 2012-03-15

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9780199652549

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Book Description

Essentials of Toxicology for Health Protection is a key handbook and course reader for all health protection professionals. It covers the basics of toxicology and its application to issues of topical concern including contaminated land, water pollution and traditional medicines.





Trace Elements in Human Health and Disease: Zinc and copper

Author : Donald Oberleas

Publisher :

Page : 504 pages

File Size : 42,32 MB

Release : 1976

Category : Medical

ISBN :

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Trace Elements in Human Health and Disease is a collection of papers presented at an international symposium on trace elements held in Detroit, Michigan on July 10-12, 1974. The symposium provided a forum for discussing the role of essential and toxic elements in human health and disease. These two volumes bring together a vast amount of information on trace elements zinc and copper, magnesium, selenium, fluoride, cadmium, lead, and mercury. They will be of great value to physicians, nutritionists, and toxicologists. A particularly interesting section relates to the leaching of important trace metals by excess dietary fiber in some developing countries. These books are one of the important monograph series published by the American Nutrition Foundation.



Metal Chelation in Medicine

Author : Robert R Crichton

Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry

Page : 336 pages

File Size : 48,72 MB

Release : 2016-10-18

Category : Science

ISBN : 1782623892

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Book Description

Metal chelators are emerging as versatile tool with many medical applications. Their versatility allows them to be used in chelation therapy for treating diseases caused by toxic and heavy metal poisoning, chelating agents are capable of binding to toxic metal ions to form complex structures which are easily excreted from the body removing them from intracellular or extracellular spaces. In addition, metal chelators can also be applied as contrast agents in MRI scanning. Metal Chelation in Medicine provides a clear and timely perspective on the role of chelating agents in the management of metal intoxications and storage diseases. Written by leaders in the field of chelators, this publication is at the cutting-edge of the subject. It covers a broad range of topics such as the use of metal chelators in non-invasive assessment of brain iron overload, and the treatment of systemic iron overload and neurodegenerative diseases. As such it is particularly valuable to clinicians treating metal poisonings and metal storage diseases. However, it is also a useful text for researchers, industry professionals and university students with a specific interest in medicinal chemistry, chelation, metal ions, imaging and non-invasive techniques.



Homeostasis and Toxicology of Essential Metals

Author : Chris M. Wood

Publisher : Academic Press

Page : 524 pages

File Size : 28,86 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Electronic books

ISBN : 0123786363

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Homeostasis and Toxicology of Essential Metals synthesizes the explosion of new information on the molecular, cellular, and organismal handling of metals in fish in the past 15 years. These elements are no longer viewed by fish physiologists as "heavy metals" that kill fish by suffocation, but rather as interesting moieties that enter and leave fish by specific pathways, which are subject to physiological regulation. The metals featured in this volume are those about which there has been most public and scientific concern, and therefore are those most widely studied by fish researchers. Metals such as Cu, Zn, Fe, Ni, Co, Se, Mo and Cr are either proven to be or are strongly suspected to be essential in trace amounts, yet are toxic in higher doses.