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Zinc in human biology /
Zinc in Human Biology describes the functions of zinc in the maintenance of health, physiological development and growth. It highlights the importance of factors which govern the utilization of dietary zinc and thus influence susceptibility to zinc deficiency. Of particular note are its critical rev...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin :
Springer,
�1989.
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| Series: | ILSI human nutrition reviews.
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| Online Access: | SpringerLink - Full text online |
Table of Contents:
- Physiology of zinc: general aspects
- An introduction to the biochemistry of zinc
- Intestinal absorption of zinc
- Promotors and antagonists of zinc absorption
- Systemic transport of zinc
- Systemic interactions of zinc
- Biochemistry of zinc in cell division and tissue growth
- Zinc in cell division and tissue growth: physiological aspects
- Biochemical pathologies of zinc deficiency
- Zinc and iron in free radical pathology and cellular control
- Zinc status and food intake
- Zinc and reproduction: effects of deficiency on foetal and postnatal development
- A note on zinc and immunocompetence
- Zinc and behaviour
- Neurobiology of zinc
- Zinc in endocrine function
- Severe zinc deficiency
- Mild zinc deficiency in human subjects
- Putative therapeutic roles for zinc
- The diagnosis of zinc deficiency
- Human zinc requirements
- Dietary pattern and zinc supply
- Zinc excess
- The biological significance of zinc for man: problems and prospects
- Subject index.