Vitamins and hormones
Subtitle: advances in research and applications
By: edited by Robert S. Harris and Kenneth V. Thimann ; with a foreword by E.V. McCollum
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 1943
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780080865980
Subjects: Nutrition; Vitamins; Hormones; Endocrinology; MEDICAL; Periodicals; Research
Description: VITAMINS AND HORMONES V1.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Table of contents: title: Cover; Contents; Chapter 1. Choline"Chemistry and Significance as a Dietary Factor; I. Introduction; II. Discovery, Nomenclature, Constitution, and Synthesis; III. Properties of Choline and Its More Important Salts; IV. Detection and Estimation of Choline; V. Choline as a Dietary Factor; VI. The Lipotropic Effect of Proteins and Amino Acids; VII. Intermediary Metabolism of Choline and Other Lipotropic Factors; VIII. The Vitamin B Complex and the Lipotropic Factors; IX. The Relation of Choline and the Other Lipotropic Factors to the Kidney.; title: X. The Lipotropic Factors and Cirrhosis of the Liver Produced by Dietary MeansXI. Choline and Hyperplasia of the Forestomach in Rats; XII. Choline, Butter Yellow, and Hepatic Tumors; XIII. The Relation of Choline and the Other Lipotropic Factors to Avian Nutrition; XIV. The Preliminary Work on Acetylcholine Production; XV. The Influence of Choline on Lactation; XVI. The Effect of Choline on Blood Cholesterol and Experimental Atherosclerosis; XVII. The Question of Lipotropic Factors Other Than Cholin in Pancreas and Pancreatic Juice; XVIII. Choline Biosynthesis.; title: XIX. The Mechanism of the Lipotropic Action of Choline and Other SubstancesReferences; Chapter 2. The Appraisal of Nutritional States; A. Introduction; B. Prevalence of Malnutrition; C. Factors Contributing to Nutritional Failure; D. The Recognition of Nutritional Inadequacy; E. Summary; References; Chapter 3. Physical Methods for the Identification and Assay of Vitamins and Hormones; I. Introduction; II. Adsorption Spectrophotometry; III. Colorimetry; IV. Fluorescence Spectroscopy; V. Fluorophotometry; VI. Conclusions; References.; title: Chapter 4. The Chemical and Physiological Relationship Between Vitamins and Amino AcidsI. Introduction; II. Chemical Relationships between Vitamins and Amino Acid; III. General Physiological Relationships between Vitamins and Proteins; IV. Specific Physiological Relationships Between Vitamins and Proteins; V. Specific Physiological Relationships Between Vitamins and Amino-Acidogenic Hormones; VI. Specific Physiological Relationship Between Vitamins, Amino Acids and Their Simple Derivatives; VII. Summary; References; Chapter 5. The Photoreceptor Function of the Carotenoids and Vitamins A.; title: I. IntroductionII. Carotenoids in Light-Sensitive Structures; III. Functions of Carotenoide in Plants; IV. Phototactic Systems of Protista; Astaxanthin; V. Photokinetic Systems of Lower Invertebrates; VI. Invertebrate and Vertebrate Eyes; the Vitamins A; VII. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 6. The Significance of the Vitamin Content of Tissues; I. Introduction; II. General Distribution in the Tissues of Various Organisms; III. Distribution of Vitamins in the Tissues of Mammals; IV. Significance of Distribution with Regard to the Functioning of the Respective Vitamins.