Beyond Deficiency: New Views on the Function and Health Effects of Vitamins

orig.wrappers Minor rubbing. VG. 23x15cm, 404 pp., PAPERBACK. Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 669. Contains 50 papers. Includes: Antioxidant Functions of Vitamins: Vitamins E & C, Beta- Carotene & Other Carotenoids; Physiological Importance of Extrahepatic Vitamin K-Dependent Carboxylation Reactions; Vitamin B6: Reservoirs, Receptors & Red-Cell Reactions; Regulatory Role of Oxidized & Reduced Pteroylpolyglutamates; New Concepts of Vitamin D Functions; A New Pathway for Vitamin A: Understanding the Pleiotroipic Effects of Retinoids; Localized Deficiencies of Folic Acid in Aerodigestive Tissues; Role of Nutrients in Delaying Cataracts; Influence of Vitamins E & B6 on Immune Response; Antioxidant Vitamins & Prevention of Lung Disease; Effects of Drugs on Vitamin Needs; Influence of HIV Infections on Vitamin Status and Requirements; Effect of Vitamin C on Transient Increase of Bronchial Responsiveness in Conditions Affecting the Airways; Measles-Induced Vitamin A Deficiency; The Effects of Vitamins B12, B6 and Folate on Blood Homocysteine Levels; Relationship of Vitamin C Status to Chloresterol & Blood Pressure; Ischemia: Reperfusion Injury & Restenosis after Coronary Angioplasty; Influence of Antioxidant Vitamins on LDL Oxidation; Dietary Antioxidants & Cardiovascular Disease; Potential Role of Beta-Carotene & Antioxidant Vitamins in the Prevention of Oral Cancer; Effect of Folate on Cervical Cancer: Synergism among Risk Factors; Interaction of Riboflavin with Zinc Bioavailability; Effect of Short-term Feeding of Barley Oil Extract Containing Naturally Occuring Tocotrienols on the Immune Response.…