The Vitamins: Fundamental Aspects in Nutrition and Health (Hardcover, 4)

Part I. Perspectives on the Vitamins in Nutrition
1. What is a Vitamin?
2. Discovery of the Vitamins
3. Chemical and Physiological Properties of Vitamins
4. Vitamin Deficiency
Part II. Considering the Individual Vitamins
5. Vitamin A
6. Vitamin D
7. Vitamin E
8. Vitamin K
9. Vitamin C
10. Thiamin
11. Riboflavin
12. Niacin
13. Vitamin B6
14. Biotin
15. Pantothenic Acid
16. Folate
17. Vitamin B12
18. Quasi-Vitamins
Part III. Using Current Knowledge of the Vitamins
19. Sources of Vitamins
20. Assessing Vitamin Status
21. Quantifying Vitamin Needs
22. Vitamin Safety
Appendices
Appendix A Vitamin Terminology: Past and Present
Appendix B Original Reports for Case Studies
Appendix C A Core of Current Vitamin Research Literature
Appendix D Vitamin Contents of Foods
Appendix E Vitamin Contents of Feedstuffs

Index