Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Vitamins (Hardcover, 1)

Part I: Introduction

1 Nutritional Aspects of Vitamins

Part II: Biological Perspectives

2 Membrane Physiology

3 Functional Anatomy of the Small and Large Intestine, Liver and Kidney

4 General Physiology of Digestion and Absorption

5 Glucose Transport

6 Metabolism and Transport of Lipids

7 Topics of Biochemistry

8 Transduction of Intracellular Signals

9 Type II Nuclear Receptor-Mediated Transcription

10 A Guide to the Immune System

11 Physiology of the Vascular System

12 Structure of Bone and its Growth and Development

13 The Blood?Brain, Blood?Cerebrospinal Fluid and Placental Barriers

14 The Cell Cycle, Apoptosis and Cancer

Part III: The Fat-Soluble Vitamins

15 Vitamin A: Retinoids and the Provitamin A Carotenoids

16????????? Vitamin D

17????????? Vitamin E???????????

18????????? Vitamin K

Part IV: The Water-Soluble Vitamins

19????????? Thiamin (Vitamin B1)???????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????

20????????? Flavins: Riboflavin, FMN and FAD (Vitamin B2)??????????????????

21????????? Niacin: Nicotinic Acid and Nicotinamide?????????????????????????????

22????????? Vitamin B6

23????????? Pantothenic Acid

24????????? Biotin

25????????? Folate

26????????? Vitamin B12

27????????? Vitamin C