1st Edition

Revival: Recent Vitamin Research (1984)

Edited By Briggs Michael Copyright 1984
222 Pages
by CRC Press

222 Pages
by CRC Press

222 Pages
by CRC Press

The book opens with a survey by Dr. Motron Cowan of biotin-responsive metabolic disorders of children. A group of Japanese researchers then present their latest data on the complex interactions between vitamin D and parathyroid hormone (PTH) in bone calcification. The author reviews the prolific published information relating vitramin C to infectious diseases and presents the results of an 8 year... Read more

1. Biotin-Responsive Metabolic Disorders in Early Childhood  2. Synergistic Stimulatory Effects of Vitamin D3 Metabolites and Parathyroids Hormone (PTH) Upon Bone Calcification In Vitro  3. Vitamin C and Infectious Disease: A Review of the Literature and the Results of a Randomized, Double-Blind, Prospective Study Over 8 Years4. Vitamin Supplements and Intrauterine Growth  5. Modification of Neoplastic Processes by Vitamin A and Retinoids  6. Application of the Erythrocyte Glutathione Reductase Test to the Evaluation of Vitamin B2 Status in Normal Female Subjects and in Females Taking Oral Contraceptive Agents  7. Causes of Neural Tube Malformation and Their Prevention by Dietry Improvement and Preconceptional Supplements with Folic

Biography

Michael H. Briggs D.Sc., Ph.D., F.I. Bio., F.R.C Path., is Professor of Human Biology at Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Currently he is Dean of Sciences.