Calcium in Human Biology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

   PDF

2. Chemistry and Biochemistry of Calcium

   • W. G. Robertson

   Pages 1-26

3. Calcium-Regulating Hormones: Vitamin D

   • D. R. Fraser

   Pages 27-41

4. Calcium-Regulating Hormones: Parathyroid Hormone and Calcitonin

   • G. D. Aurbach

   Pages 43-68

5. Calcium-Regulating Hormones: General

   • P. H. Adams

   Pages 69-92

6. Gastrointestinal Absorption of Calcium

   • F. Bronner

   Pages 93-123

7. Renal Excretion of Calcium

   • M. Peacock

   Pages 125-169

8. Calcified Tissues: Chemistry and Biochemistry

   • A. L. Boskey

   Pages 171-186

9. Calcified Tissues: Cellular Dynamics

   • F. Melsen, L. Mosekilde

   Pages 187-208

10. Calcified Tissues: Structure-Function Relationships

    • J. Dequeker

    Pages 209-240

11. Calcium in Extracellular Fluid: Homeostasis

    • G. Schaafsma

    Pages 241-259

12. Calcium as an Intracellular Regulator

    • A. K. Campbell

    Pages 261-316

13. Cellular Calcium: Muscle

    • S. Ebashi

    Pages 317-338

14. Cellular Calcium: Nervous System

    • M. P. Blaustein

    Pages 339-366

15. Cellular Calcium: Secretion of Hormones

    • W. J. Malaisse

    Pages 367-384

16. Cellular Calcium: Action of Hormones

    • R. H. Wasserman

    Pages 385-419

17. Cellular Calcium: Cell Growth and Differentiation

    • T. Fujita, Y. Nakao

    Pages 421-446

18. Dietary Requirements for Calcium

    • B. E. C. Nordin, D. H. Marshall

    Pages 447-471

19. Back Matter

    Pages 473-481

    PDF

Calcium in Human Biology provides an authoritative review of current knowledge and points the way to further progress in the understanding of this essential nutrient. In addition to considering the established importance of an adequate dietary source of available calcium for the formation of sound bones and teeth, there is detailed discussion of the part calcium plays in a variety of aspects of human metabolism. The book is written primarily for those working in the nutritional sciences and related fields. It will also be of interest to clinicians, nutritionists, and to those interested more generally in the biological sciences, as well as to those in the important sectors of the food industry which utilise or produce dairy products and other foods significant to the supply of dietary calcium.

• Calcium
• Nucleotide
• Vitamin D
• biochemistry
• biology
• chemistry
• enzymes
• growth
• homeostasis
• hormone
• metabolism
• nutrition
• protein
• thyroid hormone
• tissue

• Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, Australia

  B. E. C. Nordin

Policies and ethics