Zinc in Human Biology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Physiology of Zinc: General Aspects

   • M. J. Jackson

   Pages 1-14

3. An Introduction to the Biochemistry of Zinc

   • R. J. P. Williams

   Pages 15-31

4. Intestinal Absorption of Zinc

   • B. Lönnerdal

   Pages 33-55

5. Promoters and Antagonists of Zinc Absorption

   • Brittmarie Sandström, B. Lönnerdal

   Pages 57-78

6. Systemic Transport of Zinc

   • R. J. Cousins

   Pages 79-93

7. Systemic Interactions of Zinc

   • I. Bremner, P. M. May

   Pages 95-108

8. Biochemistry of Zinc in Cell Division and Tissue Growth

   • J. K. Chesters

   Pages 109-118

9. Zinc in Cell Division and Tissue Growth: Physiological Aspects

   • Barbara E. Golden

   Pages 119-128

10. Biochemical Pathologies of Zinc Deficiency

    • M. S. Clegg, C. L. Keen, Lucille S. Hurley

    Pages 129-145

11. Zinc and Iron in Free Radical Pathology and Cellular Control

    • R. L. Willson

    Pages 147-172

12. Zinc Status and Food Intake

    • B. L. O’Dell, P. G. Reeves

    Pages 173-181

13. Zinc and Reproduction: Effects of Deficiency on Foetal and Postnatal Development

    • C. L. Keen, Lucille S. Hurley

    Pages 183-220

14. A Note on Zinc and Immunocompetence

    • R. A. Good

    Pages 221-223

15. Zinc and Behaviour

    • Sandra E. File

    Pages 225-234

16. Neurobiology of Zinc

    • I. E. Dreosti

    Pages 235-247

17. Zinc in Endocrine Function

    • G. E. Bunce

    Pages 249-258

18. Severe Zinc Deficiency

    • P. J. Aggett

    Pages 259-279

19. Mild Zinc Deficiency in Human Subjects

    • K. M. Hambidge

    Pages 281-296

20. Putative Therapeutic Roles for Zinc

    • N. W. Solomons, M. Ruz, C. Castillo-Duran

    Pages 297-321

The present volume is one of a series concerned with topics considered to be of growing interest to those whose ultimate aim is the understanding of the nutrition of man. Volumes on Sweetness, Calcium in Human Biology and Sucrose: Nutritional and Safety Aspects, have already been published, and another, on Dietary Starches and Sugars in Man: A Comparison, is in preparation. Written for workers in the nutritional and allied sciences rather than for the specialist, they aim to fill the gap between the textbook on the one hand and the many publications addressed to the expert on the other. The target readership spans medicine, nutrition and the biological sciences generally and includes those in the food, chemical and allied industries who need to take account of advances in these fields relevant to their products. Funded by industry but with an independent status, the Inter­ national Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) is a non-profit organization founded to deal objectively with the numerous health and safety issues that today concern industry internationally. ILSI sponsors scientific research, organizes conferences and publishes monographs relative to these problems. London Ian Macdonald March 1988 Series Editor Preface This volume has been prepared at a time when interest in both the biological roles of zinc and its nutritional significance is growing rapidly.

• biochemistry
• biology
• nutrition
• physiology

• Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

  Colin F. Mills

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