Overview
- Editors:
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Peter J. Quinn
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King’s College London, University of London, London, UK
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Valerian E. Kagan
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Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, and Department of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xxvi
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Vitamin A
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- Marcia E. Newcomer, R. Scott Jamison, David E. Ong
Pages 53-80
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- Maria A. Livrea, Luisa Tesoriere
Pages 113-143
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- Joël Constans, Evelyne Peuchant, Claire Sergeant, Claude Conri
Pages 145-155
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Carotenoids
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Front Matter
Pages 157-157
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- Xiang-Dong Wang, Norman I. Krinsky
Pages 159-180
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- Susan J. Duthie, Andrew R. Collins, Garry G. Duthie
Pages 181-207
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- Billy W. Day, Stefania Bergamini, Yulia Y. Tyurina, Gianfranca Carta, Vladimir A. Tyurin, Valerian E. Kagan
Pages 209-217
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- Maria Tomoaia-Cotisel, Peter J. Quinn
Pages 219-242
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Vitamin D
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Front Matter
Pages 243-243
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- JoEllen Welsh, Kathryn VanWeelden, Louise Flanagan, Ian Byrne, Elizabeth Nolan, Carmen J. Narvaez
Pages 245-270
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- Igor N. Sergeev, William B. Rhoten, Vladimir B. Spirichev
Pages 271-297
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Vitamin E
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Front Matter
Pages 299-299
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- P. K. Witting, J. M. Upston, R. Stocker
Pages 345-390
About this book
The subject for a volume on the fat-soluble vitamins needs no justification considering the importance of this group of nutrients and the rate of expan sion of our knowledge of its role in cell biology, genetics, and disease. The level of our understanding has clearly moved from knowing what fat soluble vitamins do to how they perform their functions. Hand in hand with a knowledge of their molecular mechanisms of action is the recognition that vitamins are used sparingly, and regeneration processes operate in certain cases to recycle vitamins from their metabolites. We have divided the volume into alphabetical sections beginning with vitamin A and the carotenoids through vitamins D, E, F, and K, and ending with coenzyme Q. The contributors are all acknowledged experts in their particular fields and have made significant contributions to published research results. All have worked assiduously to deliver the product of their labors on a restricted time scale and to provide the most up-to date information on their respective topics. We are truly grateful for their indulgence.
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`The heterogeneity of topics...is very ambitious, and the result is, overall, successful because of the high quality of the individual contributors.'
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Editors and Affiliations
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King’s College London, University of London, London, UK
Peter J. Quinn
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Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, and Department of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
Valerian E. Kagan
