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- Written by an international group of expert authors
- Presents emerging fields of science and important discoveries
- Each chapter contains key points and keywords for ready reference
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Table of contents (48 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Basic Processes at the Cellular Levels
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Front Matter
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l-Arginine Metabolism and Functions
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Front Matter
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l-Arginine Status in Cells Related to Organ Damage and Disease
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About this book
This text presents the application of current nutritional knowledge by physicians and dietitians and incorporates emerging fields of science and important discoveries. It contains seven major sections. Section 1: Basic Processes at the Cellular Levels, Section 2: Arginine Metabolism and Functions, Section 3: Arginine Status in Cells Related to Organ Damage and Disease, Section 4: Arginine Status and Use in Healthy Individuals, Section 5: Arginine and Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract, Section 6: Therapeutic uses of Arginine: Diabetes, Obesity and Cardiovascular Diseases and Section 7: Therapeutic Uses of Arginine: Cancer, Wound Healing and Infectious Disease.
Written by authors of international and national standing, leaders in the field and trendsetters, Arginine in Clinical Nutrition is essential reading for nutritionists and dietitians, public health scientists, doctors, epidemiologists, health care professionals of various disciplines, policy makers and marketing and economic strategists.
Editors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Science & Technology Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Vinood B. Patel
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Department Nutrition and Dietetics Nutritional Sciences Division School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
Victor R. Preedy
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Nutritional Sciences Research Division Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
Rajkumar Rajendram
About the editors
University of Westminster
Faculty of Science & Technology
Department of Biomedical Sciences
London, United Kingdom
Victor R. Preedy, BSc, PhD, DSc
Professor
King’s College London
Dept Nutrition and Dietetics, Nutritional Sciences Division
School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Franklin-Wilkins Building
London, United Kingdom
Rajkumar Rajendram, AKC, BSc (Hons), MBBS (Dist), MRCP (UK), FRCA, EDIC, FFICM
Nutritional Sciences Research Division
Faculty of Life Science and Medicine
King's College London
Franklin-Wilkins Building
London, United Kingdom
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: L-Arginine in Clinical Nutrition
Editors: Vinood B. Patel, Victor R. Preedy, Rajkumar Rajendram
Series Title: Nutrition and Health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26009-9
Publisher: Humana Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-26007-5Published: 02 September 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79874-5Published: 14 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-26009-9Published: 23 August 2016
Series ISSN: 2628-197X
Series E-ISSN: 2628-1961
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 645
Number of Illustrations: 103 b/w illustrations, 112 illustrations in colour
Topics: Clinical Nutrition, Nutrition