The Vitamins Fundamental Aspects in Nutrition and Health 6th editon by Gerald Combs, James McClung ISBN 0323918263 9780323918268

Part I. Perspectives on the vitamins in nutrition

Chapter 1. What is a vitamin?

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Thinking about vitamins

2. Vitamin: a revolutionary concept

3. An operating definition

4. The recognized vitamins

5. Chapter quiz

Chapter 2. Discovery of the vitamins

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Emergence of nutrition as a science

2. Processes of discovery in nutritional science

3. The empirical phase of vitamin discovery

4. The experimental phase of vitamin discovery

5. The vitamine theory

6. Elucidation of the vitamins

7. Vitamin terminology

8. Other factors sometimes called vitamins

9. Modern history of the vitamins

10. Chapter quiz

Chapter 3. General properties of vitamins

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Vitamin nomenclature

2. Chemical and physical properties of the vitamins

3. Physiological utilization of the vitamins

4. Metabolism of the vitamins

5. Metabolic functions of the vitamins

6. Vitamin bioavailability

7. Vitamin analysis

8. Chapter quiz

Chapter 4. Vitamin deficiency

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. The concept of vitamin deficiency

2. Clinical manifestations of vitamin deficiencies

3. Biochemical lesions of vitamin deficiencies

4. Diagnosing vitamin deficiencies

5. Contexts of vitamin deficiencies

6. Effective interventions

7. Chapter quiz

Part II. The individual vitamins

Chapter 5. Vitamin A

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Significance of vitamin A

2. Properties of vitamin A

3. Sources of vitamin A

4. Vitamin A absorption

5. Vitamin A transport

6. Vitamin A metabolism

7. Metabolic functions of vitamin A

8. Biomarkers of vitamin A status

9. Vitamin A requirements

10. Vitamin A deficiency

11. Other deficiency signs in humans

12. Other roles of vitamin A in health and disease

13. Vitamin A toxicity

14. Case studies

15. Chapter quiz

Chapter 6. Vitamin D

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Significance of vitamin D

2. Properties of vitamin D

3. Sources of vitamin D

4. Vitamin D absorption

5. Vitamin D transport

6. Vitamin D metabolism

7. Metabolic functions of vitamin D

8. Biomarkers of vitamin D status

9. Vitamin D requirements

10. Vitamin D deficiency

11. Other roles of vitamin D in health and disease

12. Vitamin D toxicity

13. Case studies

14. Chapter quiz

Chapter 7. Vitamin E

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Significance of vitamin E

2. Properties of vitamin E

3. Sources of vitamin E

4. Vitamin E absorption

5. Vitamin E

6. Vitamin E metabolism

7. Oxidative shortening of the phytyl side chain

8. Metabolic functions of vitamin E

9. Biomarkers of vitamin E status

10. Vitamin E requirements

11. Vitamin E deficiency

12. Vitamin E deficiency signs in humans

13. Vitamin E deficiency signs in animals

14. Other roles of vitamin E in health and disease

15. Vitamin E toxicity

16. Case studies

17. Chapter quiz

Chapter 8. Vitamin K

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Significance of vitamin K

2. Properties of vitamin K

3. Sources of vitamin K

4. Vitamin K absorption

5. Vitamin K

6. Vitamin K metabolism

7. Metabolic functions of vitamin K

8. Biomarkers of vitamin K status

9. Vitamin K requirements

10. Vitamin K deficiency

11. Other roles of vitamin K in health and disease

12. Vitamin K toxicity

13. Case studies

14. Chapter quiz

Chapter 9. Vitamin C

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Significance of vitamin C

2. Properties of vitamin C

3. Sources of vitamin C

4. Vitamin C

5. Vitamin C

6. Vitamin C

7. Metabolic functions of vitamin C

8. Biomarkers of vitamin C status

9. Vitamin C requirements

10. Vitamin C deficiency

11. Other roles of vitamin C in health and disease

12. Vitamin C toxicity

13. Case studies

14. Chapter quiz

Chapter 10. Thiamin

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Significance of thiamin

2. Properties of thiamin

3. Thiamin chemistry

4. Sources of thiamin

5. Thiamin absorption

6. Thiamin transport

7. Thiamin metabolism

8. Metabolic functions of thiamin

9. Biomarkers of thiamin status

10. Thiamin requirements

11. Thiamin deficiency

12. Signs in humans

13. Other roles of thiamin in health and disease

14. Thiamin toxicity

15. Case studies

16. Chapter quiz

Chapter 11. Riboflavin

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Significance of riboflavin

2. Properties of riboflavin

3. Sources of riboflavin

4. Riboflavin absorption

5. Riboflavin transport

6. Riboflavin metabolism

7. Metabolic functions of riboflavin

8. Biomarkers of riboflavin status

9. Riboflavin requirements

10. Riboflavin deficiency

11. Other roles of riboflavin in health and disease

12. Riboflavin toxicity

13. Case study

14. Chapter quiz

Chapter 12. Niacin

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Significance of niacin

2. Properties of niacin

3. Sources of niacin

4. Niacin absorption

5. Niacin transport

6. Niacin metabolism

7. Metabolic functions of niacin

8. Biomarkers of niacin status

9. Niacin requirements

10. Niacin deficiency

11. Other roles of niacin in health and disease

12. Niacin toxicity

13. Case studies

14. Chapter quiz

Chapter 13. Vitamin B6

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Significance of vitamin B6

2. Properties of vitamin B6

3. Sources of vitamin B6

4. Vitamin B6 absorption

5. Vitamin B6 transport

6. Vitamin B6 metabolism

7. Metabolic functions of vitamin B6

8. Biomarkers of vitamin B6 status

9. Vitamin B6 requirements

10. Vitamin B6 deficiency

11. Other roles of vitamin B6 in health and disease

12. Vitamin B6 toxicity

13. Case studies

14. Chapter quiz

Chapter 14. Biotin

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Significance of biotin

2. Properties of biotin

3. Sources of biotin

4. Biotin absorption

5. Biotin

6. Metabolic functions of biotin

7. Biomarkers of biotin status

8. Biotin requirements

9. Biotin deficiency

10. Other roles of biotin in health and disease

11. Biotin toxicity

12. Case studies

13. Chapter quiz

Chapter 15. Pantothenic acid

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Significance of pantothenic acid

2. Properties of pantothenic acid

3. Sources of pantothenic acid

4. Pantothenic acid absorption

5. Pantothenic acid transport

6. Pantothenic acid metabolism

7. Metabolic functions of pantothenic acid

8. Biomarkers of pantothenic acid status

9. Pantothenic acid requirements

10. Pantothenic acid deficiency

11. Other roles of pantothenic acid in health and disease

12. Pantothenic acid toxicity

13. Case studies

14. Chapter quiz

Chapter 16. Folate

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Significance of folate

2. Properties of folate

3. Sources of folate

4. Folate absorption

5. Folate transport

6. Folate metabolism

7. Metabolic functions of folate

8. Biomarkers of folate status

9. Folate requirements

10. Folate deficiency

11. Other roles of folate in health and disease

12. Folate toxicity

13. Case studies

14. Chapter quiz

Chapter 17. Vitamin B12

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Significance of vitamin B12

2. Properties of vitamin B12

3. Sources of vitamin B12

4. Vitamin B12 absorption

5. Vitamin B12 transport

6. Vitamin B12 metabolism

7. Metabolic functions of vitamin B12

8. Biomarkers of vitamin B12 status

9. Vitamin B12 requirements

10. Vitamin B12 deficiency

11. Other roles of vitamin B12 in health and disease

12. Vitamin B12 toxicity

13. Case studies

14. Chapter quiz

Chapter 18. Quasi-vitamins

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Is the list of vitamins complete?

Conditionally essential nutrients

3. Carnitine

4. myo-Inositol

5. Ubiquinones

6. Lipoic acid

Beneficial bioactive factors

8. Flavonoids

9. Unidentified factors

10. Case studies

11. Chapter quiz

Part III. Using current knowledge of the vitamins

Chapter 19. Sources of the vitamins

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Vitamins in foods and feedstuffs

2. Vitamin bioavailability

3. Vitamin losses in foods

4. Adding vitamins to foods

5. Biofortification

6. Vitamin labeling of foods

7. Vitamins in human diets

8. Vitamin supplementation

9. Vitamins in livestock feeding

10. Case study

11. Chapter quiz

Chapter 20. Assessing vitamin status

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Nutritional assessment

2. Biomarkers of vitamin status

3. Vitamin status of human populations

4. Global undernutrition

5. Chapter quiz

Chapter 21. Vitamin needs

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Dietary standards for vitamins

2. Vitamin allowances for humans

3. Vitamin allowances for animals

4. Case study

5. Chapter quiz

Chapter 22. Vitamin safety

Anchoring concepts

Learning objectives

Vocabulary

1. Uses of vitamins above required levels

2. Safe intakes of vitamins

3. Hypervitaminoses

4. Case studies

5. Chapter quiz

Appendix A

Appendix B. Original reports used for case studies

Appendix C. A core of current vitamin literature

Appendix D. Vitamin contents of foods (units per 100 g edible portion)

Appendix E. Vitamin contents of feedstuffs (units per kg)

Appendix F. 20 Questions to examine vitamin knowledge

Index