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Offers comprehensive, definitive information on all of the essential mineral elements--focusing on biochemical and physiological processes. Describes in detail the function of the nutritionally necessary elements revealed through the latest techniques in molecular biology as well as traditional research methods.
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Handbook of Nutritionally Essential Mineral Elements Clinical Nutrition in Health and Disease ; 2
author
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O'Dell, Boyd L.
publisher
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CRC Press
isbn10 | asin
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0824793129
print isbn13
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9780824793128
ebook isbn13
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9780585362847
language
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English
subject
Minerals in human nutrition.
publication date
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1997
lcc
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QP533.H36 1997eb
ddc
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612.3/92
subject
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Minerals in human nutrition.
Handbook of Nutritionally Essential Mineral Elements
CLINICAL NUTRITION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
Series Editor
LAWRENCE J. MACHLIN Nutrition Research and Information, Inc. Livingston, New Jersey
1. Folate in Health and Disease, edited by Lynn B. Bailey
2. Handbook of Nutritionally Essential Mineral Elements, edited by Boyd L. O'Dell and Roger A. Sunde
Additional Volumes in Preparation
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Handbook of Nutritionally Essential Mineral Elements
edited by Boyd L. O'Dell Roger A. Sunde
University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Handbook of nutritionally essential minerals / edited by Boyd L. O'Dell, Roger A. Sunde. p. cm. (Clinical nutrition in health and disease ; 2) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8247-9312-9 (hc : alk.) 1. Minerals in human nutrition. I. O'Dell, Boyd L. II. Sunde, Roger Allan. II. Series. QP533.H36 1997 612.3'92dc21 97-55 CIP
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Printed in the United States of America
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Preface
Essential mineral elements play a major role in the nutrition of humans and all animals. In fact, the number of essential mineral elements exceeds the number of vitamins or amino acids that are essential to the diet; however, their quantitative requirements are far less than those for protein, fat, and carbohydrate. Because life evolved in a milieu composed primarily of inorganic molecules, primitive organisms took advantage of the available inorganic elements to serve as catalysts, even as signaling agents, in the support of metabolism. Later, many of the elements were incorporated into protein constructs (typically metalloezymes) that improved their efficiency.
Modern approaches to the determination of mineral nutrient requirements began in the 1920s with the development and use of semipurified diets, but elucidation of the biochemical roles of these nutrients, particularly of the micro (trace) elements, did not emerge until the 1970s. This occurred with the unraveling of now well-established metabolic pathways and protein structures, detailed membrane and subcellular composition, and biochemical mechanisms by which genes are expressed. Over the past 20 years mineral elements have been shown to play key roles at nearly every step of the many life processes. These range from the role of calcium as a second messenger, to the role of zinc and "zinc fingers" in gene transcription, to the selenium-specific codons and insertion elements in mRNA translation. The integration of "mineral nutrition" and molecular biology creates the need for a handbook that encompasses molecular mineral nutritiona book that provides a single source of advanced and integrated knowledge about all the essential mineral elements.
For historical reasons, the essential mineral elements are commonly divided into macro and micro categories. There is some excuse for this separation based on function, but in general such classification is unjustified; for example, calcium is a major component of bone but micro quantities serve as a second messenger. The number of micro elements recognized as nutritionally essential has increased dramatically since 1948, the end of the era of vitamin discovery. Because of the extraordinary interest in trace elements during the past four decades, numerous reviews and books related to this subject have appeared.
In contrast to the coverage of micro elements, there are few books that cover the
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nutritional properties of the macro elements (calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, chloride, and magnesium). In fact, this may be the first single volume that encompasses the roles of both macro and micro elements in nutrition, physiology, and biochemistry. Obviously such broad coverage demands exclusion of some information, but this book distills the essence of knowledge related to the physiological and biochemical functions of all essential mineral elements. To achieve this distillation, the expertise of internationally recognized scholars in their respective areas of mineral nutrition has been assembled.
While the handbook is designed primarily for students and professionals in nutrition (clinical, applied, and basic), it is a valuable source of information for students, teachers, and researchers in all areas of biology, including biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, and medicine. In addition to the roles of mineral elements in animal nutrition, their analogous roles in plants and microorganisms are discussed where appropriate to provide coverage of the full range of biological functions. Recent work with prokaryotes and plants has provided valuable insights into mineral element function. Consequently, modern molecular nutrition is not restricted to higher animals.
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