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UNINA9910811702103321 |
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Titolo |
Biology of vitamin E |
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London, : Pitman |
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Newark, N.J., : Distributed in North America by CIBA Pharmaceutical Co. (Medical Education Division), 1983 |
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ISBN |
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9786613694478 |
9781280784088 |
1280784083 |
9780470720820 |
0470720824 |
9780470718520 |
0470718528 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Collana |
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Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 101 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Vitamin E - Physiological effect |
Vitamin E - Therapeutic use |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Editors: Ruth Porter (organizer) and Julie Whelan"--P. v. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Biology of vitamin E; Contents; Introduction; Vitamin E as an antioxidant in vitro and in vivo; Discussion; Free radical protection: why vitamin E, not vitamin C, b-carotene or glutathione?; Discussion; The role of vitamin E in biological membranes; Discussion; Vitamin E, physical exercise and tissue oxidative damage; Discussion; Tocopherol content of adipose tissue from vitamin E-deficient humans; Discussion; Neuropathological studies of chronic vitamin E deficiency in mammals including humans; Discussion |
Vitamin E and neurological function: abetalipoproteinaemia and other disorders of fat absorptionDiscussion; General discussion Problems of defining vitamin E deficiency; The effect of vitamin E on rabbit neutrophil activation; Discussion; Vitamin E and retrolental fibroplasia: prevention of serious ocular sequelae; Discussion; Vitamin E and retrolental fibroplasia: ultrastructural mechanism of clinical efficacy; |
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Discussion; Protective effect of vitamin E on intraventricular haemorrhage in the newborn; Discussion; Experimental models for nutritional myopathy; Discussion |
Vitamin E and skeletal muscleDiscussion; Final general discussion; Circadian rhythms in clinical studies; Roles of lipid peroxidation; Vitamin E and ageing; Chairman's closing remarks; Index of contributors; Subject index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world. |
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