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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811702103321

Titolo

Biology of vitamin E

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Pitman

Newark, N.J., : Distributed in North America by CIBA Pharmaceutical Co. (Medical Education Division), 1983

ISBN

1-280-78408-3

9786613694478

0-470-72082-4

0-470-71852-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 101

Altri autori (Persone)

PorterRuth

WhelanJulie

Disciplina

574.19/26

Soggetti

Vitamin E - Physiological effect

Vitamin E - Therapeutic use

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Editors: Ruth Porter (organizer) and Julie Whelan"--P. v.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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; 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