1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960545603321

Titolo

Selenium in nutrition / / Subcommittee on Selenium, Committee on Animal Nutrition, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1983

ISBN

9786610245840

9781280245848

1280245840

9780309567794

0309567793

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Disciplina

612/.3924

Soggetti

Selenium in human nutrition

Selenium in animal nutrition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. 136-174.

Nota di contenuto

Selenium in Nutrition -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Selenium in Nutrition -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Chemistry -- PROPERTIES OF ELEMENTAL SELENIUM -- CHEMISTRY OF SELENIUM-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS -- METHODS OF ANALYSIS -- 3 Distribution -- GEOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION -- COMMERCIAL SOURCES -- SELENIUM IN SOILS -- TOXIC SELENIFEROUS SOILS -- NONTOXIC SELENIFEROUS SOILS -- LOW-SELENIUM SOILS -- FORMS OF SELENIUM IN SOILS AND FACTORS AFFECTING AVAILABILITY TO PLANTS -- SOIL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND SELENIUM IN PLANTS -- SELENIUM IN PLANTS -- EFFECT OF SPECIES -- SELENIUM AS A PLANT MICRONUTRIENT -- TOXICITY TO PLANTS -- CHEMICAL FORMS -- METABOLISM IN PLANTS -- SELENIUM IN ANIMAL FEEDSTUFFS -- REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION IN CROPS -- VARIABILITY IN CONCENTRATION -- BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY -- SELENIUM IN WATER -- DRINKING WATER, SPRINGS, AND WELLS -- RIVERS, LAKES, AND IRRIGATION WATER -- OCEANS -- SELENIUM IN HUMAN FOODS -- DISTRIBUTION BY FOOD GROUPS -- CONCENTRATIONS IN SELENIFEROUS REGIONS -- CONCENTRATIONS IN NONSELENIFEROUS REGIONS -- DAIRY PRODUCTS AND EGGS -- CEREAL



PRODUCTS -- MEAT, POULTRY, AND FISH AND OTHER SEAFOODS -- FRUITS AND VEGETABLES -- BABY FOODS -- DIETARY SELENIUM LEVELS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES -- CONTRIBUTIONS OF WATER -- SELENIUM CYCLING IN NATURE -- 4 Biochemical Functions -- NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE -- GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE ACTIVITY IN ANIMALS -- GLUTATHIONE-S-TRANSFERASE -- FUNCTION OF GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE -- OTHER FUNCTIONS OF SELENIUM -- NUTRITIONAL AND METABOLIC INTERRELATIONSHIPS -- 5 Metabolism -- DIETARY FORMS -- ABSORPTION -- VASCULAR TRANSPORT -- BODY RETENTION AND TISSUE DISTRIBUTION -- METABOLISM -- INORGANIC SELENIUM -- ORGANIC SELENIUM -- REDUCTION OF SELENIUM -- PREVIOUS SELENIUM INTAKE -- RUMEN MICROORGANISMS -- INFLUENCE OF SULFUR -- INFLUENCE OF ARSENIC -- INFLUENCE OF OTHER ELEMENTS.

EFFECTS OF VITAMIN E -- MISCELLANEOUS FACTORS -- EXCRETION -- 6 Nutritional Aspects -- DIETARY REQUIREMENTS OF ANIMALS FOR SELENIUM -- MEETING SELENIUM REQUIREMENTS FOR ANIMALS -- DEFICIENCY SIGNS IN ANIMALS -- RATS -- MICE -- HAMSTERS -- GUINEA PIGS -- RABBITS -- NONHUMAN PRIMATES -- FISH -- CHICKENS -- TURKEYS -- DUCKS -- JAPANESE QUAIL -- SWINE -- Tolerance to Iron -- Blood Enzymes -- Gross Pathology and Histopathology -- CATTLE AND SHEEP -- Nutritional Myopathy -- Reproduction and Retained Placenta -- Other Selenium-Related Diseases -- HORSES -- DOGS -- WILD ANIMALS -- SELENIUM IN HUMAN NUTRITION -- 7 Effects of Excess Selenium -- SELENIUM TOXICITY IN LABORATORY ANIMALS -- ACUTE TOXICITY -- CHRONIC TOXICITY -- SELENIUM TOXICITY IN FARM ANIMALS -- SELENIUM OVEREXPOSURE IN HUMANS -- 8 Selenium and Human Health -- HIGH SELENIUM EXPOSURE -- CANCER -- DENTAL CARIES -- REPRODUCTION -- AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS -- CONCLUSIONS -- LOW SELENIUM EXPOSURE -- CANCER -- CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE -- REPRODUCTION AND NEONATAL HEALTH -- INFECTIOUS DISEASES -- CYSTIC FIBROSIS -- SELENIUM SUPPLEMENTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- 9 Summary -- References.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958289903321

Autore

Ojakangas Beatrice <1934->

Titolo

Pot pies / / Beatrice Ojakangas ; illustrations by Sally Sturman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis ; ; London, : University of Minnesota Press, 2003

ISBN

0-8166-9528-8

Edizione

[1st University of Minnesota Press ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 p.)

Disciplina

641.824

Soggetti

Potpies

Cookbooks

Cooking

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: New York : C. Potter, c1993.

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHEESE, EGG, AND VEGETABLE PIES; CHICKEN, TURKEY, AND SEAFOOD PIES; MEAT PIES; BASIC PASTRIES FOR PIES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Beatrice Ojakangas dishes up forty varied recipes for pot pies, sure to please everyone's palate, from Finnish Country Vegetable Pie to Chicken Pot Pie with Roasted Peppers, Herbed Leek and Chèvre Tart, Seafood Gumbo Pie, Venison Pot Pie, and Pizza Pot Pie. The ultimate comfort food, pot pies are a great way to create scrumptious new dishes from foods already in the cupboard.