Vitamin D by J. Wesley Pike, Francis H. Glorieux, David Feldman – Second Editon

Vitamin D, a new textbook edited by Feldman, Glorieux, and Pike, has enough chicken wire to fence in a farm, but most of it is very interesting. There are about 30 naturally occurring metabolites of vitamin D and more than 800 synthetic analogues designed to treat a variety of diseases, ranging from rickets to cancer.

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Membrane Proteins, Volume 63 – Advances in Protein Chemistry – Douglas C. Rees

“The Advances in Protein Chemistry series has been a major factor in the education of protein chemists.”
—JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

This volume covers 2 major topics:

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Vitamin K in Health and Disease – John W. Suttie

Vitamin K: Essential for normal blood coagulation, possible roles in bone, vascular, and tumor metabolism, and a nutrient critical to the health of the newborn infant — these are just some of the many health-promoting aspects of Vitamin K.

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The Vitamin Sourcebook – Tonia Reinhard

Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI. Discusses dietary standards and recommendations; the functions and best food sources of vitamins and minerals.

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Vitamin E: Food Chemistry, Composition, and Analysis by Junsoo Lee, Ronald R. Eitenmiller, R. Lee Eitenmiller

Vitamin E: Food Chemistry, Composition, and Analysis provides insight into the vast body of scientific knowledge available on vitamin E related to food science and technology.

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Vitamin C: Its Chemistry and Biochemistry by M Davies – J Austin – D Partridge


Vitamin C is the first book to cover the history, chemistry, biochemistry, and medical importance of vitamin C and is the first to provide an in-depth, interdisciplinary study of this essential and fascinating compound.

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Mass Spectrometry of Proteins and Peptides: Methods and Protocols by Mary S. Lipton – Ljiljana Pasa-Tolic

When the last edition of this book was published in 2000, the field of proteomics was in its infancy. Now in its adolescence, proteomics is fundamentally transforming biological and medical research. Much of this transformation can be attributed to technological advancements, particularly in mass spectrometry.

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Metabolism and Functions of Bioactive Ether Lipids in the Brain by Akhlaq Farooqui – Tahira Farooqui – Lloyd A. Horrock

Metabolism and Functions of Bioactive Ether Lipids in the Brain provides readers with a comprehensive description of metabolism of bioactive ether lipids in the brain, activities of enzymes involved in their metabolism, and their involvement in neurological disorders.

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Food Lipids: Chemistry, Nutrition, and Biotechnology, Third Edition by Casimir C. Akoh, David B. Min, David B. Min

The most comprehensive and relevant treatment of food lipids available, this book highlights the role of dietary fats in foods, human health, and disease. Divided into five parts, it begins with the chemistry and properties of food lipids covering nomenclature and classification, extraction and analysis, and chemistry and function.

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Handbook of Food Analytical Chemistry, Volumes 1 and 2 by Ronald E. Wrolstad – Eric A. Decker – Steven J. Schwartz – Peter Sporns

Emphasizing effective, state-of-the-art methodology, the Handbook of Food Analytical Chemistry represents the most comprehensive resource of its kind.

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