Vitamin A and Retinoids: An Update of Biological Aspects and Clinical Applications

by M. a. Livera and Maria A. Livrea

Book Overview

Factors affecting blood levels of vitamin A.- Enzymology and biogenesis of retinoic acid.- Requirements and safety of vitamin A in humans.- Current views on carotenoids: biology, epidemiology and trials.- The role of vitamin A in visual transduction.- The role and evolutionary development of retinoic-acid signalling in the eye.- Vitamin A, retinoids and immune responses.- Vitamin A and infectious diseases.- Retinoid metabolism in the embryo.- Physiologically-based...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3764358823
• ISBN13: 9783764358822
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"