Stable Isotopes in Human Nutrition
Laboratory Methods and Research Applications
Published on 25. April 2003
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-85199-676-9 (ISBN)
Description
The use of stable isotopes in nutritional studies is now widespread, and the technique is becoming increasingly popular. Practical applications are numerous and include:calcium and iron absorption studiesstudies looking at the impacts of diet, physical activity, aging, and medical therapy and supplementation on nutrient metabolismthe measurement of energy cost of pregnancystudies on the causes of growth faltering in infantsinvestigations into childhood and adult obesity.This book is designed as a laboratory handbook of methods used to perform stable isotope studies in humans. It covers basic principles, dosage information, sample preparation procedures, analytical instrumentation, and necessary mathematical methods and provides the fundamentals to enable researchers to evaluate and establish stable isotope methods in their own laboratories.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wallingford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
526 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85199-676-9 (9780851996769)
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Content
1: Introduction, S A Abrams and W W Wong 2: The measurement of protein kinetics with stable isotope tracers, F Jahoor, Baylor College of Medicine, USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Houston, Texas,USA 3: Stable isotope studies of macromineral metabolism: Calcium, magnesium and iron, S A Abrams 4: Evaluation of trace mineral status and bioavailability using stable isotopes (zinc, copper, selenium, molybdenum), N M Lowe, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK and C S Broome, University of Liverpool, UK 5: Energy utilization with doubly labelled water (2H218O), W W Wong 6: Body composition measurements with 2H218O isotope dilution, W W Wong 7: Stable isotopes and gas chromatoraphy - Mass spectrometry in studies of glucose and metabolism in children, A L Sunehag, and M W Haymond, Baylor College of Medicine, USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Houston, Texas, USA 8: Cholesterol and other lipid metabolism, R E Ostlund, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA 9: Index