Vitamins and Hormones
Academic Press
Published on 1. January 1944
513 pages
978-0-08-086599-7 (ISBN)
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Vitamins and Hormones
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Vitamins and Hormones: v. 2
Advances in Research and Applications
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01/1944
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- Front Cover
- Vitamins and Hormones: Advances in Research and Applications
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Contributors to Volumes II
- Editors's Praeace
- Chapter 1. The Role of Vitamins in the Anabolism of Fats
- I. Introduction
- II. Classical Demonstrations of Fat Formation
- III. The Synthesis of Fat from Carbohydrate
- IV. The Synthesis of Fat from Protein
- V. The Formation of Phospholipids
- VI. The Synthesis of Cholesterol
- VII. Possible Mechanism of Fatty Acid Synthesis and the Relation of Vitamins to Enzyme Systems
- VIII. Thiamin-sparing Action of Fats
- IX. Essential Fatty Acids
- X. Summary
- References
- Chapter 2. The Chemistry of Biotin
- Introduction
- I. Historical
- II. Methods of Determination
- III. Occurrence
- IV. Biochemical Significance
- V. Isolation
- VI. Chemistry
- References
- Addendum
- Chapter 3. The Nutritional Requirements of Primates Other than Man
- I. Introduction
- II. Vitamin A Deficiency
- III. Rickets, Osteomalacia, Calcium Deficiency. and Hypervitaminosis D in Monkeys
- IV. Scurvy-Ascorbic Acid Requirement of the Monkey
- V. Beriberi in the Monkey
- VI. Experimental Attempts to Produce Pellagra in Monkeys
- VII. Nutritional Cytopenia in the Monkey-Vitamin M
- VIII. Primate Culture and Practical Dietetics
- IX. Common Diseases of Captive primates
- X. Summary
- References
- Chapter 4. Physiological Actton of Vitamin E and Its Homologues
- I. Introduction
- II. The Nature of Vitamin E
- III. Structural and Functional Disturbances Due to Lack of Vitamin E
- IV. Minimal Requirements
- V. Interrelationships with Other Vitamins
- VI. Theories of Physiological Functions
- References
- Chapter 5. The Chemistry and Physiology of Vitamin A
- I. Historical
- II. Color Reactions and Spectographic Analysis
- III. Pro-vitamin A
- IV. Isolation of pure Vitamin A
- V. Constitution of Vitamin A
- VI. Synthetic Experiments
- VII. Homologues of Vitamin A
- VIII. The Measurement and Distribution of Vitamin A
- IX. The Physiological Action of Vitamin A
- References
- Chapter 6. Para-Aminobenzoic Acid-Experimental and Clinical Studies
- A. Introduction
- B. Experimental and Clinical Results
- C. Conclusion: Physiological Importance
- References
- Chapter 7. A Critique of the Etiology of Dental Caries
- I. Introduction
- II. On Recording the Data of Dental Caries
- III. Experimental Dental Caries in Rats
- IV. Microorganisms and Dental Caries
- V. The Caries-Inhibiting Action of Saliva
- VI . Enamel Structure and Dental Caries
- VII. Fluorine and Dental Caries
- VIII. General Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 8. Vitamins and Cancer
- I. Introduction
- II. The Relation of Individual Vitamins to Malignant Growth
- III. Abnormal Metabolism of Vitamins in Cancer
- IV. The Relation of Vitamins to Lesions and Cancer of the Intestinal Tract
- V. Tumors Indured by p Dimethylaminoazobenzene
- VI. The Vitamer Concept and Future Research
- References
- Chapter 9. Effect of Androgens and Estrogens on Birds
- Introduction
- A. Effect of Ardrogenic Substances
- B. Effect of Estrogenic Substances
- References
- Chapter 10. Hormones in Cancer
- Introduction
- I. Sex Hormones as Carcinogens
- II. Estrogens and Malignant Disease of the Prostate
- III. Gonadotrophic Substances and Tumors of the Testes
- IV. Hormones and Mammary Tumors
- References
- Chapter 11. X-Ray Crystallography and Sterol Structure
- I. Introduction
- II. The Crystal Structure of Cholesteryl Iodide
- III. The Investigation of the Choleic Acids
- IV. The Crystal Structure of Cholesteryl Chloride and Bromide
- V. A Classification of Sterol Crystal Structures
- VI. The Sex Hormones
- VII. The Heart Poisons
- VIII. The Sterols
- IX. Conclusion
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
