Vitamins and Hormones
Academic Press
Published on 1. January 1946
405 pages
978-0-08-086601-7 (ISBN)
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- Cover
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Contributors to Volume IV
- Editors' Preface
- Chapter 1. The Newer Hematopoietic Factors of the Vitamin B-Complex
- I. Introduction
- II. Norit Eluate Factor
- III. Folic Acid
- IV. Lactobacillus casei Factors
- V. Streptococcus lactis R Factor
- VI. Vitamin Bc
- VII. Vitamin Bc Conjugate
- VIII. Vitamin Bc Conjugase
- IX. Other Nutritional Antianemia Factors
- X. Vitamin M and the Potential Streptococcus lactis R Stimulating Factor
- XI. Relation of Sulfa Drugs to Nutritional Role of the Newer Hematopoietic Factors
- XII. Xanthopterine
- XIII. Summary
- References
- Chapter 2. Nutrition and Resistance to Infection: The Strategic Situation
- I. Introduction and Definitions
- II. Nutrition and Susceptibility to Infection
- III. Nutrition and Natural Resistance to Infection
- IV. Nutrition and Actively Acquired Resistance to Infection
- V. Nutrition and Passively Acquired Resistance to Infection
- VI. Nutrition and Processes Regarded as Contributing to Resistance to Infection
- VII. Strategy and Prospects
- References
- Chapter 3. Manifestations of Nutritional Deficiency in Infants
- I. Introduction
- II. Undernutrition
- III. Protein
- IV. Water
- V. Vitamin A
- VI. Thiamine
- VII. Riboflavin
- VIII. Niacin
- IX. Ascorbic Acid
- X. Vitamin D
- XI. Vitamin E
- XII. Vitamin K
- XIII. Iron
- XIV. Iodine
- XV. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 4. Effect of B Vitamins on the Endocrinological Aspects of Reproduction
- I. Introduction
- II. Effects of Food Restriction on Gonadal Function
- III. Relationship of Specific B Complex Factors to Gonadal Function and Estrogen Metabolism
- IV. B Complex Factors and Lactation
- V. Effects of B-Complex Content of the Maternal Diet on The Younge
- VI. General Considerations Concerning Vitamin-Hormone Interrelationships
- References
- Chapter 5. Nutritional Therapy of Endrocrine Disturbances
- I. Introduction
- II. Syndromes Related to Excess Estrogen
- III. Infertility
- IV. Thyroid Disturbances and Thyroid Therapy
- V. Diabetes
- VI. On the Technic of Nutritional Therapy
- References
- Chapter 6. The Thyroid and Diabetes
- I. Relationship Between the Thyroid and the Intestinal Absorption of Sugars
- II. Carbohydrate Metabolism in Hyperthyroidism
- III. Carbohydrate Metabolism in Hypothyroidism
- IV. Sensitivity to Adrenalin
- V. Sensitivity to Insulin
- VI. Diabetogenic Action of the Thyroid Gland
- VII. Diabetes and Hyperthyroidism in Man
- VIII. Thyroid Deficiency and Pancreatic Diabetes
- IX. Phlorhisin Diabetes in Thyroidectomized Animals
- X. Alloxan Diabetes in Thyroidectomized Rats
- XI. Thyroid Deficiency in Human Diabetes
- References
- Chapter 7. Thyroactive Iodinated Proteins
- I. Introduction
- II. The Iodination of Proteins
- III. Thyroidal Activity of Iodinated Proteins
- IV. The Isolation of Thyroxine from Iodinated Protein
- V. The Quantitative Assays of Thyroxine in Thyroactive Iodinated Proteins
- VI. The Formation of Thyroxine from Diiodotyrosine
- VII. Mechanism of Thyroxine Formation
- VIII. The Effcet of Iodination on Physico-Chemical Properties of Proteins
- IX. Effect of Thyroactive Iodinated Proteins on Physiological Processes of Domestic Animals
- X. Discussion and Summary
- References
- Chapter 8. The Protein Anabolic Effects of Steroid Hormones
- I. Introduction
- II. Nomenclature and Formulae of Steroid Hormones
- III. Early Experiments with Crude Extracts of Testes
- IV. The Demonstration that "Male Hormone" Extracts of Urine Cause Nitrogen Retention
- V. The Effect of Steroid Hormones on Nitrogen Excretion in Urine
- VI. The Effect of Steroid Hormones on the Nitrogen Constituents of Urine and Blood
- VII. The Lack of Effect of Steroid Hormones on Fecal Nitrogen Excretion
- VIII. The Effect of Steroid Hormones on Electrolyte and Water Metabolism
- IX. The Effect of Steroid Hormones on Energy Metabolism
- X. The Effect of Steroid Hormones on Tissue Formation
- XI. The Mechanism of Action of the Anabolic Steroid Hormones
- XII. Discussion and Summary
- References
- Chapter 9. Methods of Bioassay of Animal Hormones
- I. Introduction
- II. Principles Which Should Govern Biological Methods
- III. Statistical Analysis of Data
- IV. The Gonadotropic Hormones
- V. Growth Hormone
- VI. Adrenotropic Hormone
- VII. Thyrotropic Hormone
- VIII. Lactogenic Hormone (Prolactin)
- IX. Bioassay of Adrenal Cortical Hormones
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Cumulative Index of Vols. I-IV
