Vitamins and Hormones
Academic Press
Published on 1. January 1949
487 pages
978-0-08-086604-8 (ISBN)
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- Front Cover
- Vitamins and Hormones, Volume VII
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Editors' Preface
- Chapter 1. Vitamin P
- I. Capillary Resistance and Nutritional Status
- II. Vitamin P Activity and Chemical Constitution
- III. Flavonoids from Plants
- IV. Physiological Action of Vitamin P
- V. Capillary Resistance in Non-Scorbutic Disease
- VI. Methods of Estimating Vitamin P
- VII. Distribution of Vitamin P
- VIII. Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2. Stereoisomeric Provitamins A
- I. Introduction
- II. Some Physical-Chemical Foundations
- III. Methods of Bioassay
- IV. Results of Bioassays
- V. Discussion of Bioassay Results
- VI. Stereochemical Aspects of the Conversion, Provitamins A --& Vitamins A
- VII. Possible Mechanism of the Conversion, Stereoisomeric Provitamins A 3 Vitamins A.
- References
- Chapter 3. The Physiology of Thiamine
- I. Historical Introduction
- II. Nomenclature
- III. Experimental Methods
- IV. Carboxylase
- V. Catalytic Activities of Thiamine Pyrophosphate Enzymes
- VI. The Role of Thiamine in Protein Metabolism
- VII. The Role of Thiamine in Fat Metabolism
- VIII. Course of Thiamine in the Animal Organism
- IX. Antithiamines
- X.Thiaminase
- XI.Practical Applications of the Physiological Facts
- References
- Chapter 4. Niacin in Amino Acid Metabolism
- I. Introduction
- II. The Experimental Strategy
- III. Influence of Corn Diets on Niacin Requirement
- IV. Effect of Diet Composition on the Niacin-Tryptophan Requirement
- V. Role of Toxic or Pellagragenic Factors
- VI. Intestinal Synthesis and the Niacin-Tryptophan Relationship
- VII. Concept of a Direct Tryptophan-Niacin Interrelationship
- VIII. Mechanism of Conversion
- IX. Summary
- References
- Chapter 5. Diet and Aging
- I. Introduction
- II. Animal Selection for Research in Gerontology
- III. Inheritance and Span of Life
- IV. Mineral Metabolism in Old Age
- V.Calcium
- VI. Other Inorganic Elements
- VII. Dietary Fat in Later Years
- VIII. Vitamin A and Longevity
- IX. Water Soluble Vitamins
- X. Protein in Old Age
- XI. Bulk Formers in the Diet
- XII. Vegetarian Diets
- XIII.Low Calorie Diets and Life Span
- XIV. Diet and Mental Disorders in the Aged
- XV. Sex Differences in Life Span
- References
- Chapter 6. The Vitamin Requirement of the Growing Rat
- I. The Oral Vitamin Requirements
- II. The Parenteral Vitamin Requirements
- References
- Chapter 7. Vitamin Requirements of the Guinea Pig
- I. Introduction
- II. Ascorbic Acid
- III. Vitamin A
- IV. Vitamin B Complex
- V. Vitamin D
- VI. Vitamin E
- VII. Vitamin K
- VIII. Vitamin P
- IX. Antistiffness Factor
- X. Unidentified Factors
- XI. Normal Growth of Young Guinea Pigs
- XII. Vitamin Content of Experimental Diets Currently Used
- XIII. Summary
- References
- Chapter 8. The Chemistry of Gonadotropic Hormones
- I. Introduction
- II. Anterior Pitutary Gonadotropins
- III. Pregnant Mare Serum Gonadotropin (PMSG)
- IV. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG)
- V. Summary
- References
- Chapter 9. The Chemistry and Physiology of Adenohypophyseal Luteotropin (Prolactin)
- I. Introduction
- II. Methods of Assay
- III. Distribution in Nature
- IV. Isolation and Properties of Luteotropin
- V. Physiological Aspects of Luteotropin
- VI. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 10. Infrared Spectrometry Applied to Steroid Structure and Metabolism
- I. Introduction
- II. The Chemistry of the Steroids
- III. The Principles of Infrared Spectrometry
- IV. The Infrared Spectra of Steroids
- V. Correlation of Absorption Spectra and Steroid Structure
- VI. Applications to the Investigation of Steroid Metabolites in Urine
- VII. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 11. Alloxan Diabetes
- I. Introduction
- II. Chemistry
- III. Blood Alloxan
- IV. Alloxan and Sulfhydryl Cornpounds
- V. Mode of the action of Alloxan
- VI. Pathology
- VII. Comparison with Other Diabetogenatic Methods
- VIII. Effect of Alloxan upon Humans
- IX. Summary
- References
- Chapter 12. The Chemistry of the Hormones of thz Posterior Lobe of the Pituitary Gland
- I. Introduction
- II. The Pressor and Oxytocic Hormones
- III. The Chromatophore Hormones
- IV. Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 13. The Actions of the Hormones of the Posterior Lobe of the Pituitary Gland upon the Circulation and the Secretion of Urine
- I. Introduction
- II. Effect upon the Blood Vessels and Heart
- III. Effect upon the Secretion of Urine
- IV. Effect upon the Secretion of Urine in Nonmammalian Species
- V. Effect of the Oxytocic Hormone on Urine Secretion
- References
