Handbook of Vitamins

An authoritative source of information for the human and animal nutritionist and others. For each vitamin, it includes discussion of chemistry, availability and content in food, metabolism, function, and deficiency symptoms. It also covers methods for evaluating over or marginal deficiencies; nutritional requirements; the interaction of vitamins with environmental and disease factors; and the efficacy and safety when used at high levels. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.