"The First International Congress on 'Vitamins and Biofactors in Life Science' (ICVB) was held at the International Conference Center Kobe in Japan from September 16 to 20 in 1991 ... organized by the Vitamin Society of Japan and the Organizing Committee for the First ICVB."--pref. Errata inserted. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Plenary Lectures -- New horizon in the research on vitamin D metabolism and functions -- Vitamin B₁₂-challenges for the future -- Eicosapentaenoic acid - physiology and pathology -- Recent vitamin C research and human health benefits -- Vitamin E: approach to atherosclerosis -- Vitamin B₂ and PQQ -- Aging and vitamins -- Biotechnology of biofactors -- Role of bioactors as biomodulator -- Vitamin and biofactors against carcinogenesis -- Progress in G-CSF: basic and clinical aspects -- Recent advances in thiamin research -- Recent advances in vitamin K research -- Bioavailability of vitamins -- Recent topics in vitamins in biological oxidation -- Recent advances in vitamin A and carotenoids -- The Biopterin system: recent advances -- Zinc as a biofactor in basic and clinical medicine -- Free radical pathology and antioxidants -- Biogenic amines in nervous systems -- Recent advances in vitamin responsive inborn errors of metabolism.
Series:
Journal of nutritional science and vitaminology. Special issue, 0301-4800 ; 1992
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