Advances in Nutritional Research Volume 8

Advances in Nutritional Research Volume 8 / edited by Harold H. Draper.

Volume 8 of Advances in Nutritional Research deals with several topics of prime current interest in nutritional research, including the role of nutrition in hypertension, in the infections associated with protein-energy malnu­ trition, and in pathological conditions associated with the generation of...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Draper, Harold H. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1990.
Edition:1st ed. 1990.
Series:Advances in Nutritional Research ; 8
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Food—Biotechnology.
Nutrition   .
Biochemistry.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Transfer of Nutrients across the Perfused Human Placenta
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Comments on Comparative Placentology
  • 3. The Perfusion Technique
  • 4. Review of Transfer Experiments
  • 5. Potentials and I imitations
  • References
  • 2. Immunoenhancement in Wasting Protein-Energy Malnutrition: Assessment of Present Information and Proposal of a New Concept
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Supplementation with Single Nutrients
  • 3. Adoptive Immunotherapy
  • 4. Manipulation of Classical Endocrine Hormones: A New Concept
  • 5. Immunostimulatory Drugs
  • 6. Therapeutic Attempts in Advanced Cancer
  • 7. Concluding Remarks. A Conceptual Foundation for Future Research
  • 8. Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 3. The Role of Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Obesity and Weight Reduction
  • 3. Alcohol
  • 4. Sodium
  • 5. Potassium
  • 6. Calcium
  • 7. Magnesium
  • 8. Dietary Fat
  • 9. Vegetarian Diet
  • 10. Diet as an Alternative to Drug Treatment
  • 11. Conclusion
  • References
  • 4. Energy Metabolism of the Newborn Infant
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Concept of Energy Balance
  • 3. The Partition of Energy Intake
  • 4. Energy Expenditure of the Fetus and Infant
  • 5. Growth and Energy Storage in the Fetus and Infant
  • 6. Dietary Pattern and Energy Intake in Infancy
  • 7. Conclusion
  • References
  • 5. Nutritional Assessment of the Hospitalized Patient
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Malnutrition
  • 3. Parameters of Nutritional Assessment
  • 4. Prediction of Malnutrition
  • 5. Nutritional Intervention
  • References
  • 6. Nutritional Modulation of Oxygen Radical Pathology
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Traditional Concept of Oxygen Toxicity
  • 3. Modem Concept of Oxygen Toxicity
  • 4. Radicals of Molecular Oxygen
  • 5. Lipoxy Radicals
  • 6. Vitamin E
  • 7. Selenium
  • 8. Vitamin C
  • 9. Iron
  • 10. Copper, Zinc and Manganese
  • 11. Sulfur Amino Acids
  • 12. Niacin
  • 13. ?-carotene
  • 14. Overview
  • References.

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