Encyclopédie des vitamines, du nutriment au médicament (book)

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Encyclopédie des vitamines, du nutriment au médicament (book) by Jean-Claude Guilland and Bruno Lequeu. 3 volumes, 2540 pages in total. Editor Tec and Doc Lavoisier. All three volumes have the same ISBN. Volume. 1, Fundamental data: metabolism and functions; volume 2, Nutritional aspects; volume 3, Medical aspects. New books in blister. In French.

The discovery of diseases due to vitamin deficiencies, and their treatment by the administration of physiological doses present in the usual diet, have considerably advanced research in nutrition. It turned out that in addition to their significant protective effects, vitamins also participate in most metabolisms and therefore play a role in fine regulation of cellular metabolism.

These observations led to the consideration, for each vitamin, of new criteria making it possible to establish the optimal doses which would ensure the population, or a group of populations, an optimal state of health. For the first time in French, The Encyclopedia of Vitamins brings together all the biochemical, nutritional and medical data relating to the thirteen vitamins necessary for humans and presents an exhaustive overview of scientific findings.

Numerous boxes, figures and tables, thousands of bibliographical references usefully illustrate and complete this work. All areas are covered, whether that of vitamin metabolism, their biochemical functions, their clinical roles, their protective roles with regard to pathologies (infectious diseases, cancer, ischemic pathologies, neurodegenerative diseases, cataract , age-related macular degeneration, etc.) and also their toxicity.

This multidisciplinary approach offers a totally innovative transversal reading. Grouped in three inseparable volumes: Metabolism and biochemical functions of vitamins – Nutritional aspects – Medical indications and toxicity, the Encyclopedia of vitamins will be your daily reference, whether you are a nutritionist, dietician, biologist, pharmacist, general practitioner or specialist… or a researcher or student of these disciplines. (Author’s summary)