Vitamin discoveries and disasters : history, science, and controversies / Frances Rachel Frankenburg.
Tipo de material: TextoSeries Praeger series on contemporary health and livingDetalles de publicación: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger/ABC-CLIO, 2009.Descripción: xiii, 143 p. : il., fotos byn ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780313354755 (hard copy : alk. paper)
- 0313354758 (hard copy : alk. paper)
- 9780313354762 (ebook)
- 0313354766 (ebook)
- QP 771 F73.2009
Tipo de ítem | Biblioteca actual | Colección | Signatura topográfica | Copia número | Estado | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras | |
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Libros | Biblioteca Francisco Xavier Clavigero Acervo | Acervo General | QP 771 F73.2009 (Navegar estantería(Abre debajo)) | ej. 1 | Disponible | UIA033911 |
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Rats that don't grow and have sore eyes : vitamin A (retinol), the anti-night blindness vitamin -- Soldiers in pain and staggering chickens : vitamin B1 (thiamine), the anti-beriberi vitamin -- Dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, death : vitamin B3 (niacin), the anti-pellagra vitamin -- Deadly anemia, sludge, and the Nobel prize for a woman : vitamins B9 (folate) and B12 (cobalamin), the two anti-anemia vitamins -- Sailors, scurvy, the guinea pig, and the Nobel prize : vitamin C (ascorbic acid), the anti-scurvy vitamin -- Soft bones, lack of light, and the "sunshine hormone" : vitamin D (calcitriol), the anti-rickets vitamin -- Can you have too much of a good thing? : toxicity from vitamins -- Conclusion : victories, but lingering concerns.