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Edited By
John Vincent, Dept. of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA
Description
Chromium nutritional supplements are the second best selling mineral supplements after calcium as chromium is found in pills, sports drinks,
chewing gums, smoothies, and numerous other products. Chromium has been promoted to promote weight loss and muscle development and most
recently to be available to treat the symptoms of type 2 diabetes and related conditions.
The aim of The Nutritional Biochemistry
of Chromium(III) is to examine the four most controversial areas of chromium nutrition and biochemistry:
- is chromium
an essential element for humans and are chromium nutritional supplements of value?
- what biochemical role, if any, does chromium
play in the body
- can large doses of chromium(III) be used to treat symptoms of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and related
medical conditions
- is the use of chromium(III) supplements a health concern.
Scientific experts, who are recognized leaders
in the field, weigh in with their opinions on both sides of these issues in this book.
A background review of the field from 1955-1995
by Vincent opens the book and concludes with a summary by Dr. Forrest Nielsen, Center Director of the USDA's Grand Forks Human Nutrition
Research Center concludes the book.
Audience
For bioinorganic chemists, human nutritionists and animal nutritionists
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction: A History of Chromium Studies (1955-1995)(J.B. Vincent, D. Stallings).
Part I. Chromium as a Nutrient
and Nutritional Supplement
Chapter 2. Basis for Dietary Recommendations for Chromium (B.J. Stoecker).
Chapter 3. Multiple
Hypotheses for Chromium(III) Biochemistry: Why the Essentiality of Chromium(III) Is Still Questioned (D.M. Stearns).
Chapter 4. Effects
of Chromium(III) as a Nutritional Supplement (H.C. Lukaski).
Chapter 5. Use of Chromium as an Animal Feed Supplement (M.D. Lindemann).
Part II. Biochemical Role(s) for Chromium(III)
Chapter 6. The Transport of Chromium(III) in the Body: Implications
for Function (Weiyue Feng).
Chapter 7. Potential and Purported Roles for Chromium in Insulin Signaling: The Search for the Holy Grail
(J.B. Vincent, R. Bennett).
Part III. Chromium(III) as a Therapeutic Agent
Chapter 8. Clinical Effect of Chromium Supplements
on Human Health (W.T. Cefalu).
Chapter 9. Benefits of Chromium(III) Complexes in Animal and Human Health (S. Zafra et al.).
Part IV. Toxicological Effects of Chromium(III)
Chapter 10. Evaluation of Cr(III) Genotoxicity with cell Culture and
In Vitro Assays (D.M. Stearns).
Chapter 11. Redox Chemistry and Biological Activities of Chromium(III) Complexes (A. Levina et
al.).
Chapter 12. Overview of Cr(III) Toxicity (Qingdong Ke, M. Costa).
Chapter 13. Summary: the Clinical and Nutritional
Importance of Chromium – Still Debated After 50 Years of Research (F.H. Nielsen).
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 292 pages, publication date: MAR-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-53071-4
ISBN-10: 0-444-53071-1
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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