Molecular Nutrition. Vitamins

Table of Contents

I General and Introductory Aspects 1. Vitamin E: An Overview 2. Requirements for Vitamins in Different Stages of the Life Cycle 3. Vitamin C: Metabolism, Epigenetic Roles, and Cancer 4. Riboflavin and Health: A Review 5. A Review of Vitamin B12

II Molecular Biology of the Cell 6. Vitamin D Receptor in Arterial Ageing 7. Tocotrienol Regulation of AMPK in Cancer 8. Niacin and Hyperlipidemia 9. Folate Transporters in Placentas 10. Linking B-vitamins, Choline, and Stroke 11. Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) and Mitochondrial Energy 12. Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5) - Immunoreactive Neurons 13. Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) and Alzheimer's Disease 14. Vitamin B1 and the Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex 15. Vitamin D and Diabetes Mellitus: Vitamin D Metabolism, Alterations of Vitamin D Endo-paracrine System and their Relation to Oxidative/Nitrosative Stress, Inflammation, and Cell survival 16. Grape Seed Extract and Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) 17. Cobalamin (Vitamin B12) Malabsorption 18. Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) and Selenium Interactions: Implications for Human Health 19. Linking Vitamin E and Nitric Oxide in Liver Disease 20. Use of Methylcobalamin (Vitamin B12) in Pain 21. New Properties of Vitamin B6 or Pyridoxine in Experimental Oxidative Stress in the Brain 22. Thiamine (B1), Oxidative Stress, and Ethanol 23. Vitamin E: Novel Metabolites and Treatments 24. Vitamin E Structure and Forms/Analytical Methods 25. Pyruvate Carboxylase (PC) and the Biotin Carboxylase Domain 26. Application of Vitamins 27. Vitamins in Chronic Kidney Disease 28. Inflammatory Bowel Disorders and Fat-soluble Vitamins 29. Vitamin E and Reproductive Health 30. Vitamin B12 and Diabetes 31. Biotin Status Screening 32. Prostate Cancer and Applications of Vitamin K 33. Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Use of Folate 34. Scenarios of Low Vitamin K Intakes

III Genetic Machinery and its Function 35. Transcriptional Control of Cells by Vitamin D 36. Transcriptome Analysis for Vitamin B3 (Niacin) and its Receptor GPR109A 37. Novel preventive mechanisms of vitamin B6 against inflammation, inflammasome, and chronic diseases 38. Vitamins and Epigenetics

Authors

Vinood B. Patel Reader in Clinical Biochemistry, University of Westminster, London, UK. Dr. Patel is a Reader at the University of Westminster. After completing his PhD at King's College London, he continued his research experience by undertaking his post-doctoral studies in the laboratory of Professor Cunningham in the Department of Biochemistry at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, (Winston-Salem, NC, USA). This extensive project involved investigating mechanisms of hepatic mitochondrial ribosome dysfunction in alcoholic liver disease (ALD) using biophysical and proteomic techniques. These studies have led to new avenues in determining the pathology of ALD. His teaching areas at both post-graduate and undergraduate levels include clinical biochemistry, investigative pathology and laboratory investigation.