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Vitamins and Cancer
Meyskens, Frank L., Jr.; Prasad, Kedar N., Ph.D.
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Description for Vitamins and Cancer
Paperback. Series: Experimental Biology and Medicine. Num Pages: 502 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 765.
In the past five years, a surprising and intense resurgence in interest in vitamins and other micronutrients and their role in health and dis ease has occurred. The recognition has emerged that vitamins not only are essential for life ·in that severe nutritional deficiencies occur in their absence, but that these compounds may also serve as natural inhibitors of cancer. Synthetic alterations of the basic vitamin A mole cule have also resulted in the production of compounds that are more potent as anticancer agents than the natural substance and may have substantial therapeutic activity as well. Whether other vita mins ... Read more
In the past five years, a surprising and intense resurgence in interest in vitamins and other micronutrients and their role in health and dis ease has occurred. The recognition has emerged that vitamins not only are essential for life ·in that severe nutritional deficiencies occur in their absence, but that these compounds may also serve as natural inhibitors of cancer. Synthetic alterations of the basic vitamin A mole cule have also resulted in the production of compounds that are more potent as anticancer agents than the natural substance and may have substantial therapeutic activity as well. Whether other vita mins ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
502
Condition
New
Series
Experimental Biology and Medicine
Number of Pages
482
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9781461293958
SKU
V9781461293958
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99-15
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