Vitamin E in Health and Disease

Packer, Lester

". . .the ultimate treatise on vitamin E. . .exceeding all previous texts in detail and consistency. . . Everyone working in the area of vitamin E research should own this volume. . .Every graduate student interested in nutrition should be required to read this book not only for basic knowledge, but to examine the variety of ways researchers approach experimental design. "---Journal of the American Dietetic Association"This extensive book discusses present and past studies into the links between Vitamin E and the risks of a number of chronic and acute health problems. . . .particularly useful for biochemists, pharmacologists, public health researchers and research dietitians. "---International Journal of Cardiology". . .a significant contribution to the field. . .This impressive work is composed of. . .67 chapters, authored and coauthored by more than 125 international scientific and clinical experts in vitamin E research. . . .a reference work for toxicologists, research scientists, and physicians specializing in dermatology, neurology, pediatrics, ophthalmology, and internal medicine. They need to be both aware of and knowledgeable in the findings presented here for their experiments, research, and clinical practice. "---Journal of Toxicology: Cutaneous & Ocular Toxicology

• "NATURAL OCCURRENCE AND TISSUE LEVELS Plants Natural Sources of Tocotrienols, Augustine S. H. Ong Analysis and Distribution of Vitamin E in Vegetable Oils and Foods, Alan J. Sheppard, John L. Weihrauch, and Jean A.T. Pennington Animals and Humans Absorption, Transport and Delivery to Tissues, Maret G. Traber, William Cohn, and David P. R. Muller Interrelationships of Vitamin E with Other Nutrients, Harold H. Draper Effects of ß-Carotene and Related Caritenoids on Vitamin E, Shirley R. Blakely, Geraldine V. Mitchell, Mamie Leah Young Jenkins, and Erich Grundel CHEMISTRY, BIOCHEMISTRY, AND CELL BIOLOGY Chemical Reactions, Antioxidant Action, and Biomembranes Pulse Radioysis as a Tool in Vitamin E Research, Wolf Bors, Manfred Saran, and Christs Michel Peroxyl Radical Trapping Reactions of Alpha-Tocopherol in Biomimetic Systems, Daniel C. Liebler Synthesis and Kinetic Study of Antioxidant and Prooxidant Actions of Vitamin E Derivatives, Kazou Mukai Rates and Products of Reactions of Vitamin E with Oxygen Radicals, Etsuo Niki and Mitsuyoshi Matsuo Relative Importance of Vitamin E in Antiperoxidative Defenses in Human Blood Plasma and Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL), Balz B. Frei and Bruce N. Ames Scavenging of Singlet Molecular Oxygen by Tocopherols, Helmut Sies, Stephan Kaiser, Paulo Di Mascio, and Michael E. Murphy Relationship Between Vitamin E and a More Electronegatively Charged LDL of Human Plasma, Gabriele Bittolo-Bon, Giuseppe Cazzolato, and Pietro Avogaro The Role of Vitamin E in Blood and Cellular Aging, Shiro Urano Pharamacology Biokinetics of Vitamin E Using Deuterated Tocopherols, Graham W. Burton and Keith U. Ingold Vitamin E Status of Exotic Animals Compared with Livestock and Domestics, Ellen S. Dierenfeld and Maret G. Traber Alpha-Tocopherol and Protein Kinase C Regulation of Intracellular Signaling, Angelo Manfredo Azzi, Gianna Bartoli, Daniel Boscoboinik, Carmel Hensey, and Adam Szewczyk Vitamin E Action in Modulating the Arachidonic Acid Cascade, David