Thistext presents the application of current nutritional knowledge by physiciansand dietitians and incorporates emerging fields of science and importantdiscoveries. It contains seven major sections.Section 1: Basic Processes at the Cellular Levels, Section 2: ArginineMetabolism and Functions, Section 3: Arginine Status in Cells Related to OrganDamage and Disease, Section 4: Arginine Status and Use in Healthy Individuals, Section5: Arginine and Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract, Section 6: Therapeuticuses of Arginine: Diabetes, Obesity and Cardiovascular Diseases and Section 7: Therapeutic Uses of Arginine: Cancer, WoundHealing and Infectious Disease.
Writtenby authors of international and national standing, leaders in the field andtrendsetters, Arginine in Clinical Nutrition is essential reading fornutritionists and dietitians, public health scientists, doctors,epidemiologists, health care professionals of various disciplines, policymakers and marketing and economic strategists.
Vinood B. Patel, BSc, PhD, FRSC
University of Westminster
Faculty of Science & Technology
Department of Biomedical Sciences
London, United Kingdom
Victor R. Preedy, BSc, PhD, DSc
Professor
King’s College London
Dept Nutrition and Dietetics, Nutritional Sciences Division
School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Franklin-Wilkins Building
London, United Kingdom
Rajkumar Rajendram, AKC, BSc (Hons), MBBS (Dist), MRCP (UK), FRCA, EDIC, FFICM
Nutritional Sciences Research Division
Faculty of Life Science and Medicine
King's College London
Franklin-Wilkins Building
London, United Kingdom