The Chemistry and Biochemistry of Niacin

Coverage includes B vitamins and folate in the context of a historical background, disease, cardiovascular effects and the importance of vitamins in biochemistry as illustrated by a single vitamin. Thereafter there are chapters on the chemistry and biochemistry of thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, biotin, folate and cobalamin. Methodical aspects include characterization and assays of B vitamins and folate in foods of all kinds, dietary supplements, biological fluids and tissues. The techniques cover solid-phase extraction, spectrofluorimetry, mass spectrometry, HPLC, enzymatic assay, biosensor and chemiluminescence. In terms of fimction and effects or... 

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