Magnesium in Human Health and Disease

Magnesium is an essential mineral which is required for growth and survival of humans. Since magnesium is a mineral and not synthesizable it must be obtained through dietary foods and/or supplements. Magnesium in Human Health and Disease reviews the benefits of magnesium supplementation to reach rec...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Watson, Ronald Ross. (Editor), Preedy, Victor R. (Editor), Zibadi, Sherma. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2013.
Series:Nutrition and Health
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-044-1
Table of Contents:
  • Clinical Assessment of Magnesium Status in the Adult: An Overview
  • Dietary Mg Intake and Biomarkers of Inflammation and Endothelial Dysfunction��
  • Magnesium Role in Cytokine Regulation� of Hypoxic Placentas Related� to Certain Placental Pathology
  • Magnesium Links to Asthma Control
  • Magnesium and Kidney Disease
  • Magnesium Intake, Genetic Variants, and Diabetes Risk
  • Magnesium Deficiency in Type 2 Diabetes
  • Magnesium and Metabolic Disorders
  • Magnesium and diabetes prevention
  • Magnesium Supplementation and Bone
  • Protective Functions of Magnesium Salts in Cancer Patients
  • Magnesium and Hypertension
  • The Role of Magnesium in the Cardiovascular System
  • Vascular biology of magnesium implications in cardiovascular disease
  • Intravenous Magnesium for Cardiac Arrhythmias in Humans: A Role?- Magnesium in inflammation-associated fetal brain injury
  • Magnesium and Its Interdependency with Other Cations in Acute and Chronic Stressor States
  • Magnesium and traumatic brain injury
  • Magnesium in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage-From Bench to Bedside
  • Alcohol and Magnesium.