Nitrate and man : toxic, harmless or beneficial? /

• Main Authors: L'hirondel, Jean, (Author), L'hirondel, Jean-Louis, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English; French
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
• Subjects: Nitrates > Physiological effect.; Nitrates > Toxicology.; Water Resources.; Pollution and Degradation.; Crop Produce.; Food Contamination, Residues and Toxicology.; Food Composition and Quality.; Human Physiology and Biochemistry.; Nutrition related Disorders and Therapeutic Nutrition.; Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans, (New March 2000); Non-communicable Human Diseases and Injuries.; Human Toxicology and Poisoning, (New March 2000); Man.; Cardiovascular diseases.; Digestive disorders.; Disease prevention.; Drinking water.; Food contamination.; Food intake.; Food policy.; Food safety.; Human diseases.; Infectious diseases.; Neoplasms.; Nitrate.; Pathogenesis.; Physiology.; Regulations.; Tap water.; Toxicity.; Vegetables.; Electronic books.
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• Item Description: Revised and updated English language edition of Les nitrates et l'homme, le mythe de leur toxicité.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 168 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book focuses on the issue of the toxicity or innocuousness of nitrate. The nitrogen cycle, the metabolism of nitrate, the pathological and physiological levels of nitrate in body fluids, and the beneficial effects of nitrate (particularly in the areas of infectious digestive diseases, cardiovascular diseases and cancer) are discussed. Regulations concerning nitrate are examined. It is shown that, contrary to common belief, nitrate from vegetables and tap water presents no danger to human health.