Stable isotopes in human nutrition : laboratory methods and research applications /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2003.
• Subjects: Stable isotope tracers > Laboratory manuals.; Nutrition > Laboratory manuals. > Research; Research.; Physiology of Human Nutrition.; Techniques and Methodology.; Man.; Instruments.; Isotopes.; Laboratory methods.; Manufacture.; Methodology.; Nutrition.; Nutrition research.; Sample processing.; Stable isotopes.; Techniques.; Electronic books.
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This book provides readers a brief glimpse into the manufacturing processes of the various stable isotopic tracers as well as a basic understanding of the principles, study designs, sample requirements, sample preparation techniques, instrumentation requirements and methods of calculation for severa...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / W.W. Wong and S.A. Abrams
• Production of stable isotopes for nutrition-related research / W.W. Wong and S.A. Abrams
• The measurement of protein kinetics with stable isotope tracers / F. Jahoor
• Stable isotope studies of mineral metabolism : calcium, magnesium and iron / S.A. Abrams
• Evaluation of trace mineral status and bioavailability using stable isotopes (zinc, copper, selenium, molybdenum) / N. M. Lowe and C.S. Broome
• Energy utilization with doubly labelled water (2h218o) / W.W. Wong
• Body composition measurements with 2h and 18o isotope dilution / W.W. Wong
• Stable isotopes and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry in studies of glucose metabolism in children / A.L. Sunehag and M.W. Haymond
• Cholesterol and other lipid metabolism / R.E. Ostlund.