Vitamin B-6 Metabolism in Pregnancy, Lactation, and Infancy / Edition 1

by Daniel J. Raiten

Overview

This book provides a comprehensive review of our knowledge of vitamin B-6 requirements and metabolism throughout pregnancy and lactation. It concentrates on two primary points: adequacy of available methodologies and a presentation of the extant knowledge on vitamin B-6 metabolism and requirements in pregnancy, infancy, lactation, and in women of childbearing age. Many of the chapters offer new perspectives on how decisions have been and are being made with regard to the establishment of dietary recommendations about vitamin B-6 and the adequacy of research to support these decisions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780849345944
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/28/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Historical Perspectives on Our Understanding of Vitamin B-6 in Pregnancy, Lactation, and Infancy, A. KirkseyDietary Assessment, P.R. TrumboBiochemical Methods for Status Assessment, R.D. ReynoldsAnimal and Mathematical Models of Vitamin B-6 Metabolism, S.P. CoburnThe Role of Vitamin B-6 in Central Nervous System Development: Neurochemistry and Behavior, T.R. GuilarteVitamin B-6 Metabolism and the Maternal-Fetal Relationship, A. SmolenVitamin B-6 in Infancy: Requirements and Current Feeding Practices, M.W. BorschelVitamin B-6 Needs, Status, and Dietary Recommendations for Lactating Women, P.B. Moser-VeillonVitamin B-6 Status and Requirements of Women of Child-Bearing Age, C.M. Hansen and J.E. LeklemClinical and Metabolic Considerations Affecting Vitamin B-6 Status of Premature Infants, D.K. Rassin and D.J. RaitenTherapeutic Uses of Vitamin B-6 in Clinical Disorders of Infancy and Childhood, D.J. Raiten

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Michael Sitrin, MD (University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine)
Description: This book presents various aspects of vitamin B-6 requirements and metabolism in pregnancy, lactation, and infancy.
Purpose: The monograph is focused around two major issues: (1) a review and critique of available methodologies for measuring the vitamin B-6 contents of foods and diets and for assessing vitamin B-6 nutritional status in individuals and population groups and (2) a review of current knowledge of vitamin B-6 requirements in women of childbearing age, pregnancy, lactation, and infancy. A comprehensive review of these controversial topics is timely, and the information presented in this book is generally complete and balanced.
Audience: This is intended for clinicians, researchers, and graduate students. The chapters, however, are geared mainly to active researchers in the field of vitamin B-6 metabolism, and relatively few present the basics needed by beginning graduate students or the practical information sought by clinicians. The chapter contributors are credible authorities in their fields from various U.S. medical schools, research institutions, or pharmaceutical companies. They are a multidisciplinary group, representing the fields of food and nutrition sciences, pediatrics, biochemistry, and genetics.
Features: The book contains a modest number of black-and-white figures. Increased use of illustrations showing structural formulas and metabolic pathways would have been of great value to graduate students and clinicians. The chapters are well referenced, although more citations from the 1990s would have been appreciated. The overall appearance of the book, table of contents, and index are standard and adequate.
Assessment: This is a very useful book for researchers studying vitamin B-6 metabolism and requirements in pregnancy, lactation, and infancy, but it will be less valuable for clinicians and most graduate students. There is considerable overlap in the contents of the individual chapters, and some chapters contain material that is only peripherally relevant to the main themes of the monograph. The book is high priced for a monograph of this scope.

Doody's Review Service

3 Stars from Doody

This book presents various aspects of vitamin B-6 requirements and metabolism in pregnancy, lactation, and infancy. The monograph is focused around two major issues: (1) a review and critique of available methodologies for measuring the vitamin B-6 contents of foods and diets and for assessing vitamin B-6 nutritional status in individuals and population groups and (2) a review of current knowledge of vitamin B-6 requirements in women of childbearing age, pregnancy, lactation, and infancy. A comprehensive review of these controversial topics is timely, and the information presented in this book is generally complete and balanced. This is intended for clinicians, researchers, and graduate students. The chapters, however, are geared mainly to active researchers in the field of vitamin B-6 metabolism, and relatively few present the basics needed by beginning graduate students or the practical information sought by clinicians. The chapter contributors are credible authorities in their fields from various U.S. medical schools, research institutions, or pharmaceutical companies. They are a multidisciplinary group, representing the fields of food and nutrition sciences, pediatrics, biochemistry, and genetics. The book contains a modest number of black-and-white figures. Increased use of illustrations showing structural formulas and metabolic pathways would have been of great value to graduate students and clinicians. The chapters are well referenced, although more citations from the 1990s would have been appreciated. The overall appearance of the book, table of contents, and index are standard and adequate. This is a very useful book for researchers studying vitamin B-6 metabolism andrequirements in pregnancy, lactation, and infancy, but it will be less valuable for clinicians and most graduate students. There is considerable overlap in the contents of the individual chapters, and some chapters contain material that is only peripherally relevant to the main themes of the monograph. The book is high priced for a monograph of this scope.

Michael Sitrin