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    Elsevier's Dictionary of Vitamins and Pharmacochemistry
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    Elsevier's Dictionary of Vitamins and Pharmacochemistry

    By Henry Philippsborn

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    The dictionary will contain terms covering the following fields and subfields: Vitamin Technology: Vitamin biochemistry / Physiology; Origin of vitamins: natural, synthetic; Fat-soluble vitamins; Water-soluble vitamins; Vitamins as antioxidants; Vitamin deficiencies / Hypervitaminosis - Enzymes/Proteins: Biotechnology as applied biological science aimed at industrial exploitation - Hormones: Biochemistry; Physiology - Pharmaceutical Chemistry / Pharmaceutical Technology / Pharmaceutical Processes: Conception of the active principles; Structural analysis; Antibiotics and their way of action; Biochemistry; The Drug / The Medicament: Definition, origin, way of action; Biochemistry - Medical Aspects in the languages English, German, French and Portuguese.

    *An important resource for pharmacologists, pharmaceutists and medical doctors
    *Includes definitions in several prominent languages (English, German, French, Portuguese)
    *Covers subfields of Vitamin Technology, Enzymes/Proteins, Hormones, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmaceutical Processes, and more
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElsevier Science
    Release dateDec 4, 2006
    ISBN9780080488790
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