Carotenoids, Part B: Metabolism, Genetics, and Biosynthesis, Volume 214

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Elsevier Science, Mar 23, 1993 - Technology & Engineering - 468 pages
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Contents

A Absorption and Transport
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Analysis of Carotenoids in Human and Animal HAROLD H SCHMITZ
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Evaluation of Carotenoid Intake
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About the author (1993)

Helmut Sies, MD, PhD (hon), studied medicine at the universities of Tübingen, Munich, and Paris. He was the professor and chair of the Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany, where he is now professor emeritus. He is a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and was the president of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He was named 'Redox Pioneer'; was the president of the Society for Free Radical Research International (SFRRI). Helmut Sies introduced the concept of "Oxidative Stress” in 1985, and was the first to reveal hydrogen peroxide as a normal constituent of aerobic cell metabolism. His research interests comprise redox biology, oxidants, antioxidants, micronutrients.

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