Nitrate and man toxic, harmless or beneficial?

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1. Verfasser: L'hirondel, Jean (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Wallingford CABI c2002
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  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1
  • 1 The History of Nitrates in Medicine 3
  • 2 Nitrate, the Nitrogen Cycle and the Fertility of Nature 9
  • 21. The Nitrogen Cycle 10
  • 22. The Increasing Fertility of Nature 12
  • 3 The Metabolism of Nitrate 16
  • 31. The Basic Features 16
  • 32. The Two Sources of Nitrate: Dietary Intake and Endogenous
  • Synthesis 17
  • 33. The Metabolic Conversions of Nitrate in the Body and its
  • Fate 21
  • 34. Nitrate Secretion with Saliva and its Transformation to
  • Nitrite in the Mouth 23
  • 35. Nitrate and Nitrite in the Stomach 26
  • 36. Nitrate Metabolism: a Summary 27
  • 4 Nitrate in Body Fluids 29
  • 41. Healthy Humans 30
  • 42. Pathological Conditions 32
  • 43. Conclusions 34
  • 5 The Case Against Nitrate: a Critical Examination 35
  • 51. The Risk of Methaemoglobinaemia in Infants 35
  • 511. Methaemoglobinaemia: definition 36
  • 512. Infant methaemoglobinaemia: causes and issues 37
  • 513. Methaemoglobinaemia induced by carrot soup 38