My Account
Log in Registration
All
Cart
Highlights
Fiction Books
Non-Fiction Books
Children's Books
Rare Books
Music
DVD & Blu-Ray
Video Games
Category
Wishlists
Cart
All
Free US shipping over $10
Trustpilot
Proud to be B-Corp

Trace Elements as Contaminants and Nutrients Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad (University of Hyderabad, India)

Trace Elements as Contaminants and Nutrients By Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad (University of Hyderabad, India)

Trace Elements as Contaminants and Nutrients by Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad (University of Hyderabad, India)

Reviews:
$281.59
Condition - New
Only 2 left
New

Summary

An exhaustive volume that provides state-of the-art findings on trace element contamination in the environment and its implications on human health. Provides a unique approach interfacing metal requirements of animals and plants and their nutritional benefits with the increasing problem of trace element contamination.

Trace Elements as Contaminants and Nutrients Summary

Trace Elements as Contaminants and Nutrients: Consequences in Ecosystems and Human Health by Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad (University of Hyderabad, India)

Access state-of-the-art research about trace element contamination and its impact on human health in Trace Elements as Contaminants and Nutrients: Consequences in Ecosystems and Human Health. In this ground-breaking guide, find exhaustive evidence of trace element contamination in the environment with topics like the functions and essentiality of trace metals, bioavailability and uptake biochemistry, membrane biochemistry and transport mechanisms, and enzymology. Find case studies that will reinforce the fundamentals of mineral nutrition in plants and animals and current information about fortified foods and nutrient deficiencies.

About Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad (University of Hyderabad, India)

M. N. V. Prasad, PhD, is a Professor of Environmental Biology at the University of Hyderabad, India, and is the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of six books and more than 170 research papers on environmental botany and heavy metal stress in plants. Dr. Prasad is an elected Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, England, and the National Institute of Ecology, New Delhi, India; life member of the National Institute of Ecology and the Bioenergy Society of India; and a member of the International Allelopathy Society and the Indian Network for Soil Contamination Research.

Table of Contents

1. The Biological System of Elements: (Trace) Element Concentration Abundance.

2. Trace elements contamination and availability: human health implications implications of food chain and biofortification.

3. Trace elements in agro-ecosystems.

4. Metal accumulate on in crops- human health ssues.

5. Trace elements and plant secondary metabolism: quality and efficacy of herbal products.

6. Trace elements and radionuclides in edible plants.

7. Trace elements in traditional healing plants - remedies or risks.

8. Biofortification: nutritional security and relevance to human helath.

9. Zinc for human health and sustainable development.

10. Zinc effect on the phytoestrogen content of pomegranate fruit tree.

11. Iron bioavailability and homeostasis through phytoferritins: fortification and intervention strategic approaches for human health and nutrition.

12. Iodine and health: A review of Bhutans Iodine Fortification programme.

13. Radionuclide contamination at Kazakhstans Semipalatinsk Test Site: consequences for ecosystems and human health.

14. Uranium and thorium bioaccumulation in cultivated plants.

15. Mercuy - Inorganic and organic forms, environmental fate and toxicity.

16. Cadmium as an environmental contaminant - Consequences to plant and human health.

17. Trace elements transport in plants.

18. Cadmium detoxification in plants - Involvement of ABC transporters.

19. Iron: A major disease modifier in thalassaemia.

20. Trace Elements: Nutritional Benefits, Environmental Contamination, and Health Implications in Cancer.

21. Mode of action and toxicity of trace elements.

22. Input and transfer of trace metals from food via mothermilk to the child - bioindicative aspects to human health.

23. Selenium and lead in soil.

24. Arsenic and uranium contamination control by aquatic plants.

25. Copper as an environmental contaminant and essential nutrient: consequences to plant and human health.

26. Forms of copper, manganese, zinc, and iron in soils of Slovakia, system of fertilizers recommendation and soil monitoring.

27. Role of minerals in halophyte feeding to ruminants.

28. Plants as biomonitors of trace elements pollution in soil.

29. Bioindication and biomonitoring as innovative biotechniques for controlling trace metal influences to the environment.

Additional information

NPB9780470180952
9780470180952
0470180951
Trace Elements as Contaminants and Nutrients: Consequences in Ecosystems and Human Health by Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad (University of Hyderabad, India)
Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad (University of Hyderabad, India)
New
Hardback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
2008-08-22
808
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a new book - be the first to read this copy. With untouched pages and a perfect binding, your brand new copy is ready to be opened for the first time

Customer Reviews - Trace Elements as Contaminants and Nutrients