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INDEX

A

abortion, 190

AC, 51, 75, 76

access, 131, 137

accidents, 28

acetone, 84

acid, ix, x, xi, xii, 4, 28, 37, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45,

46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 60, 61, 63,

64, 71, 73, 77, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 89, 90,

94, 95, 97, 100, 101, 104, 107, 108, 109, 112,

113, 114, 115, 119, 121, 124, 125, 129, 130, 133,

139, 140, 143, 144, 146, 148, 150, 151, 154, 155,

161, 163, 165, 173, 177, 186, 189

acidity, 185

activated carbon, 82

activation, 19, 67, 69, 75, 77, 87, 91, 94

active site, xi, 99, 100, 103, 107, 108, 109, 111, 112,

115, 116, 143

acute renal failure, 55, 174

adaptation, 62

addiction, ix, 22, 29, 36, 106

additives, xi, 81

adenocarcinoma(s), 78, 79

adenoma, 47, 54, 64

adenosine, 65, 117, 128, 143

adenosine triphosphate, 117

adhesion, 11

adipose, 177

adipose tissue, 177

adjunctive therapy, 70

adjustment, 72, 129

administration, 2, 30, 31, 34, 45, 55, 71, 128, 154,

182, 184

adolescence, 177

adolescents, 27, 70, 71

adrenaline, ix, 22, 24, 25

adrenochrome, ix, 22, 25, 30, 31, 32

adriamycin, 173

adults, 42, 53, 62, 78, 150, 177, 191

aetiology, x, 58, 65, 71

aetiopathogenesis, 59

Africa, 185

age(ing), ix, 22, 32, 45, 48, 53, 123, 140, 145, 147,

150, 185, 186

agent, 6, 10, 53, 154, 155, 156, 157, 166, 168, 171,

173, 183, 188

agonist, 143

AIDS, 36

alanine, xi, 99, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110,

111, 112, 113, 115, 116, 118, 119

albumin, 19, 122, 124, 125, 127, 129, 133

alcohol, ix, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 35, 36, 39, 46, 47, 54,

84

alcohol consumption, ix, 29, 39, 47

alcohol use, 47, 54

alcoholic liver disease, 43

alcoholics, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 42

alcoholism, viii, 21, 22, 24, 28, 29, 43, 181

aldehyde dehydrogenase, viii, ix, 21, 22, 24, 27, 29

alkane, 84, 87, 94, 95, 98

allele, 29

alternative(s), 91, 92, 93, 94, 100, 184

Alzheimer’s disease, ix, 39, 45, 50, 52, 145, 147,

149, 151, 152, 187

amide, 169, 171, 172

194 Index

amines, 30, 141, 163

amino acid, xi, xii, 6, 28, 41, 65, 77, 82, 88, 89, 93,

99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 109, 114, 119, 122, 133,

139, 143, 147

amino acids, xi, 28, 82, 88, 89, 93, 99, 100, 101,

102, 104, 114, 133, 143

aminosalicylates, x, 57, 58

ammonia, xi, 99, 101, 103, 165

ammonium, 103

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ix, 22, 30, 31, 35, 36

AN, 128

anabolism, 92

anaemia, 4, 42, 148, 177, 191

anaerobe, 97

anaerobic bacteria, 83, 87, 116

anastomosis, 62, 63, 73, 74

anatomy, 154

anemia, vii, ix, x, 4, 39, 48, 58, 64, 70, 71, 72, 126,

144, 180, 188

Anemia, 60, 188

anencephaly, 43

angiogenesis, viii, 6, 7, 13, 17, 18

animal health, 22

animal models, 68, 178

animals, x, 25, 31, 33, 46, 81, 82, 155, 156, 171

anion, 40, 129

anisocytosis, 180

anorexia, 60, 177

antacids, 181

anterior cingulate cortex, 26

antibiotic, 82, 83, 95, 181

anti-cancer, viii, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14, 17

anticancer drug, 19, 42, 158, 166, 168

anticoagulant, 44

anticonvulsant(s), 55, 150

antidepressant, 46

antidepressant medication, 46

anti-inflammatory, 34, 128, 161

anti-inflammatory agents, 161

antioxidant, 31, 50, 135

antiphospholipid antibodies, 65

antitumor, 174, 183, 190

antiviral, 173

anxiety, 28

aorta, 67

AP, 75

apathy, 145, 177

apoptosis, xii, 7, 69, 139, 143, 152, 167, 168, 179,

180, 183

apoptotic pathway, 184

aquifers, 84

arginine, 107, 118, 128

aromatic hydrocarbons, xi, 81

arteriosclerosis, 132, 143

artery(ies), xi, 33, 44, 67, 77, 121, 122, 154

arthritis, ix, 22, 34, 35, 37

ascorbic acid, 25

Asia, 147, 186

aspartate, xi, 100, 102, 113, 114, 115, 117, 119, 148

assessment, 18, 52, 71, 150

assimilation, 92

assumptions, 25

asthma, 49, 124

asymptomatic, 176, 181

ataxia, 178

Athens, 4

atherosclerosis, xii, 79, 80, 121, 122, 179

atherosclerotic vascular disease, 146

atoms, 109, 111

ATP, 96, 117, 142

atrophy, 45, 52, 145, 146, 151, 152, 177, 178, 179,

187

attachment, 17

attention, 6, 34, 44, 71, 84, 178, 180

Australia, 50

autism, 32

autoantibodies, 181

autoimmune disease, 184

autopsy, 65

availability, 91, 149

B

B vitamins, vii, 27, 45, 51, 60, 64, 70, 71, 74, 76, 80,

137, 140, 146, 147, 180, 188

Bacillus, 108, 118

bacteria, x, 59, 62, 81, 82, 83, 84, 87, 94, 97, 98,

117, 118, 119

bacterial strains, 92

bacterium, 83, 85, 95, 96, 98, 101

basal layer, 182

basement membrane, 14, 17

basic fibroblast growth factor, 13

beef, xiii, 176, 186

behavior, 154

Beijing, 170

benchmarking, 75

beneficial effect, 28, 40, 43, 130

benefits, vii, ix, xii, 3, 25, 27, 28, 31, 34, 36, 37, 39,

40, 46, 52, 122, 148, 150, 191