B Vitamins and Folate covers thiamine, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, biotin, cobalamin and folate. The book begins with an overview covering the historical context of B vitamins, disease and fortification effects. Coverage then includes chemistry, biochemistry and metabolism across the vitamins and related compounds; analysis including spectrofluorimetry, isotope dilution mass spectrometry, chromatography; and finishes with the functional effects in humans including in strokes, epilepsy, dementia and kidney disease. Written by an expert team, this book provides a fascinating insight for those with an interest in the health and nutritional sciences.

Contributions by: Hideyuki Hayashi, Bernard Do, M H Ahmed, Lucien Bettendorff, K Shibata, T Fukuwatari, Dorla L Lildballe, T Yagi, Micheal Rychlik, C Sanchez-Moreno, R Agarwal, Faruk Ahmed, John R Guyton, F Bamonti, R Prakash, Jutta Dierkes, C Antoniades, Y Kohda, S Fushinobu, C Fernandez-Mejia, D Gaso-Sokac, J Zempleni, A Lebiedzinska, S H Lee, Natalie M Zahr, H Zielinski, M A Segundo, Robert Goldschmidt, M. S. Thakur, T Apeland, A S Hazell, A Szutowicz, Junko Ishihara, A Chango, K Koyama, Jia Luo, Claudio M Gomes, David Woollard, Magdalena Zielinska-Dawidziak, Takeaki Nitto, Gavino Sanna, Ja-an Annie Ho, Daniel Perrone Perrone, A Chango, K Shibata, C Antoniades, Pei Chen, Robert Clarke