Publications on Nutrition and Biochemistry
'Nutrition' includes biochemical work that should underpin nutritional beliefs and practices. 'Biochemistry' includes 'clinical biochemistry' (laboratory testing applied for the benefit of patients) and such areas of biochemical work as cannot be placed under more specialised headings.
Much of what passes for fact in the world of nutrition is untrue. Mega-dosing with vitamin B6 is based on a misunderstanding. Nutritional deficiency of zinc is rare and the greater risk is excess from occupational exposure, no-one really knows what the minimum daily intake should be, and so on. The key to understanding is careful science.
All you need to know about diet, foods, vitamins, minerals and how to control body weight is here condensed into 54 pages.
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with E.M.L. Kwong, Nutritional Benefits from the ‘Pig-on-Litter’ System, International Symposium, “Modern Technology in the Treatment and Recycling of Livestock Wastes”, Kadoorie Agricultural Research Centre, University of Hong Kong, May 13-17 1991, p.45-46
H.M. Tom, V. Prasongwatana and T.R.C. Boyde. 7th International Symposium on Microsomes and Drug Oxidations, Adelaide, August 1987 Direct Chemical Quenching of Reactive Intermediates Formed During the Propagation Process of Microsomal Lipid Peroxidation by Retinoids
with W.M. Tom and V. Prasongwatana, Propagation mechanism of reaction products formed during the process of iron(II)-EDTA-initiated peroxidation of rat liver microsomal lipids. 4th International Conference of Toxicology, Tokyo (1986) Abstracts. Two later publications with the same co-authors.
W.M. Tom, V. Prasongwatana and T.R.C. Boyde, The effects of Vitamin A nutritional status on glutathione and microsomal lipid peroxidation in rat lung. Experientia 41 (1985) 1046-7
W.M. Tom, V. Prasongwatana and T.R.C. Boyde. Mechanism Of Suppression Of Microsomal Lipid
Peroxidation By Vitamin A
W.M. Tom, L.Y.Y. Fong, D.Y.H. Woo, V. Prasongwatana and T.R.C. Boyde, Microsomal lipid peroxidation and oxidative metabolism in rat liver: influence of Vitamin A intake. Chem-Biol Interactions 50 (1984) 361-6
M. Dahinog, E. Rafols, H.K.F. Lau, V. Laspinas and T.R.C. Boyde, Aminoacid composition of vegetables and fruits from the Phillipines. Bulletin of the Phillipines Biochemical Society 5-6 (1982-3) 31-9
M. Rahmatullah, L.Y.Y. Fong, J.S.K. Lee and T.R.C. Boyde, Zinc-deficiency and activities of urea cycle-related enzymes in rats. Experientia 36 (1980) 1281-2
M. Rahmatullah and T.R.C. Boyde, Improvements in the determination of urea using diacetyl monoxime. Methods with and without deproteinization. Clin Chim Acta 107 (1980) 3-9