Human health issues relating to amino acids are extremely broad and include metabolic disorders of amino acid metabolism as well as their presence in food and use as supplements. This book covers the biochemistry of amino acid metabolism in the context of health and disease.

Contributions by: Stig Bengmark, R William Caldwell, M Conway, Ekrem Dere, Pierre Fafournoux, J Haavik, Regis Hankard, Richard A Hawkins, Malte Kelm, Takeshi Kimura, Deniz Kirik, A V Kurpad, Richard Koch, Xiaodong Li, Timothy J Maher, José M Matés, J M Mato, Paul J Moughan, Stuart M Phillips, A Rodriguez-Moreno, T Smith, Lyn M Steffen, Hiroshi Ueno, M C G van de Poll, F D Zepf, Tienush Rassaf, Sylvia B Smith, Ronald Ball