Meet the editors

Gyula Mózsik, MD, Ph.D., ScD (med), is Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the First Department of Medicine, Univesity of Pécs, Hungary. He was head of this Department from 1993 to 2003. His specializations are medicine, gastroenterology, clinical pharmacology, clinical nutrition, and dietetics. His research fields are biochemical pharmacological examinations in the human gastrointestinal (GI) mucosa, mechanisms of retinoids, drugs, capsa-

icin-sensitive afferent nerves, and innovative pharmacological, pharmaceutical and human dietary nutrition. He has published about 360 peer-reviewed papers, 197 book chapters, 19 monographs, 692 abstracts, and has edited 37 books and given 1120 regular and review lectures. He has also organized thirty-eight national and international congresses and symposia. He founded the "International Conference on Ulcer Research" (ICUR), International Union of Pharmacology, Gastrointestinal Section (IUPHAR-GI SECTION), Brain-Gut Society symposiums, and Gastrointestinal Cytoprotective symposiums. Dr. Mózsik received the Andre Robert Award from the International Union of Pharmacology-GI Section in 2014. Fifteen of his students have been appointed as full professors in Egypt, Cuba and Hungary.

Dr. Gonzalo Díaz-Soto is an Associate Professor of Endocrinology and Nutrition at Valladolid University Medical School, Spain. He received his MD and master's in Bioscience in Experimental Endocrinology on Calcium Sensing Receptor. He completed his specialization in Endocrinology and Nutrition at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona. His Ph.D. was focused on normocalcemic hyperparathyroidism. He has completed his Ph.D. program with

a clinical internship in Endocrinology Services of the Hôpital Bicêtre and Institute Gustave Roussy, Paris, France. He currently works at the Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Spain, in the Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition Department. His research areas and published articles focus on endocrinology, especially the thyroid, parathyroid and diabetic disorders.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

**Section 4**

Genes, Diet and Disease Interface *by Gyula Mózsik and Gonzalo Diaz Soto*

*by Sananda Mondal and Debasish Panda*

and Their Arabusta Hybrids

*by Andre Luis Maion Casarim*

Calcium and Metabolic Bone Disorders

*by Nyshadham S.N. Chaitanya and Sibani Sahu*

**Preface XI**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Interface of Gene-Diet Disease **7**

**Chapter 2 9**

**Chapter 3 29**

**Chapter 4 49**

Calcium and Bone Metabolism **67**

**Chapter 5 69**

Parathyreoid Glands and Their Diseases **83**

**Chapter 6 85**

*by Ayotunde Oladunni Ale, Oluwayomi Akande and David Da Rocha-Afodu*

Introductory Chapter: Mineral Deficiencies - Electrolyte Disturbances,

Mineral Deficiencies: A Root Cause for Reduced Longevity in Mammals

Nutrigenomics: An Interface of Gene-Diet-Disease Interaction

Organoleptic, Sensory and Biochemical Traits of Arabica Coffee

*by Kahiu Ngugi, Jane Jerono Cheserek and Chrispine Ogutu Omondi*

Parathyroid Glands and Hyperparathyroidism: A General Overview
