This is a timely book which discusses critically and concisely the recent explosion in knowledge pertaining to the semi-essential amino acid L-arginine and the new field of nutritional pharmacology. The book highlights the relevance of L-arginine to those clinicians and researchers treating and studying injury, sepsis, malignant disease, vascular physiology and nutrition. A major emphasis of the book is the key role played by L-arginine in modulating host defenses and the various components of humoral and cellular immunity.
