Vitamins: nomenclature, history, development of the vitamins concept; Fat and water soluble vitamins: sources, chemistry, absorption, transport and storage, metabolism, function, deficiency, bioassay, interaction with other nutrients, recommended daily allowances and toxicities; Diagnosis, treatments and prevention of vitamin deficiencies in human; Stability of vitamins under different storage conditions; Vitamin like compounds; Losses of vitamin during food processing; Minerals: types, history and developments of the minerals concept; Criteria of essentiality of minerals and their classification; Minerals distribution in human body; Macro- and micro- minerals: dietary sources, absorption, metabolism, metabolic function, deficiency symptoms and disorders, recommended daily allowances, diagnosis, treatments and prevention of mineral deficiencies in human; Water and electrolytes.
