"Developed from a symposium sponsored by the Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry at the 192nd Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, California, September 7-12, 1986." Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Manganese bioavailability overview / Constance Kies -- Manganese uptake and retention : experimental animal and human studies / Bo Lèonnerdal, Carl L. Keen, J.G. Bell, and B. Sandstrèom -- Dietary manganese toxicity and deficiency : effects on cellular manganese metabolism / Carl L. Keen, Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr, and Bo Lèonnerdal -- Manganese homeostasis in the chick / L. Lee Southern, David H. Baker, and Kevin M. Halpin -- Role of manganese in bone metabolism / Linda Strause and Paul Saltman -- Enhanced tissue lipid peroxidation : mechanism underlying pathologies associated with dietary manganese deficiency / Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr and Carl L. Keen -- Iron in manganese metabolism / N. Gruden -- Absorption studies of manganese from milk diets in suckling rats / Wai-Yee Chan, M. Hassan Raghib, and Owen M. Rennert -- Manganese requirements of humans / Jeanne H. Freeland-Graves, Connie W. Bales, and Fares Behmardi -- Manganese metabolism in epilepsy : normal or abnormal? / G.F. Carl, Carl L. Keen, B.B. Gallagher, and L.S. Hurley -- Plasma uptake of manganese : influence of dietary factors / Connie W. Bales, Jeanne H. Freeland-Graves, Pao-Hwa Lin, Jan M. Stone, and Virginia Dougherty -- Manganese and lipid metabolism as affected by dietary manganese and fat / Jan M. Johnson and Constance Kies -- Manganese availability for humans : effect of selected dietary factors / Constance Kies, K.D. Aldrich, Jan M. Johnson, C. Creps, C. Kowalski, and R.H. Wang -- Manganese usage in humans as affected by use of calcium supplements / Susan D. McDermott and Constance Kies.