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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waterlow, J. C. (John Conrad) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
Subjects:
Mammals > metabolism.
Proteins > metabolism.
Mammals > Physiology.
Proteins > Metabolism.
Non-communicable Human Diseases and Injuries.
Nutrition related Disorders and Therapeutic Nutrition.
Physiology of Human Nutrition.
Techniques and Methodology.
Diet.
Hormones.
Lactation.
Malnutrition.
Man.
Methodology.
Pregnancy.
Protein degradation.
Protein metabolism.
Protein synthesis.
Trauma.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Basic Principles
  • Models and Their Analysis
  • Free Amino Acids : Their Pools, Kinetics and Transport
  • Metabolism of Some Amino Acids
  • The Precursor Problem
  • Precursor Method : Whole Body Protein Turnover Measured by the Precursor Method
  • Measurement of Whole Body Protein Turnover by the End-product Method
  • Amino Acid Oxidation and Urea Metabolism
  • The Effects of Food and Hormones on Protein Turnover in the Whole Body and Regions
  • Adaptation to Different Protein Intakes : Protein and Amino Acid Requirements
  • Physiological Determinants of Protein Turnover
  • Whole Body Protein Turnover at Different Ages and in Pregnancy and Lactation
  • Protein Turnover in Some Pathological States : Malnutrition and Trauma
  • Protein Turnover in Individual Tissues : Methods of Measurement and Relations to RNA
  • Protein Turnover in Tissues : Effects of Food and Hormones
  • Plasma Proteins
  • Collagen Turnover
  • The Coordination of Synthesis and Breakdown.