Nutritional biochemistry /
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| Language: | English |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
[1994]
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Table of Contents:
- Classification of biological structures
- Basic chemistry
- Macromolecules
- Solubility
- Cell structure
- Synthesis, maturation and destination of proteins
- Digestion and absorption
- Digestive tract
- Secretion of digestive materials
- Stimulation of the digestive system
- Molecules important to digestion and absorption
- Digestion and absorption of proteins
- Digestion and absorption of lipids
- Digestion and absorption of carbohydrates
- Absorption physiology
- Biochemical mechanisms
- Nutrients that resist or escape digestion
- Protein resistance to digestion in the human infant
- Carbohydrates that escape digestion
- Dietary fibers
- Microorganisms and digestion
- Malabsorption syndromes
- Regulation of energy metabolism
- Brain and energy metabolism
- Glucagon and insulin
- Different types of energy metabolism
- Exercise nutrition
- Creatine phosphate
- Creatinine
- Glycogen
- Gluconeogenesis
- Fructose
- Fatty acids
- Krebs cycle
- Fermentative and aerobic energy metabolism
- Starvation
- Alcohol
- Thiol esters.
- (cont) Energy requirement
- Units of energy
- Calculating the respiratory quotient from chemistry
- Electron transport and ATP production
- Tally of the ATPs produced
- Respiratory quotient during rest and exercise
- Fatty acid biosynthesis
- Respiratory quotient of humans consuming excess energy
- Protein oxidation and the respiratory quotient
- Calculating energy expenditures
- Direct calorimetry
- Metabolic rate
- Issues in energy nutrition
- Lipids
- Phospholipids
- Choline and ethanolamine
- Influence of dietary fats on phospholipids in the body
- Sphingosine-based lipids
- Cholesterol
- Covalent binding of lipids to proteins
- Lipoproteins
- Studies on the behavior of lipoproteins
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Protein
- Amino acid catabolism and aminotransferases
- Biosynthesis of dispensable amino acids
- Waste nitrogen
- Regulation of protein catabolism
- Nutritional aspects of protein catabolism
- Protein quality
- Clinical issues in protein nutrition
- Vitamins
- Folate
- Vitamin B12
- Vitamin K
- Biotin
- Vitamin B6
- Vitamin A.
- (cont) Vitamin D
- Niacin
- Thiamin
- Riboflavin
- Pantothenic acid
- Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C)
- Vitamin E
- Essential fatty acids
- Inorganic nutrients
- Tables of inorganic nutrients
- Sodium, potassium, chloride and water
- Iodine
- Iron
- Calcium and phosphate
- Magnesium
- Manganese
- Zinc and copper
- Molybdenum, sulfite and sulfate
- Selenium and glutathione
- Other inorganic nutrients
- Nutrition methodology
- Cloning and dot blots
- Hybridization
- Nitrocellulose
- Obtaining the [32P]DNA probe
- Reverse transcriptase and terminal transferase
- Using drug resistance as a selection technique.