Textbook of veterinary physiological chemistry /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Burlington, Mass. :
Elsevier/Academic Press,
[2011]
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| Edition: | Updated second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Chemical composition of living cells
- Properties of amino acids
- Amino acid modifications
- Protein structure
- Properties of enzymes
- Enzyme kinetics
- Protein digestion
- Amino acid catabolism
- Transamination and deamination reactions
- Urea cycle (krebs-henseleit ornithine cycle)
- Glutamine and ammonia
- Nonprotein derivatives of amino acids
- Nucleotides
- Pyrimidine biosynthesis
- Purine biosynthesis
- Folic acid
- Nucleic acid and nucleotide turnover
- Carbohydrate structure
- Polysaccharides and carbohydrate metabolism
- Glycoproteins and glycolipids
- Overview of carbohydrate metabolism
- Glucose trapping
- Glycogen
- Introduction to glycolysis (the embden-meyerhoff pathway (EMP))
- Initial reactions in anaerobic glycolysis
- Intermediate reactions in anaerobic glycolysis
- Metabolic fates of pyruvate
- Hexose monophosphate shunt (HMS)
- Uronic acid pathway
- Erythrocytic protection from O₂ toxicity
- Carbohydrate metabolism in erythrocytes
- Heme biosynthesis
- Heme degradation
- Tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle
- Leaks in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle
- Oxidative phosphorylation
- Gluconeogenesis
- Carbohydrate digestion
- Vitamin C
- Thiamin (B₁) and riboflavin (B₂)
- Niacin (B₃) and pantothenic acid (B₅)
- Biotin and pyridoxine (B₆)
- Cobalamin (B₁₂)
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin E
- Vitamin K
- Iron
- Zinc
- Copper
- Manganese and selenium
- Iodine and cobalt
- Overview of lipid metabolism
- Saturated and unsaturated fatty acids
- Fatty acid oxidation
- Fatty acid biosynthesis
- Triglycerides and glycerophospholipids
- Phospholipid degradation
- Sphingolipids
- Lipid digestion
- Cholesterol
- Bile acids
- Lipoprotein complexes
- Chylomicrons
- VLDL, IDL, and LDL
- LDL receptors and HDL
- Hyperlipidemias
- Eicosanoids I
- Eicosanoids II
- Lipolysis
- Ketone body formation and utilization
- Fatty liver syndrome (steatosis)
- Starvation (transition into the postabsorptive stage)
- Starvation (the early phase)
- Starvation (the intermediate phase)
- Starvation (the late phase)
- Exercise (circulatory adjustments and creatine)
- Exercise (VO₂(max) and RQ)
- Exercise (substrate utilization and endocrine parameters)
- Exercise (muscle fiber types and characteristics)
- Exercise (athletic animals)
- Hydrogen ion concentration
- Strong and weak electrolytes
- Protein buffer systems
- Bicarbonate, phosphate, and ammonia buffer systems
- Anion gap
- Metabolic alkalosis
- Respiratory acidosis
- Respiratory alkalosis
- Strong ion difference (SID)
- Alkalinizing and acidifying solutions
- Dehydration/overhydration