Functional biochemistry in health and disease /

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Autore principale: Newsholme, E. A.
Altri autori: Leech, A. R.
Natura: Libro
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, N.J. Wiley-Blackwell 2009.
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Sommario:
  • The structural and biochemical hierarchy of a cell and a human
  • Essential topics in dynamic biochemistry
  • Energy : in the body, tissues and biochemical processes
  • Enzymes : activities, properties, regulation and physiology
  • Transport into the body : the gastrointestinal tract, digestion and absorption
  • Transport into the cell: particles, molecules and ions
  • Essential metabolism
  • Carbohydrate metabolism
  • Fat metabolism
  • Amino acid and protein metabolism
  • Oxidation of fuels and ATP generation: physiological and clinical importance
  • Metabolism of ammonia and nucleic acids
  • Synthesis of fatty acids, triacylglycerol, phospholipids and fatty messengers: the roles of polyunsaturated fatty acids
  • Hormones : from action in the cell to function in the body
  • Essential processes of life
  • Physical activity : in non-athletes, athletes and patients
  • Mental activity and mental illness
  • Nutrition: biochemistry, physiology and pathology
  • Starvation: metabolic changes, survival and death
  • Defence against pathogens: barriers, enzymes and the immune system
  • Survival after trauma: metabolic changes and response of the immune system
  • Sexual reproduction
  • Growth and death of cells and humans: the cell cycle, apoptosis and necrosis
  • Serious diseases
  • Cancer: genes, cachexia and death
  • Atherosclerosis, hypertension and heart attack.