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UNINA9910811453203321 |
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Autore |
Brody Tom |
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Titolo |
Nutritional biochemistry / / Tom Brody |
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San Diego, : Academic Press, c1994 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-02585-2 |
9786611025854 |
0-08-051291-7 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xix, 1006 pages) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Classification of biological structures-- Digestion and absorption-- Nutrients that resist or escape digestion-- Regulation of energy metabolism-- Energy requirement-- Lipids-- Obesity-- Protein-- Vitamins-- Inorganic nutrients-- Diet and cancer-- Nutrition methodology-- Dot blots, molecular cloning, and DNA sequencing-- Methods and terms in epidemiology. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Nutritional Biochemistry takes a scientific approach to nutrition. It covers not just "whats"--nutritional requirements--but why they are required for human health, by describing their function at the cellular and molecular level. Each case study either leads to a subsequent discovery or enables an understanding of the physiological mechanisms of action of various nutrition-related processes. The text is "picture-oriented" and the commentary is directed towards explaining graphs, figures, and tables. Nutritional Biochemistry includes a discussion of relevant aspects of physiology, food chemistry, toxicology, pediatrics, and public health. Experimental techniques for nutritional science are emphasized, and primary data is included to help give students a feel for the nutrition literature. This "real-world" approach provides students with a realistic view of the basis for much of our understanding of nutritional biochemistry. * Integrates biochemistry |
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and nutrition in a case-oriented method * Emphasizes a hands-on approach to learning - case histories and clinical and research data illustrate all major points * Places emphasis on metabolism - metabolic pathways, enzymology, nutrient requirements (including RDA values) * Reveals the benefits of the Mediterranean diet, the biochemistry of exercise, the cell signaling pathways, how nutrition can influence the development of cancer, and the anthropometry and genetics of obesity. |
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