Nutritional biochemistry / / Tom Brody

• Autore: Brody Tom
• Pubblicazione: San Diego, : Academic Press, c1994
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 1006 pages)
• Disciplina: 612.3/9 21; 612.39
• Soggetto topico: Nutrition; Metabolism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Nutritional biochemistry
• ISBN: 1-281-02585-2; 9786611025854; 0-08-051291-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811453203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II