Feeding a world population of more than eight billion people [[electronic resource] ] : a challenge to science / / edited by J.C. Waterlow ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press in association with the Rank Prize Funds, 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.1/9 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WaterlowJ. C (John Conrad) |
Collana |
Topics in sustainable agronomy
Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Food supply
Agricultural innovations |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-756111-X
1-280-52941-5 0-19-535449-4 1-4294-0442-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Contributors; Introductory Remarks; Part I: The Challenge; Part II: Basic Resources and Constraints; Part III: Applications for Science to Increase Yield; Part IV: The Role of Animal Products in Feeding Eight Billion People; Part V: Social Aspects; Index |
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New York, : Oxford University Press in association with the Rank Prize Funds, 1998 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Feeding a world population of more than eight billion people [[electronic resource] ] : a challenge to science / / edited by J.C. Waterlow ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press in association with the Rank Prize Funds, 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.1/9 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WaterlowJ. C (John Conrad) |
Collana |
Topics in sustainable agronomy
Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Food supply
Agricultural innovations |
ISBN |
0-19-756111-X
1-280-52941-5 0-19-535449-4 1-4294-0442-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Contributors; Introductory Remarks; Part I: The Challenge; Part II: Basic Resources and Constraints; Part III: Applications for Science to Increase Yield; Part IV: The Role of Animal Products in Feeding Eight Billion People; Part V: Social Aspects; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784611003321 |
New York, : Oxford University Press in association with the Rank Prize Funds, 1998 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Feeding a world population of more than eight billion people : a challenge to science / / edited by J.C. Waterlow ... [et al.] |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press in association with the Rank Prize Funds, 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.1/9 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WaterlowJ. C (John Conrad) |
Collana |
Topics in sustainable agronomy
Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Food supply
Agricultural innovations |
ISBN |
0-19-756111-X
1-280-52941-5 0-19-535449-4 1-4294-0442-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Contributors; Introductory Remarks; Part I: The Challenge; Part II: Basic Resources and Constraints; Part III: Applications for Science to Increase Yield; Part IV: The Role of Animal Products in Feeding Eight Billion People; Part V: Social Aspects; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809379703321 |
New York, : Oxford University Press in association with the Rank Prize Funds, 1998 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Protein turnover / / J.C. Waterlow |
Autore | Waterlow J. C (John Conrad) |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina | 612.3/98 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WaterlowJ. C (John Conrad) |
Soggetto topico |
Proteins - Metabolism
Mammals - Physiology |
ISBN |
1-280-73565-1
9786610735655 1-84593-084-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Basic Principles; 1.1 Definitions; 1.2 Notation; 1.3 Equivalence of Tracer and Tracee; 1.4 The Kinetics of Protein Turnover; 1.5 References; 2 Models and Their Analysis; 2.1 Models; 2.2 Compartmental Analysis; 2.3 Stochastic Analysis; 2.4 References; 3 Free Amino Acids: Their Pools, Kinetics and Transport; 3.1 Amino Acid Pools; 3.2 Nutritional Effects on the Free Amino Acid Pools; 3.3 Kinetics of Free Amino Acids; 3.4 Amino Acid Transport Across Cell Membranes; 3.5 Conclusion; 3.6 References; 4 Metabolism of Some Amino Acids; 4.1 Leucine; 4.2 Glycine
4.3 Alanine4.4 Glutamine; 4.5 Glutamic acid; 4.6 Phenylalanine; 4.7 Arginine; 4.8 Methionine; 4.9 References; 5 The Precursor Problem; 5.1 Transfer-RNA as the Precursor for Synthesis; 5.2 A 'Reciprocal' Metabolite as Precursor; 5.3 A Rapidly Synthesized Protein as Precursor; 5.4 Conclusion; 5.5 References; 6 Precursor Method: Whole Body Protein Turnover Measured by the Precursor Method; 6.1 Background; 6.2 Outline of the Method; 6.3 Variability of Whole Body Synthesis Rates in Healthy Adults by the Precursor Method; 6.4 Sites of Administration and of Sampling; 6.5 Priming 6.6 The First-pass Effect6.7 Recycling; 6.8 Regional Turnover; 6.9 Measurement of Protein Turnover with Amino Acids other than Leucine; 6.10 Conclusion; 6.11 References; 7 Measurement of Whole Body Protein Turnover by the End-product Method; 7.1 History; 7.2 Theory; 7.3 Alternative End-products (EP); 7.4 Measurement of Flux with a Single End-product; 7.5 Behaviour of Different Amino Acids in the End-product Method: Choice of Glycine; 7.6 Comparisons of Different Protocols; 7.7 Summary of Measurements of Protein Synthesis in Normal Adults by the End-product Method; 7.8 Variability 7.9 Comparison of Synthesis Rates Measured by the End-product and Precursor Methods7.10 Comparison of Oxidation Rates by the Two Methods; 7.11 The Flux Ratio; 7.12 Kinetics Findings by the End-product Method; 7.13 Conclusion; 7.14 References; 8 Amino Acid Oxidation and Urea Metabolism; 8.1 Amino Acid Oxidation; 8.2 Metabolism of Urea; 8.3 References; 9 The Effects of Food and Hormones on Protein Turnover in the Whole Body and Regions; 9.1 The Immediate Effects of Food; 9.2 The Effects of Hormones on Protein Turnover in the Whole Body, Limb or Splanchnic Region; 9.3 References 10 Adaptation to Different Protein Intakes: Protein and Amino Acid Requirements10.1 Adaptation; 10.2 Requirements for Protein and Amino Acids; 10.3 References; 11 Physiological Determinants of Protein Turnover; 11.1 Body Size - the Contribution of Allometry; 11.2 Growth and its Cost; 11.3 The Effect of Muscular Activity and Immobility on Protein Turnover; 11.4 Conclusion; 11.5 References; 12 Whole Body Protein Turnover at Different Ages and in Pregnancy and Lactation; 12.1 Premature Infants; 12.2 Neonates; 12.3 Infants 6 months-2 years; 12.4 Older Children; 12.5 Pregnancy; 12.6 Lactation 12.7 The Elderly |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910446331103321 |
Waterlow J. C (John Conrad) | ||
Wallingford, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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