Crash Course (US): Metabolism and Nutrition; with STUDENT CONSULT Access

by Clark

• ISBN13: 9781416031178
• ISBN10: 1416031170
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-01
• Publisher: Saunders

Summary

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Table of Contents

Preface	v
Acknowledgments	vii
Part I: Metabolic Processes and Nutrition	1	(182)
Overview of Metabolism	3	(4)
Useful definitions	3	(1)
Basic principles of bioenergetics	4	(3)
Carbohydrate and Energy Metabolism	7	(40)
Glycolysis and its regulation	7	(8)
Central role of acetyl CoA	15	(4)
The tricarboxylic acid cycle	19	(6)
Generation of ATP	25	(5)
Glycogen metabolism	30	(9)
Role of 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate	39	(2)
Fructose, galactose, ethanol and sorbitol	41	(6)
Production of NADPH	47	(8)
Pentose phosphate pathway and pyruvate-malate cycle	47	(2)
The roles of NADPH	49	(6)
Lipid Metabolism and Transport	55	(1)
Lipid biosynthesis	55	(28)
Lipid breakdown	63	(6)
Cholesterol metabolism	69	(4)
Transport of lipids	73	(7)
Ketone bodies and ketogenesis	80	(3)
Protein Metabolism	83	(24)
Biosynthesis of nonessential amino acids	83	(4)
Protein breakdown and the disposal of nitrogen	87	(8)
Formation of glucose from non-carbohydrate sources	95	(5)
Disorders of amino acid metabolism	100	(2)
Amino acid metabolism in individual tissues	102	(5)
Purines, Pyrimidines and Heme	107	(24)
One-carbon pool	107	(1)
Purine metabolism	108	(9)
Pyrimidine metabolism	117	(5)
Heme metabolism	122	(9)
Glucose Homeostasis	131	(12)
The states of glucose homeostasis	131	(6)
Diabetes mellitus	137	(6)
Nutrition	143	(40)
Basic principles of human nutrition	143	(1)
Energy balance	143	(5)
Protein nutrition	148	(4)
Vitamins	152	(18)
Minerals	170	(13)
Part II: Clinical Assessment of Metabolic Disease	183	(38)
Presentation of Metabolic Disease	185	(8)
Common presenting complaints	185	(8)
History and Examination	193	(16)
Things to remember when taking a history	193	(2)
Communication skills	195	(2)
Examination	197	(12)
Further Investigations	209	(12)
Routine investigations	209	(7)
Assessment of nutritional status	216	(5)
Index	221